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$1 Goes to the person who can write the best poem about a Lightening Bug

AliAli Posts: 2,621
edited June 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
I'll send the best writer,
by vote,
a dollar in the mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
My turn:

Hey lightening Bug!
When I was young
I would scoop you up
And put you in a jar.
Now that I'm older
I find this bonding experience
unique
As you lit my mind
with a joyful fire.
Now,
As I sit on my porch
you visit me
one by one
and I'm still amused
by your glow.
I say,
"I've lost my jar,
traded it in for the acknowledgement
of your freedom."
A whisper and a thrill
A whisper and a chill
adv2005

"Why do I bother?"
The 11th Commandment.
"Whatever"

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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Howwah howwah howwah howw, de lightnin' bug
    in the shower sewers flowin' under city dun smog
    a little jiggy wid de moleys and the underground frog
    gittin' kissy wid de ratties in the collarpipe plug
    gittin' foxy wid de drippy little reservoir dog
    gittin' sniffy wid duh pidgeons an duh distance swimmin' log
    Howwah howwah howwah howw, de lightnin' bug
    howwag howwah howwah howw, de lightnin' bug
    Howwah howwah howwah howw
    (ya don't mind if ah holler)
    Howwah whowwah howwah howw
    you gon' send me a dollar?

    :cool:
  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    Bioluminesce, A
    science in tristess.
    Joy, tight on a child's face.
    For a bug...
    in a jar.
    (And some of the hottest
    greenglow nail polish around
    when that bug's smashed and spread.)

    Some things aren't designed to answer.
    No mystery destroyed.
    Science forced into a corner.
    A corner called enjoy.
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    how about in haiku form?

    You brighten a spot
    For a moment then you're gone
    To then shine elsewhere
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    There once was a bug from Jaconda
    who only came out in the thunder
    to feast on a plant
    and converse with an ant:
    To plunder in thunder, and wonder.
  • Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    I skittered in darkness
    as years slipped by,
    running with rats in those
    darkened alley ways.
    One day I broke from the pack
    and fled to a nearby park
    to lean my weary self
    against a kindly tree.
    Lo and behold,
    what a sight I did see!?!
    Something so small
    but bursting bright!
    I looked very close
    at this sweet, tiny sprite,
    as she took to my knee,
    I leaned in close
    so she could speak to me.
    She told me of worlds
    bright and forgiving,
    she made me see the light
    and want to keep living!
    I bid her a fond farewell
    and she said we'd meet again.
    Now I live in the light
    of my beautiful new friend.

    :)
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • FahkaFahka Posts: 3,187
    edited January 2012
    side
    Post edited by Fahka on
  • Anna_falkAnna_falk Posts: 114
    Light my night
    lightening bug
    so simple your life
    seems to me
    makes me dream
    I could be you
    you could be me
    fly away little fly
    have a simple life for me.
    To worry about tomorrow doesn't make it easier,
    it only makes today worse.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    To her everything is wonderful.

    A lightening bug flies past the windowsill
    of a lamp drenched room.
    In an instant she turns her head towards it,
    distracted by this recent claim to new.

    Dislodging herself from careful arms
    her stare propels her forward.
    She presses her hand against the window,
    and feels the bug as flat and cold.

    With her fingers, she follows the bug’s flight
    redesigning the word for light.

    The lightening bug lights up her dry tear trails,
    disappearing behind a tree.
    She smiles through the window’s darkness,
    redesigning the word for light.

    Her wonder is filled by everything.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Howwah howwah howwah howw, de lightnin' bug
    in the shower sewers flowin' under city dun smog
    a little jiggy wid de moleys and the underground frog
    gittin' kissy wid de ratties in the collarpipe plug
    gittin' foxy wid de drippy little reservoir dog
    gittin' sniffy wid duh pidgeons an duh distance swimmin' log
    Howwah howwah howwah howw, de lightnin' bug
    howwag howwah howwah howw, de lightnin' bug
    Howwah howwah howwah howw
    (ya don't mind if ah holler)
    Howwah whowwah howwah howw
    you gon' send me a dollar?

    :cool:
    Okay finns..I'll send you a dollar anyway,cause youre a doll.....:)
    Now we just Gotta vote on who's best by Friday:)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • FahkaFahka Posts: 3,187
    Bibliobella wrote:
    To her everything is wonderful.

    A lightening bug flies past the windowsill
    of a lamp drenched room.
    In an instant she turns her head towards it,
    distracted by this recent claim to new.

    Dislodging herself from careful arms
    her stare propels her forward.
    She presses her hand against the window,
    and feels the bug as flat and cold.

    With her fingers, she follows the bug’s flight
    redesigning the word for light.

    The lightening bug lights up her dry tear trails,
    disappearing behind a tree.
    She smiles through the window’s darkness,
    redesigning the word for light.

    Her wonder is filled by everything.


    imo



    you should win the dollar:)
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Ali wrote:
    Okay finns..I'll send you a dollar anyway,cause youre a doll.....:)
    Now we just Gotta vote on who's best by Friday:)


    LOL well, I was only writing a poem worth a dollar! If I wrote my best and only won a dollar, I'd be gutted! LOL! Psychology tharr. :)
  • NastNast Posts: 127
    I ached when you gave me that little wave before you left tonight. I think a whimper escaped my mouth even. I think you saw it. I wanted to turn, run back and kiss you one last time for the night, but then I would have wanted more and prolly would have wanted to take you on the street. In your car. Under the street lights. Perhaps in the park, if it wasn't so cold. Perhaps we'll save that for the summer. A night when its warm. We'll climb up on the jungle gym, on the darkest night, perhaps there'll be fireflies, lots. Flittering around, blinking on and off. Illuminating the subltest sexiest parts of your body, like a map for me follow.

    And under your shirt, with my finger, I'll follow all the curves and dips through the lush, and I'll trace an X to mark the spot.
    The king of run on sentences...
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Nast wrote:
    I ached when you gave me that little wave before you left tonight. I think a whimper escaped my mouth even. I think you saw it. I wanted to turn, run back and kiss you one last time for the night, but then I would have wanted more and prolly would have wanted to take you on the street. In your car. Under the street lights. Perhaps in the park, if it wasn't so cold. Perhaps we'll save that for the summer. A night when its warm. We'll climb up on the jungle gym, on the darkest night, perhaps there'll be fireflies, lots. Flittering around, blinking on and off. Illuminating the subltest sexiest parts of your body, like a map for me follow.

    And under your shirt, with my finger, I'll follow all the curves and dips through the lush, and I'll trace an X to mark the spot.
    WoW!!!!:)*BLUSHING* That was really hot....I don't dare want to close my eyes and get some sleep!I might be imagining myself with the singer of some BAND!;):);)
    My vote might be for Nast..how sexy!!!!!!!!.You Finns...must try harder to impress your professional playwrting and poetess friends on the board!!!!!:)Come on finns...no fooling then!!!!:)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Place your vote......:)
    A dollar is at stake!!!!!!!!!;)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    I'm voting for you, Ali. After all, what use have I for a dollar? :D
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Come on Finns...I vote tor YOU!
    YOu can take the dollar and get a burger off the Dollar Menu at Mc Donalds!!!!!;)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Yeah, but they don't take dollar bills! I suppose I could always draw a crown on George Washington's head ...
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Well IF enough people vote for you...Heeheehee...I was think ing of glittering up the little pup and decorating Mr.George Washington...maybe you could trade it in at the Currency Exchange.IF IT ISNT TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM!
    Just thik of how yummy that burger will be in your sexy tummy!!!!!!!:)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    (oH no Finns...Have i scared you away with my toiling comments.....
    You JUST WRITE!If YouRE BOUND TO WIN>>>YOURE BOUND TO WIN!!!!!
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Have I got to write one now? Okay! Only if I can be excluded from the competition. I'll just write one for fun! :D
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    I'm a lightning bug, a backyard thug, my bum's an orange glow
    I flash my touche with a lush panache, it's quite a nightlight show
    I'm a Lampyridae with a concave eye and I feast on snails and slugs
    But our female peers feed on all our fears, for they eat us blokey bugs!


    :cool:
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Nice finns....I like it:)
    I must admit,putting the competitive edge on the board was quite a risk....
    but I am willing to part with a dollar!!!!!!Our first PJ poetry competition...how special!
    If youre out of the contest...you being so wise in Literary concepts,please
    oblidge and at least be the judge on Originality,clarity,purpose,and style?
    Or at least everyone consider.I'll wait on your answer Finns,darling:)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • NothingbetterNothingbetter Posts: 570
    Sorry, I'm a Junebug person :P
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    EV - St. Louis 7/1/11 ** Tulsa 11/19/12
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Come on Nothingbetter!!!!!!We're just joking!!!!!!Write!!!!!!!!!:)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Okay. Bring on more contestants. ;)
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Okay Finns...I'm going to the shore and to the borgata til tuesday.....
    Youre in charge of choosing a winner!!!!!!!:)
    Bring it on!!!!!!!!:)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Okay. In all seriousness, Bibliobella wins. Can I go now? :D
  • SPARKY02SPARKY02 Posts: 16
    Lightning Bug, Lightning Bug
    So beautiful and bright...
    If I hit you with this wiffel ball bat,
    you will be as dark as the night.

    Thank you. :):)
    "Im gone, Im gone...
    "03-28-1994, 04-11-2003, 00-00-2006.
  • grooveamaticgrooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    amazing! I haven't posted here in awhile--a lot going on in my life....but I came on to post a poem I just wrote which includes a line about lightning bugs--although it is not exclusively about them....I'm gonna post it on the main page too, but here it is:


    Light

    The most beautiful part of being alive
    (the most unbeautiful part of being dead)
    Is the strolling and the chatting
    And the smelling of things in spring
    (and in the cramping hot nights
    of dawning summer)
    With that person whose passions run electric
    Through the town surrounding you
    (through the countryside and yellow grass);
    Or the driving to somewhere
    With the windows downhalfway
    Rounding the bend
    On a road lit by fireflies
    (the light from nowhere, the light from everywhere)
    And the moon
    (with stars a friendly army surrounding it)
    Seems to smile,
    Sayingly:
    This has all unfolded,
    Because of you.
    .........................................................................
  • AliAli Posts: 2,621
    Okay come on....more contestants....unless Finns has already decided.
    I wanna see who gets the Pearl Jam dollar!!!!!!:)

    PS Sparky you are too good!!!!!!
    WIN SPARKY WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):):)
    A whisper and a thrill
    A whisper and a chill
    adv2005

    "Why do I bother?"
    The 11th Commandment.
    "Whatever"

    PETITION TO STOP THE BAN OF SMOKING IN BARS IN THE UNITED STATES....Anyone?
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