A LOVER
by Amy Lowell
If I could catch the green lantern of a firefly
I could see to write you a letter.
SOURCE: Poetry (March 1917).
IMAGE: Still from animated feature Grave of the Fireflies (1988).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Amy Lowell (1874-1925) was an American poet of the imagist school from Brookline, Massachusetts, who posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.
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And of course, my favorite poet, ever, probably, Amy Lowell. Just these two lines capture a feeling so perfectly, don’t they? Thanks!