Thank you for your witness for justice, haijin. Congratulations to last week’s contributors:
Haikai Challenge Participants| 1. Li/Lisa 2. Dave Madden 3. Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr 4. Jules 5. Frank J. Tassone | 6. Kerfe Roig 7. Eugenia 8. Janice 9. Ben Kohns 10. Kerfe Roig (2) | 11. Pat R 12. Xenia Tran 13. Ben Kohns 14. Revived Writer 15. Linda Lee Lyberg |
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Onward!
The second week of June begins in “New York’s backyard.” Hot, sultry days trade places with cool, breezy ones. As we approach the heart of midsummer (by traditional calendar reckoning), it’s the right time to visit a summertime favorite: the firefly!
Theย Lampyridaeย are aย familyย ofย insectsย in theย beetleorderย Coleoptera with over 2,000 described species. They are soft-bodied beetles that are commonly calledย firefliesย orย lightning bugsย for their conspicuous use ofย bioluminescenceduring twilightย to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a “cold light”, with noย infraredย orย ultravioletย frequencies. This chemically produced light from the lower abdomen may be yellow, green, or pale red, withย wavelengthsย from 510 to 670 nanometers.[4]ย Some species such as the dimly glowing “blue ghost“ of the Eastern US are commonly thought to emit blue light (<490 nanometers), though this is a false perception of their truly green emission light due to theย Purkinje effect.[5]
I haven’t seen any yet, but I hope to, soon. How about you?
This week, write the #haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to the Firefly. Yes, you can even reference the sci-fi cult classic, too, if you like.
As always:
Hereโs how the challenge works:
1. write the haikai poem of your choice.
2. post the link of your post to Mister Linky.
3. pingback by posting the link to the challenge on your site.
4. read and comment on other contributorsโ posts.
Enjoy those tiny points of light, haijin!
Frank J. Tassone 
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