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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Firefly

Unwary firefly
transmits its radiant notes.
Love can't be cautious.

4 comments:

Jenny said...

I like the succinct and essential about this one.

The firefly is an interesting creature. I have only seen them once; that was in a Slovakian forest when I was a 18 year grunge gal in the mid 90s.

brenda w said...

true dat.

human being said...

love this!
and it's so Persian... this theme is so recurrent in our mystical and love poems... when all caution is thrown in the wind...
there is a beautiful word for this:
/bee-parvaaee/





unwary but aware...

Francis Scudellari said...

@Jenny Fireflies are among my favorite insects. We have plenty of them here (though I don't see as many as when I was a kid living in a more rural area). They still inspire a bit of magical thinking in me.

@Brenda Advice I'm still trying to master :).

@hb What a great word. I'm very unfamiliar with Persian love poems. I'll have to seek them out (translated of course).