An Old Campfire Poem

By lupus tenebrae

There you were, some craven
nightlight in the dark,

some distant ember I'd
seen tremble in the wind,

a paper lantern all aflutter
with the slightest touch

or lonely wisp caught
vanishing again.

You were a fox-tail, frilled
and ready to escape,

a robin's breast content
to sing its fond farewell,

a coming dawn retreating
at the close of day,

an old campfire, with
no stories left to tell.

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Copyright 2015 lupus tenebrae
Published on Wednesday, January 14, 2015.     Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

A series of couplets describing a mysterious flickering light that I saw one late evening.
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  • TropicalSnowstorm On Thursday, January 15, 2015, TropicalSnowstorm (1703)By person wrote:

    "an old campfire, with no stories left to tell." - that is a great line! I enjoyed this piece very much, as I always enjoy your work. Ciao, T/S Scholar

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