Lightning Bug Poems | Examples


Premium Member Lightning Bug Messengers

I have not seen a lightning bug since I was a child
maybe they do not live in Kansas?
I grew up in Iowa
July nights there were full of glittering flashing lightning bugs
I wish I could see one again, I lament
the next night, I see two of them, in Kansas!
I am astounded.
Thanks Mom, I say.
Figuring she sent them as a hello from heaven.

Premium Member I'd Like a Little Summer

I'd like a little summer 
Oh, but not too much, 
A little kiss of sunshine 
No more than a touch

With cool rain to follow
Night breezes that blow,
With thunder in the distance 
And lightning bugs that glow

Yes, I'd like a little summer 
A little warmth in my day,
Maybe I'll learn to love her
And welcome her to stay.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Gotcha

Lightning in a bottle 
That is my little firefly 
I gotcha right out of 
The summer night sky 

Gently captured now 
In an old glass canning jar 
You twinkle, twinkle, twinkle 
Just like a little star 

Riled up and startled 
With a tap... tap... tap
Awaken and glow again 
No more time to nap 

Lightning bug keep flashing 
Yellow or neon green 
Most fascinating thing
My eyes have ever seen 

Keep dancing in circles 
While I enjoy the show 
Don't worry little firefly 
... I will let you go
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Hummingbird Flies As Lightning Bug Shines

early aurora
a special hummingbird flies
by lightning bug 
~
next break of the day
hummingbird lights eat nectar
as lightning bug shines 


7/4/20
WRITTEN WORDS BY James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Firefly Tango

Firefly tango, lighting up the meadow
Whizzes, whirls, flits, and furls,
The little varmints buzz around, 
Unaware we are watching their every move.
We older folks are no longer chasing them 
or popping them in Mason Jars 
To be our own little flashlights until their lights
Stop glowing, and they lie in the grass we put
In the bottom of the jar, dead from heartache.
We used to punch the holes in the tops, but still,
Their will to live was taken from them, so they
Chose to die, as captivity does that to lots
Of creatures, including fluorescent fireflies.
The children run into the house and I warn
The flitters, but they are too busy doing the
Firefly tango to listen to an old woman like
Me, so I sit now, watching the children
Cavorting in the meadow, attempting to
Catch their flashlights for the night.


Lightning Bug Hug

I woke up just long enough
to see a lightning bug
hug itself
on the deck
heck I'd love to
be able to 
do that to myself too

The Lightning Bug

The lightning bug shines at night,
they help our love ones to the light.
To find thier way to heaven above,
and guide the path with their light of love.
A soft warm glow all through the night,
it brings our hearts such delight.
Because they bring our loved ones home,
so they will never be alone.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Lightning Bug Haiku

Lightning Bug Haiku
Like a fairy tale
in the dark it's glowing glowing there
then it is nowhere.
© ron wilson aka veebdosa the doylestown poet
Form: Haiku

Lightning Bug

Upon a glance
I did but see a
a flicker of hope

I happened on 
a party of sorts
a celestial kind of dance

What enthralled me so
was bug of light and awe
an organic spark

it played around
abound for nowhere
not a friend or foe

then out the sky
all I saw was a 
ball of light

begging me to play
asking me to stay
and all I wanted was to fly
Form: Rhyme

Lightning Bug

lightning strikes, winds hush..

        scared lightning bugs in the bush..

                twinkling in a rush..
Form: Haiku

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