Summer Poetry: A Haiku About Fireflies
Flickering Fireflies
Fireflies flit aloft
Pinpoints of golden starlight
Scented with jasmine
Pinpoints of golden starlight
Scented with jasmine
Sources:
Personal experience
Published by Cindy Lynn - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle
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- Nothing brings to mind a warm summer night more than the thought of flickering fireflies!
- Well, maybe the scent of night blooming jasmine, too.
Fireflies are often called "lightning bugs" in certain parts of the US.
10 Comments
Post a CommentNeedle felted dogs: Thanks for stopping by ... isn't jasmine a wonderful smell?
Ahhh, the smell of jasmine on a warm summer night :)
Melinda: Thanks for your kind comment. Glad you enjoyed it. Wish I had fireflies where I live now.:)
Thanks, Jennifer! Glad you enjoyed it. :)
Lovely piece :) I love fireflies.
Dan: Thanks! That's high praise coming from a man who writes such beautiful poems. :)
Elizabeth: Well, no jasmine where I currently live, but no fireflies here either. The poem is from the memory of summer nights when I was a kid. :)
This is simply beautiful, Cindy!
Jasmine? I'll have to pay more attention. :)
Thanks, James. Glad you enjoyed it.