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pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

0 posted 2005-03-22 05:42 PM

wow!! this is a tough audience! ok, try this one

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Little glowworm with tail so bright
How beautiful you make the night
Such dainty flashes tease the sight
Quite welcome is your silent flight

You make the darkness gently warm
And quell the thought of summer storm
The sultry night you do reform
To endless swirls my eyes conform

You know that soon this dance must end
That sunrise will your mating rend
So fly my little lightning friend
Because your glow this day will end

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Annie78
Member

since 2003-10-03

Posts 469
here then there then back here

1 posted 2005-03-22 05:58 PM

oh my you sweet man....you have taken me back to my childhood when i would spend hours collecting them in a jar to see if they would light my room. this is wonderful!

there is but a short time to exist, love,laugh,live and never stop believing in miracles

Annie78
Member

since 2003-10-03

Posts 469
here then there then back here

2 posted 2005-03-22 06:07 PM

and we really aren't such a tough audience you know we love you

Annie

there is but a short time to exist, love,laugh,live and never stop believing in miracles

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

3 posted 2005-03-22 06:35 PM

pegasus111: A charming poem! I enjoyed reading it, especially since I have never seen a glowworm! I have always lived in northern climes!

Betty Lou

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Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

4 posted 2005-03-22 07:06 PM

i like it Pegassus and am always glad to read your poems. I'm with Betty, I have never seen a glow worm. I have seen a few fireflies are the same? Love, joyce

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

5 posted 2005-03-22 10:52 PM

actually, I took a little poetic license here. The glowworm is a wingless insect, usually the larvae of the firefly, which gives off a phosphorescent light. Well.....they become fireflys EVENTUALLY...lol

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

6 posted 2005-03-26 05:05 AM

good work, Pegasus.

Such a litte creature to be the object of a lovely poem. You do it justice, I say.

VBallNut
Member

since 2003-02-12

Posts 60
Virginia, USA

7 posted 2005-05-27 11:57 PM

What a great read...with summer approaching, this takes me back to the days when I was younger and chasing the fireflies around my neighbor's yard so he could make me a glowing "ring" for my finger. Fireflies are a fascinating bug - a high"light" of summertime!

f13rc373n4c17y
Junior Member

since 2005-06-01

Posts 22
Maryland, USA

8 posted 2005-06-01 06:06 PM

i too, really enjoyed this...though i could say it takes me back, but not back too far, since i'm still considered a youngster. after reading that poem, i do feel a little bad for the fireflies, since i delayed their mating cycle by catching them...haha; oh well, poems are meant to uplift our memories

PatAngel
Member

since 2004-04-05

Posts 451
California

9 posted 2005-06-05 12:37 PM

Pegasus,

What a great poem! I've only seen glow worms when I lived in Wisconsin as a child. Have not seen any since.

Thank you for sharing!

Patricia

'When you find a dream within your heart, don't ever let it go.
For dreams are the tiny seeds from which tomorrow grows.'

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