Dark Firefly Poems

She must of been,
A luminous firefly,
The way she glides,
With love,
Upon,
the evening winds,
Through,
the dark,
By the sweet,
Warm,
Light,
Within
Reynaldo Casison...

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A firefly,
Glowing sweetly,
In the evening,
To guide itself,
Through the dark,

Like a ballerina dancer,
Peeling away,
And soothing the pain,
To dance,
In the Rhythms,
Of their evening soul,

With the light of...

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Fly, little lightning bug
Flurry in marsh and field
Flash your flame at twilight
Flirt in the dark of night
Find yourself a new mate
Fascinating glowworm
Flourish in great numbers...

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Falling night on the woods
Frames ebony canvas
Flickers bright with fireflies
Fabric of living light
Flung far on deep darkness
Flashy sky descends there
Fills it with twinkling stars...

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There was a firefly who had lost her fire--
How it did happen, no one quite knew why.
She looked in trees, under rocks, and briar
But couldn’t...

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Haiku Translations II

Illuminated by the harvest moon
smoke is caught creeping
across the water...
Hattori Ransetsu, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Fanning its tail flamboyantly
with every excuse of...

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I had a dream about you last night. I was alone on a dark night and you came to me as a firefly. I knew...

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I am a firefly
left out in the day
with no one to see
but how bright in the dark
when I am all luminosity!...

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In the deep grave in which I lie,
Beneath a dark , moonless sky,
The lamp of life ,ran out of fuel,
And the senses and soul are...

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Shimmering, alive
Flickering music to night
Waking the starlight

Dancing like the stars
Reflecting grace, silent praise
Whispering kindness

Mysterious lights
Singing through the darkest night
Laughing dreamily

...

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Lowered lids on stars of eyes
velvet black on moonlight smile
in silence of night slept
day from its work to rest
midnight dark and secret
love jet cloud head...

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Fireflies dance through black space
twinkling in the shadows of moonlight
reminding hearts why the star's glow
flickering kindly with a silent hope
wistfully tracing the silhouettes along
breathing in...

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The Firefly as Metaphor

Walk in twilight
Among the flashings of fireflies
Reborn from the earth below,
From the base of tall plants, to dispel
The fears of darkness, as...

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I promise after the fire
Firefly
I promise After the flood
Tumbleweed
Deep and dark paths
Primrose bath
Rain showers upon my wrath
Firefly
My promise never to leave your side
After earthquakes
After the...

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(I AM A FIREFLY)
I am a firefly 
You are my dark sky 
You give me reason to shine
You give me season to shine
My shine is...

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