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.
Bryan Ens
Aug 15, 2016 @ 14:34:32
Lovely imagery here! Alas, fireflies are not common where I live.
kanzensakura
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.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
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.
whimsygizmo
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.
kanzensakura
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.
Vinay Leo R.
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.
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:57:45
Thank you Leo. I can’t imagine a life without them. They are truly magical.
Misky
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:42:34
I’ve never seen a firefly. It’s on my list of must-see-things. 🙂
kanzensakura
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.
Misky
Aug 15, 2016 @ 17:15:18
I’ve seen them telly but never in person.
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:56:00
Maybe one of these days!
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:57:09
Good thing for the list.
freyathewriter
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:43:00
I love the idea of a private galaxy! We don’t have fireflies here, I wish we did!
kanzensakura
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:53:07
I wish everybody did. They are magical.
Sanaa Rizvi (@rizvi_sanaa)
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:48:50
Lovely!! Especially the images in the closing lines ❤ wow 😀
kanzensakura
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:52:48
Thank you!
sarahsouthwest
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.
kanzensakura
Aug 15, 2016 @ 16:52:11
and of adulthood!
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:56:40
And of adulthood. I still will do a nightlight a few times during the summer.
sarahsouthwest
Aug 16, 2016 @ 14:44:26
That sounds so beautiful!
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 14:52:52
It is. I wake up all through the night to look.
sarahsouthwest
Aug 16, 2016 @ 15:15:30
Beautiful!
Raivenne
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.
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:54:56
They are magical, even here n the country where they are common. Can’t take magic for granted!
Adriana Citlali Ramírez
Aug 15, 2016 @ 18:24:39
Ooh! This poem is an enchanting image. It makes me daydream.
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:54:15
Thank you!
Grace
Aug 15, 2016 @ 18:50:50
Jar of fireflies….indeed a magical night. Love this Toni!
Waltermarks
Aug 15, 2016 @ 19:15:56
Fireflies are indeed magical. They ushered sweet dreams in for me in my youth. thanks
Bodhirose
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!
Arcadia Maria
Aug 15, 2016 @ 20:35:59
Love the imagery in this piece. Brings back memories of chasing fireflies in the summer.
Josslyn Rae Turner
Aug 15, 2016 @ 20:43:12
Ah, lovely! ❤
Candy
Aug 15, 2016 @ 21:05:34
love the ‘eternal fireflies’ – this brings me back to childhood
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:53:55
I am glad.
Mish
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.
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:53:37
That is just wonderful, the fireflies following him.
Dr. Crystal Howe
Aug 16, 2016 @ 00:32:29
This is beautiful, Toni, thank you!
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:53:09
Thank you.
kim881
Aug 16, 2016 @ 03:44:51
Your poem glows, Toni! I love the shift between the stanzas.
Laura Bloomsbury
Aug 16, 2016 @ 07:06:46
I can only dream of fireflies – and wish I could write as magically as this
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:52:13
You do write magically!
Laura Bloomsbury
Aug 16, 2016 @ 15:55:19
Thank you for all your encouragements x
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 16:20:32
🙂
maria
Aug 16, 2016 @ 07:34:02
Ah, enchanting… I love this. ❤ Here's a little secret: my middle name means "fireflies" in English. 😉
kanzensakura
Aug 16, 2016 @ 13:51:51
That is just too lovely! What is your middle name?
maria
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
kanzensakura
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.
lillian
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 😦
kanzensakura
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.
Barry D
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.
Victoria Young
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!
kanzensakura
Aug 17, 2016 @ 11:09:51
I am glad! I still will make up a firefly night light every now and then.
Rosemary Nissen-Wade
Aug 18, 2016 @ 06:08:38
Lovely images, both.
Susan Anderson
Aug 19, 2016 @ 00:54:42
…A jar of stars. What a lovely thought.
kanzensakura
Aug 20, 2016 @ 16:56:52
Thank you!
Mary
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.
kanzensakura
Aug 20, 2016 @ 16:52:32
Thank you Mary! So good to see you!