The Gentle Firefly - Poem by Ruta Mohapatra

A delightful poem! This is especially fascinating to me because there are no fireflies where I live. I have never seen one.
Ruta, you do have your own light. Wherever you go, your inner light is always illuminating other people. (Report)Reply

Ruta Mohapatra(6/22/2019 12:58:00 PM)

Thank you, Kim, for the pleasant comments! They made my day!

Beautiful poem Ruta! (Report)Reply

Ruta Mohapatra(3/6/2019 11:04:00 PM)

Thank you, Dominic!

Ever such beauty! .. Filled with nature and heart! ..
Beautifully painted! .. Thank you ever so much for
sharing this! .. Ever so many
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Ruta Mohapatra(10/1/2018 12:39:00 AM)

Thanks for visiting and commenting!

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occasional poetry?

i've copied 2 online 'definitions':

1 - Occasional poetry is poetry composed for a particular occasion. ***

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2 - As a term of literary criticism, occasional poetry describes the work's purpose and the poet's relation to subject matter. It is not a genre, but several genres originate as occasional poetry, ...

*** examples of occasions given: inaugurations, weddings, birthdays

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Bharati's comment echoes your poem, including what i think (know) is a grammatical error: Its'. i don't think THAT 'word' exists. hee-hee. i'll go easy on you and say it's an honest typo; even Bri makes those!

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i am pretty sure you correctly used lay, but the use of tenses of verbs '(to) lie'...[NOT the one meaning to tell an untruth! ]....and '(to) lay' is CONFUSING....even to Bri! if i hadn't continued reading past the first line....and seen entered....i would not have known if you were speaking of the present or the past. : ( ha ha.

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I lay in the dark
Inside the mosquito net
Waiting for sleep to come.....fabulous poetic expression! My pleasure revisiting this beautiful poem! (Report)Reply

I lay in the dark
Inside the mosquito net
Waiting for sleep to come
And my eyelids to set
The gentle firefly
Entered the room
Its' blinking light
Dispelled the gloom
I silently wondered
As I followed its' flight
How good it would be
To have my own light
- - - - -A short and succinct poem , loved reading. (Report)Reply

Beautiful, a very nice ending.10+ (Report)Reply

It is apparent from the verse that you DO have your own light :) (Report)Reply

Wow, very very nice poem...I would like to add this to my favorite poems....lovely! 💝💗10++++++ (Report)Reply

I enjoyed the beautiful imagery. +++10 (Report)Reply

A sweet poem. Thanks for sharing.
Warm regards, Bipasha (Report)Reply

A fascinating brief poem! Appreciated the beauty of expression! (Report)Reply

A great start with a nice poem, Ruta. You may like to read my poem, Love and Lust. Thanks (Report)Reply

The gentle firefly
Entered the room
Its' blinking light
Dispelled the gloom
I silently wondered
As I followed its' flight
How good it would be
To have my own light.......such a nice poem in simple words.. you express your great desire to have your own light like the firefly. just simply liked this poem and your powerful imagination and thoughts. tony (Report)Reply

If human would have own light, a lot of sorrow of the society could have been resolved.Good start.7 (Report)Reply