English #frapalymo: Southern Love

Love Haiku #5

He made sweet tea in
the mason jar he used to
catch lightning bugs those

childhood summer nights.
When we finish it all, drunk
on honey, we lick

our tongues inside, reach
for the crystalized sugar
caked to the bottom,

fill our mouths with more
as the sun sets and our cheeks
glow like fireflies.

© 2015-2018 Nortina Simmons

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Written for Frau Paulchen’s Lyrik Monat, which translates from German to Mrs. Paulchen’s Poetry Month. Today’s prompt is “write a poem about the countryside.”

Updated July 12, 2018