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Fireflies Poems - Poems about Fireflies

Premium Member cultural differences toward fireflies
japanese folklore sweet souls of the departed gentle fireflies african culture fireflies are bad luck such diversity...

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Categories: fireflies, culture,
Form: Senryu
Moving Stars
beside the river what a night! darkness is great fireflies moving stars...

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Categories: fireflies, flying, insect, stars,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Fireflies
we would poke holes in the lids of glass jars when we tried to catch fireflies whose lights flickered around us those warm nights of our childhood holding onto youth is like capturing fireflies - light so soon grows dim...

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Categories: fireflies, youth,
Form: Other
Premium Member FLASH DANCE
FLASH DANCE* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fireflies flicker, enchant dancing amongst the stars suspended pieces of glitter flash dance *Note: I originally published this at Poetry Soup in June 2025 (poetrysoup.com › flash_dance_1738383) but later deleted it. This is my original poem. ...

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Categories: fireflies, 12th grade, nature, summer,
Form: Cinquain
Catching Constellations Like Fireflies
If I could catch the stars in a mason jar would it be enough to prove myself? I don't want to be here anymore. I want to be up in space where all of the fireflies reside. They don't care if I'm not good enough. ...

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Categories: fireflies, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Summer 2
Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, trees, firefly, fireflies, cuckoos, rice fields, rice paddies, bush-clover, Iris, Irises, temple, temples, Japanese culture, light, daylight, lit, boat, boats. Fireflies turn our trees into well-lit lodges. —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch A noontime firefly, dim by daylight, hides behind a pillar. —Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Firefly watching, the tipsy boatman rocks the...

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Categories: fireflies, boat, culture, light, summer,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member FAMILY FOG AND FIREFLIES
When what’s happening in our country and the world gets me down When I don’t know where the sad news will come from next…or when… I look to my family and nature to help lift me up again. Last night as I sat in a rocking chair on the porch of our cabin in the trees and again this...

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Categories: fireflies, family, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Private Celebration
Whirlwind Of summer embers Stirs up From the un-mowed grass Swept by the brooms of July 4th fireworks Booming distant in the furled city Up high To the tree tops The fire flies rise To the hunger of bats that swoop as spoons Banging the pan of moon More than enough for all The stars Lightning bugs Moonbeams and bean wings Consciousness everywhere Our heads tilt On their cracked bodies Statues Still standing For a...

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Categories: fireflies, age, firework, freedom, holiday,
Form: Free verse
haiku
In the dark of night fireflies luminous light dots Bat buffet delight...

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Categories: fireflies, night,
Form: Haiku
Fruit Jar Fireflies
I see words, and they see me It’s true they are sentient, quite But they will never see the light of my world through my loins They keep floating by, ever speaking never ceasing like tinnitus in my transcendent sight Like orphans from somewhere never Their little fingers grope as they look at me squarely Speaking barely, “bring me...

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Categories: fireflies, allegory, beauty, creation, extended
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Fireflies
The rains have ended, The night has begun, Stars are shining in the sky, And fireflies glow among the bushes. The stars hang, fixed, in the heavens, But the fireflies are free— They can kiss the sky. This freedom of the fireflies Does not please the stars. The stars keep dreaming, Restless, of slipping down in form of stardust. The fireflies, with a gentle warmth, Send messages...

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Categories: fireflies, love,
Form: Free verse
FIREFLIES TO NEON
Verse 1 We were barefoot kids in the ‘Bama heat Chasing fireflies through the summer wheat She laughed like a song, wild and free Holding that jar like it held a dream I'd watch her glow in that golden hour And wonder if she knew her power Pre-Chorus Even back then, I just knew Some kind of light was pulling me through Chorus From fireflies to...

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Categories: fireflies, dream, fate, first love,
Form: Lyric
Fireflies At Night
stars are the fireflies of night and we communicate with our light red, blue, and green with some indigo with delight ...

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Categories: fireflies, imagery, imagination, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fireflies
your hand in mine, tiny lights whisper promises ...

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Categories: fireflies, light, love,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Fireflies
Luciferin in abdomen of glowworm with air -contact forms warm glow . ...

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Categories: fireflies, flying,
Form: Verse

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