Lonnie Hicks Poems

At ten I caught fireflies
in the Chicago night
cupping them in my hands
giving them to you
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There are fireflies in the sky tonight
obscuring the stars
and they all reside in your eyes;
you not seeing them
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It was the eternal summer of her soul
which mesmorized me-
a shiny shimmering-
which glowed in the day time
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We dance under the nascent moon
delicate twirls, eye twinkles
and tree shadows
far away horns blowing
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