ODE TO FIREFLIES
Night meadows
The uncharted
Darkness of yearning
Shadows
All fires out
Gone! Except
Your little
Engines
Of love
Declaring
Announcing--
The biggest
Soul
In the smallest
Chest
Did I say "soul?"
That formless
Entity
Of light[?]
O, you lovers
Of pyralis fire!
Unflaggingly
Protesting
A fallible
G o d
Whose career
Is to disbelieve
To unsanction
Your short-
Lived affair
For you put humans
To shame
Those who huddle
To artificial fire
The unlit souls
Conspire
Nothing curbs
The inaudible
But determined
Voice
From your small
Luminous hearts
Nothing!
Not even
The massive death
Of stars
In the belly
Of blind
Night!
You see, it's easy
To snuff
The sap & spark
Out of a human heart
Who lives in a herd
Fooled
By his Lord
I've seen power &
Violence
In cold blood
I've seen fake
Emotions stirred
By high voltage
Wire, but
None can compare
To your cool
Flare and
A perfect love
Consumed
By each other's
Fire!
:june '05
art by: Sheila Sullivan
影云 发表评论于
yes, sir!!!:)
LTG 发表评论于
"新长征路上的"诗歌!!!
:))
我们的路确是比较曲折的!
但,只要"大方向"找对了,空气就会越来越新鲜!
:)
影云 发表评论于
thanks :)
long way to go :)
LTG 发表评论于
you are on your way to becoming a true poet!!!!
影云 发表评论于
uuuuuuuuuunderstand :)
don't worry about that:)
we are always looking for "betterness" in the field of words too:)
LTG 发表评论于
i don't mean to be "piiiiiiiiiicky" :))
your attitude is wonderful!
影云 发表评论于
okie, okie:) let me redo it;)
wait for yours:)
you are welcome:)
LTG 发表评论于
two thumbs Up!!!
:)
like it!!
in some ways, this poem needs more "fill-ins," it seems....
"汁液" and "搅拌" would not be my first choice though....
like the pic you chose for it in your blog!
thanks!
rc,
seems like you did some research :)
you call them "romantic beasts"?? reminds me of a film, "Sexy Beasts" :)
zf,
the word "pyralis" is also a species of firefly, i think....hope i spelled it right....
"immortal fire" is great! :)
知凡 发表评论于
Thank you, y.y., "immortal" makes sense here...
pyralis: immortal fire in Greek. Thanks again, y.y.
影云 发表评论于
zf,
I’d like to take “pyralis” as “immortal” since it means immortal of fire in Greek if I am going to revise my translation.
by水滴 发表评论于
Hi, LTG:
Interesting to know that, "Fireflies are very romantic beasts, because their whole adult life is spent courting. There are hundreds of different firefly species, each using a different flash code for identification. Male and female flash patterns also differ.." :))
