Tag: fireflies

  • Firefly by Warren Benedetto

    Firefly by Warren Benedetto

    Missy caught the firefly in mid-air, cupping her hands around it to form a tiny, dark cave. She could feel the insect’s delicate footsteps tickling her skin as it wandered across her palm, searching for a way out.            “Got you!” she whispered, victorious.            It was almost dark. The sunset was…

  • summer storms and fireflies by Holli Terrell-Cavalluzzi

    summer storms and fireflies by Holli Terrell-Cavalluzzi

    fireflies are contagious creaturesi caught one out of the corner of my eyebut when i blur my eyesthe shape exchangesinto a summer mist. underneath my clothessometimes it is the wild ways that find me—fireflies, long summer daysthunderstorms shaking blades of dune grassin the middle of an ocean swim.we get outwhile…

  • The Queen Firefly by Dave Gregory

    The Queen Firefly by Dave Gregory

    One summer night on the family farm, in 1975, a lightning bug followed us inside. My mother switched off the overhead light so my two brothers and I could see the firefly better. Mesmerized, we crouched to watch the insect walk across the brown carpet as the tip of its…