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June Bug

A june bug, flying at night, races to a window light
To the greens behind the sill, fleeing from the twilight's chill
But alas! The window is shut—no rest to find in this glass hut

flyinginsectnaturenightsijo

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Darlene De Beaulieu

July 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM

Hello Vanva Evangeline, you described the june bug very swell. Infact all bugs do this. Hugs. /Darlene/

Darlene De Beaulieu

July 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM

Hello Vanava, your welcome. Hugs. /darlene/

Vanya Evangeline

July 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Yeah, bugs be funny like that. Thanks for the kind comment, Darlene!

Linda Alice Fowler

July 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM

Hi Vanya. Clever little guy...he just needs to know his place. Congratulations! :)

Vanya Evangeline

July 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM

Thanks Linda. Poor bug has bad eyesight and can't see the glass in front of him. Guess some things are just not to be :')

Terry Miller

June 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM

This is very clever and a delight to read, congratulations

Vanya Evangeline

June 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM

Thanks, Terry!

Ink Empress

June 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM

Creative storytelling in your well woven sijo! Love the flow and the depth and also the detailed manner youv written this! The ending did hit the soul, congratulations on your win. Pleasure reading! Sending you light always

Vanya Evangeline

June 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM

Thank you so much, Ink. I feel honoured by your comment!

Valsa George

June 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM

So the poor bug got trapped. Very sad. Imprisonment is disheartening to both humans and animals. Enjoyed this beautifully rhyming poem, dear Vanaya.

Vanya Evangeline

June 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM

Thanks for the kind comments, Valsa. Although the bug isn't imprisoned. It's trying to get in the house but is shut out. But hopefully they can find another house to stay at

Andrea Dietrich

June 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM

This is a sweet slice of life, seeing the little bug trying to get into a place he cannot be. I enjoyed the internal rhyme in last line. Congrats.

Vanya Evangeline

June 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM

Thanks for sponsoring this contest, Andrea. It's my first attempt at a sijo, and I thought the syllable per line was rather long, so I thought to give each lines internal rhymes to make it less rambly.

CayCay Godwin

June 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM

This is clever and delightful, gave me an enjoyable visual worthy of a grin, also, it has smooth word flow allowing coherent meaning in each line, sometimes that's refreshing, to me. I think you should do well in the contest, but no one ever really knows. Poetry hugs ... CayCay

CayCay Godwin

June 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM

Me, too, my muse needs inspiration fixes constantly and if I don't procure them from Soup, well, who knows where she'll get her fixes, where she'll end up, I shudder to think!! Have a blessed day ... CayCay

Vanya Evangeline

June 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM

Thank you so much CayCay. I did try to add rhymes to each line's caesuras to make everything flow better, glad you like it. And, yeah, no one really knows how a poetry contest might go. These days I participate more for the prompt inspiration anyway, haha.

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