Best Fireflies Poems

we ran gleefully

chasing the summer’s fireflies

putting them in jars. . . 

those warm nights of our childhood -

they flickered, and then were gone



For Line Gauthier's 'Bite Size Poem no50' Poetry Contest...

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It's so dark outside, my eyes can't distinguish where sand meets water. Somehow, dusk has come and gone, plunging the evening into darkness. 
 
But even as my eyes yield to this opaque absence of light, my other senses heighten. I can hear the crash...

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Night fell,
Summer’s heat abating,
I sat leaning against a tall magnolia,
Its fragrance spreading everywhere
Like echoes of whispering breezes.
Despite all I could not rest and sleep.

The moon and stars were invisible now,
But darkness could not cover the glade.
Fireflies flittered here and there, glowing.
I was mesmerised by the...

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My head feels like it's being squeezed in a vise. Eardrums must have blown out from the explosion since I hear absolutely nothing, not even my own breath. Slowly rising to my feet I survey the damage. Left arm    gone  ...

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O to be in England
in the early days of spring 
when the golden daffodils 
steal the heart and make it sing.         

Roaming the Lake District  
far away from urban noise,
by cascading waterfalls
enamoured of nature’s voice.

Up the...

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She's a halo of hope,
fulfilled by fireflies, shedding her soul in sage seas ~
stars elope...

roaring wolf rife,
a forest flutter of rose seeds ~
she's life...

heart stirs 
fairy floss dreams,
b l u r s

she's a halo of hope,
a forest flutter of rose seeds ~
blurs... ...

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These are the times you wish
you could pack it all up and be a kid again:
Take me away from the Now
and into the Then

(that's where I wish to descend)

Back when it was all so crystal clear-
just one emotion to steer the gears,
whether wafflewonder days
or weepywillow...

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if you and i
were both fireflies
singing to the choir 
light up the night
put us in a jar 
by the bedside
naturally we'd be
a bright night light
you and i
would dance in time
to the flickering beat
of our tail lights
the glow serene 
a wonderful sight
if you and i
were both...

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They float dreamily through the summer night, 
Across a soft, sky-lit sunset of red, 
And their backs glow with a green colored light.

A fire in the woods is burning so bright, 
Now that the true heat of the day has fled, 
They float dreamily through...

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My love,
the depth of my fervor is without measure

you are the face that illuminates the darkness
you are the eyes filled with fireflies
their gleamy glows fill love's misty realms
 
you cause my heart to quiver importing me to dreamland
where we'll accommodate ourselves on some barren shore
as...

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Tonight, of all nights, I catch the falling sky
while the world spins off it's axis out the corner of my eye
My room is barely lit by a single firefly
as I blow the trees off mountains with a singulary sigh.

The resin of the moon is the...

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Sunset.
Darkness quickly descends.
I feel like dancing on my large lawn.
     Astonished I admire
     the rise of fantastic fireflies.
     Such beauty usurps my breath.
Fireflies waltz in weightless wonder.
How can I not dance with them!
A...

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Chasing fireflies
Sunflower fields in summer
Letting the good times roll



Date written and posted: 10/04/2018...

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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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moon sheer twilight pink
                  on top of that grey building
                  roses...

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