Bjorn is pubtender today – back from hiatus! For our Quadrille Poem – exactly 44 words not including the title – using his prompt word: “jar”. Great noun and verb – jars, jar, jarred, jarring – Come visit us and read! The poems are only 44 words about jar. http://dversepoets.com/2016/08/15/quadrille-13/
Star Jars
Summer night –
Fireflies and falling stars.
By my bed
jar of fireflies – magical nightlight –
released at dawn
By my grownup bed
a jar of stars
plucked from the summer night sky –
My private galaxy,
eternal fireflies
lighting my dreams until rosy dawn.
fireflies in jar – public domain image
kanzen sakura 
Aug 15, 2016 @ 14:34:32
Lovely imagery here! Alas, fireflies are not common where I live.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 15:10:01
I am sorry. They are truly magical. It is a great joy of childhood to very gently capture a few and put in a jar with holes punched in the top and put by the bedside. Then let them back out in the morning.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 15:14:38
I grew up without fireflies… and too few stars… but I do understand the true magic of such a jar… the magic of keeping stars on the bedstand is magic.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 15:24:56
Toni, I absolutely love this. We were on the same page today. 😉 What is it about jars?
I grew up with fireflies (Ohio). but then moved west when I was around 10. I miss them.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 15:34:49
They are magical. I still put them by my bedside. One escaped and found its overnight home on the dreamcatcher in the window before I put her back outside in the morning.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:16:26
No fireflies here either. I grew up without them. But I can imagine them well, twinkling like the stars. 🙂 I love it. The phrase “a jar of stars” is just magical.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:57:45
Thank you Leo. I can’t imagine a life without them. They are truly magical.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:42:34
I’ve never seen a firefly. It’s on my list of must-see-things. 🙂
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:53:47
I know it isn’t the same thing, but there are vids on YouTube of fireflies. They are cool.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 17:15:18
I’ve seen them telly but never in person.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:56:00
Maybe one of these days!
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:57:09
Good thing for the list.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:43:00
I love the idea of a private galaxy! We don’t have fireflies here, I wish we did!
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:53:07
I wish everybody did. They are magical.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:48:50
Lovely!! Especially the images in the closing lines ❤ wow 😀
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:52:48
Thank you!
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:49:13
Fireflies sound so magical. We don’t really see them over here. I love that every day magic of childhood.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:52:11
and of adulthood!
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:56:40
And of adulthood. I still will do a nightlight a few times during the summer.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 14:44:26
That sounds so beautiful!
Aug 16, 2016 @ 14:52:52
It is. I wake up all through the night to look.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 15:15:30
Beautiful!
Aug 15, 2016 @ 18:15:15
I love fireflies! As a city girl, they are a rare sight indeed, oh but the magic of them when seen! This write evokes that magic wonderfully.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:54:56
They are magical, even here n the country where they are common. Can’t take magic for granted!
Aug 15, 2016 @ 18:24:39
Ooh! This poem is an enchanting image. It makes me daydream.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:54:15
Thank you!
Aug 15, 2016 @ 18:50:50
Jar of fireflies….indeed a magical night. Love this Toni!
Aug 15, 2016 @ 19:15:56
Fireflies are indeed magical. They ushered sweet dreams in for me in my youth. thanks
Aug 15, 2016 @ 19:30:45
I grew up with fireflies too, Toni. They truly feel like magical little creatures at night blinking and winking in the woods. Beautiful poem!
Aug 15, 2016 @ 20:35:59
Love the imagery in this piece. Brings back memories of chasing fireflies in the summer.
Aug 15, 2016 @ 20:43:12
Ah, lovely! ❤
Aug 15, 2016 @ 21:05:34
love the ‘eternal fireflies’ – this brings me back to childhood
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:53:55
I am glad.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 00:13:42
What an amazing nightlight that would be…
My husband rides his bike on trails at night and is often accompanied by fireflies.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:53:37
That is just wonderful, the fireflies following him.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 00:32:29
This is beautiful, Toni, thank you!
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:53:09
Thank you.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 03:44:51
Your poem glows, Toni! I love the shift between the stanzas.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 07:06:46
I can only dream of fireflies – and wish I could write as magically as this
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:52:13
You do write magically!
Aug 16, 2016 @ 15:55:19
Thank you for all your encouragements x
Aug 16, 2016 @ 16:20:32
🙂
Aug 16, 2016 @ 07:34:02
Ah, enchanting… I love this. ❤ Here's a little secret: my middle name means "fireflies" in English. 😉
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:51:51
That is just too lovely! What is your middle name?
Aug 17, 2016 @ 06:55:40
It’s “Aninipot”… but here in PH, the name sounds funny and people would laugh at it despite the meaning so I try to keep it as little secret (if I can). Hehe
Aug 17, 2016 @ 11:10:44
It is a lovely middle name! and it is unusual but it isn’t ugly or strange. I won’t tell anyone thought.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 07:52:20
Wonderful! Oh that is one thing I miss from my Iowa days….the magic of fireflies in those summer nights 🙂 Here in the city, we have blinking windows on high rises — not the same at all 😦
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:49:14
No they are not the same. When I did city dwelling, summer nights always seemed so empty without them.
Aug 16, 2016 @ 15:16:34
Love the visuals. Takes me back to my own childhood of catching fireflies. They do create an ethereal light, don’t they?
Nicely done.
Aug 17, 2016 @ 10:20:53
We used to do the same thing. It was magical because where I lived darkness was so dark you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face so those fireflies were really beautiful and plentiful. This poem is really beautiful, Toni, and brings up a lot of great memories!
Aug 17, 2016 @ 11:09:51
I am glad! I still will make up a firefly night light every now and then.
Aug 18, 2016 @ 06:08:38
Lovely images, both.
Aug 19, 2016 @ 00:54:42
…A jar of stars. What a lovely thought.
Aug 20, 2016 @ 16:56:52
Thank you!
Aug 20, 2016 @ 13:49:52
We all need to keep a jar of stars by our bed, I think…..and we can reach down and grab one or two at any time. Lovely write, Toni.
Aug 20, 2016 @ 16:52:32
Thank you Mary! So good to see you!