Image:1 Luminous Galaxies glow like Fireflies in the Night
Image:2 A firefly
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here) and (here)
Winged beetles, never
ending flickers fill the cool
sea-side swamp areas
Rare phenomena
Glowworm lavae becomes a
firefly as adult
Locally known as
kelip-kelip, a night time
tourist attraction
A sly mating game
or to hoodwink a likely
unsuspecting prey?
Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM #221
ending flickers fill the cool
sea-side swamp areas
Rare phenomena
Glowworm lavae becomes a
firefly as adult
Locally known as
kelip-kelip, a night time
tourist attraction
A sly mating game
or to hoodwink a likely
unsuspecting prey?
Written for Chev's CARPE DIEM #221
fireflies are so cool...been seeing them in the backyard for about a week...i find them rather romantic...
ReplyDeleteThat is true! They make the environment becomes alive. Over here droves of onlookers brave the cold evening air. A stretch by the river banks at Kuala Selangor (about 70km from where we stay)is a famous location.
DeleteHank
I have never seen one and am amazed to see from the picture the presence of a kind of torch light beneath the insect, Subhanallah.
ReplyDeleteOh yes,it's fascinating,Pakcik! I used to catch an odd one or two before as a kid! Sadly I don't see them anymore now!
DeleteHank
They aren't around here so much that I have found, but they do have a certain beauty when they are found
ReplyDeleteThe beauty comes on 2 counts. One,the lights make them unique and two,they move with a rhythm in the air and they move slowly. One can easily catch them!
DeleteHank
Hotaru, kelip-kelip..
ReplyDeletefirst I heard that :)
nice n informative read !!
Kelip in our lingo means flicker.
DeleteHank
Ooh, that last stanza speaks volumes. Love that beautiful word for firefly, "hotaru" and "kelip-kelip" just sounds like what it is. Thank you, not only for increasing my vocabulary, but for your wonderful poem.
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