John Lawless Poet Free verse

Stoplight Fireflies

Stoplight Fireflies


Stoplight fireflies blink yellow
over vacant intersections

Owls whisper on the mist
mime-like field mice listen

Soft surf muffles side step
clatter of crab legs

Feral eyes swallow
waning moonlight

A possum waddles beneath
blinking yellow fireflies.


©John G. Lawless
4/3/2017

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Debbie Duncan May 6, 2017 at 5:42 PM I saw the fireflies cause I wrote one called fireflies. Nice imagery in this one. Thank you for reading my Hell Found Me :)

Andrea Dietrich April 6, 2017 at 10:28 PM I saw the title and just had to see this one. I LOVE the imagery and imagining this sleepy old town. Wish I lived by a beach with soft surf! A FAVE

Charlie Smith April 4, 2017 at 3:09 PM and all's right with the world, good one John... John Lawless April 5, 2017 at 5:13 AM yeah, Charlie, nature does have a simplicity to it...

Heidi Sands April 4, 2017 at 2:12 PM I like this John, and I could see the possum waddling beneath the fireflies. :) John Lawless April 5, 2017 at 5:12 AM those possum always crack me up when they "run" away...thanks for stopping to read and comment.

Tim Smith April 4, 2017 at 1:47 PM Very nice John...an urban oasis John Lawless April 5, 2017 at 5:10 AM yeah Tim, there is a lot of "night life" we really don't want to know about in the city.

Chris Green April 4, 2017 at 1:24 PM A nice nature scene created in your poetic words. I really liked the title and the thought associated with it. The entire piece is great. John Lawless April 5, 2017 at 5:10 AM Thanks Chris, I was sitting at a flashing yellow light when the muse awoke and said.....well you know...