Stuart Bartow teaches writing and literature at SUNY Adirondack. He lives in Salem, New York where he chair the Battenkill Conservancy, an environmental non profit working along the Vermont-New York border. His most recent book is called Invisible Dictionary, a collection of haibun published by Red Moon Press.
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"Yes, fireflies, which are actually a type of beetle, share a relationship with weather that goes deeper than the summer solstice. Their larvae live underground during winter, mature during spring, and then emerge in early summer anywhere from the third week in May to the third week in June."
Farmers Almanac, Tiffany Means, USA
mid-August night
a few fireflies
have overslept
—STUART BARTOW
Was this the Common Eastern Firefly or Big Dipper Firefly?
Yep, fireflies are EARLY SUMMER, but I bet some did oversleep!
Wonderful haiku!
.
glass of merlot
the night shares itself
with fireflies
Very nice image, clever, but not a true Haiku.
Why is this not a true haiku?
5-7-5 IS A TRUE HAIKU NOT JUST IMAGES.
in August's night light
as fire-flies dance with stars
silent harmony
_ Just a cloudy thought… so nicely felt Stuart_! _m
"Yes, fireflies, which are actually a type of beetle, share a relationship with weather that goes deeper than the summer solstice. Their larvae live underground during winter, mature during spring, and then emerge in early summer anywhere from the third week in May to the third week in June."
Farmers Almanac, Tiffany Means, USA
mid-August night
a few fireflies
have overslept
—STUART BARTOW
Was this the Common Eastern Firefly or Big Dipper Firefly?
Yep, fireflies are EARLY SUMMER, but I bet some did oversleep!
Wonderful haiku!
.
glass of merlot
the night shares itself
with fireflies
Alan Summers
Asahi Shimbun (Japan, November 2018)