Life Firefly Poems

There was a light rain falling as I walked this morning…the weather was cool and calm
when I remembered a night just like this…years ago…in our...

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fairy magic they aren't
flash to attract females
flashing light adults glow
few are carnivorous
fields paved on don't migrate
for they do not go to
forever disappear


9/11/2023...

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When you look back, remembering us,
The way we were – in faded photographs,
Yesterday’s dreams like pieces of a puzzle
Pressed into the heart and soul, erasing
Melancholy...

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Firefly princess rarely shows herself to humans.
I was lucky enough to be fully hidden when I caught a glimpse
She poured lighting into the fireflies, without...

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lilly lit by flight
life of a red firefly
happy to be night light....

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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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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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ALLAMA IQBAL TRANSLATIONS INTO MODERN ENGLISH



Ehad-e-Tifli (“The Age of Infancy”)
by Allama Iqbal aka Muhammad Iqbal
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

The earth and the heavens remained...

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Imagine a thousand fireflies blinking at the same time,
not a fly and not a bug but a glowing, flashing beetle;
as a child I caught one...

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I decided to start my new life tonight,
Because Last time ,I have felt extreme rejection from my only true lover side.
The only Best Friend to...

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Suddenly it seems so blurry
And universe seems so big
Walking alone is being lonely
Though I’ve done it for so long

The road is somewhat dancing
Affecting my sense...

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They say: if you burn, you burn fast.
 And live your life intense and fiery.
 And fierce and with all in you,
 And push, scream,...

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Laying down on my back, staring up into the night sky
My mind empty and without thought
Unsuspecting, I saw it fly by
At first I thought I...

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Minute pixels of iridescent light.
Like little fairies using fireflies as lanterns. Illuminating the path to freedom threw the multi-colored rainbow to the edge of waterfalls...

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As quiet as the falling snow 
As quick as a streaming ray of light
As bright as the moon's ghostly glow
The firefly does appear at night

It...

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