Moon Firefly Poems

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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Firefly in rouge, dusk flames,
Flying in charmed wonder;
Famed since glad childish days
Fast moving, slow blinking,
Fanatic of cream moon.
Fervency of summer,
Fuchsia night green stunner!...

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The moon was peeking through the naked trees
The breeze that blew that day had gone to bed
A lonely nightingale perched overhead
Harassed the silence with his...

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The moon was peeking through the naked trees
The breeze that blew that day had gone to bed
A lonely nightingale perched overhead
Harassed the silence with his...

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Fascinating flight
glowing green in pearl moonlight
of red rose rapture
Indolent June moon, treasured
and shrouded by starry night

Fireflies of summer
Come and go, mysterious
at indigo night
just past the...

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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 came out of the darkness
with you...
I entered the light
with you...
We were light together...
Sun Moon Bright, Moon Sun Shine
now your light has gone to
create another...

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A night endows in poetic lull of waxing moon
A nightingale tunes in cool of summer June
Flickering good-bye in midst of shrubs' shadow,
Fireflies scramble off filling...

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As I gaze upon the majestic moon,
She walks abreast in her silver shoon.
To and fro I stroll and see,
A sublime glimmer on the teak wood...

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Seeing it’s dim light 
I feel relieved 

The sun is too strong 
The moon is too far away 
The stars are too glittering 
The headlights...

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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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"How sweet to the heart are the scenes of my childhood"
              ...

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one fine day they changed places
fireflies lit daytime shadows
while butterflies splashed the night
a shrewd color scheme

bright hues and exotic moon
flittering and fluttering
pure rapture under the...

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 Night light
fire fly
burning bright
just right.

Moon rays
warm phase
Moon tea play
taste buds dazed.

Sleep time
night shines
daily grind
need to unwind.
...

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