Fireflies' Prelude - Plus Animal Poetry Contest

Fireflies’ Prelude By Stacy Savage (Indiana) The sun surrenders To the sky As the moon awaits With his winking eye To begin his routine In the rosy wake So the sun may take Her needed break. Fireflies come And bid adieu In their evening performance, Right on cue, Above the meadows And prairie grass— Pulsating flashes As they pass And dance in the air With lanterns bright, And the stars welcome The magic of night. Editor Stacy Savage is seeking submissions for a poetry contest. Poems can be up to 40 lines and must be about an animal – be it domestic or wild. No limit on number of entries submitted. Previously published works are acceptable. There is a $1 per poem entry fee. All proceeds will go to Madison County Humane Society in Anderson, Indiana, to help with medical and cleaning expenses due to a virus that spread in the shelter that made many dogs ill. Send submissions, along with the entry fee and a cover sheet with name, address, email address, and titles of poems submitted, to: Animal Poetry Contest, 3121 Mounds Road, Anderson, Indiana, 46016. Make check payable to: Madison County Humane Society. First place winner will receive a copy of the 1870 antique book: The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume II, a one year subscription to The Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poems, a complimentary copy of the July/August 2015 and September/October 2015 issues of Creative Inspirations, a Humane Society of the United States Christmas blanket, and $20. Second place winner will receive a one year subscription to The Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poems. The deadline is June 15, 2015.