Summer Part 4 Lightning Bugs

by Yankee4youSt. Albans, Vermont, USA

Jun 2012 709 Views 5 comments

Summer (Part 4 Lightning Bugs)

When night falls
All colors fade
Like old flags
Worn still wave
Some lightning bugs
Lift off the ground
Little lights arrayed
Flicker and lags
Courtship's dance
Zigs and zags
Made and made

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Posted: Jun 2012

About this poem:

Fourth abstract in my summer poetic series...with different themes of things seen and unseen..... :))

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Ladybee42East Liverpool, Ohio USAJun 3, 2012

Yankee - this is just my favourite of your Summer series, I so adore the lightning bugs and their up and down dance searching for their mates in the dark. Robert drove me to a field and turned off the lights so that I could get the full experience, I was never so delighted by a 'fly'

Your poem brought back the image of their movements straight away and put a smile on my face. Thanks for sharing this lovely poem.

Yankee4youOPSt. Albans, Vermont USAJun 4, 2012

Thanks LadyB....one of my favorite things to do is catch about a dozen fireflies in an old blue or green or red canning jars and then watch them light up inside....amazing little creatures...

Yankee4youOPSt. Albans, Vermont USAJun 4, 2012

Odette... what a laugh!!! I bet you thought you'd seen a little UFO...

AhyraAdelaide, South Australia AustraliaJun 4, 2012

Nice, I could almost see them :D Thank you Yankee4u!!!

elo69santa cruz, California USAJun 4, 2012

haven't seen a glow bug in 25 years,remember riding my bike at night in Michigan, they would go by like shooting stars. thanks 4 the memory,love those little guys...elo..