The
Tookany Review
Vol. IV
Winter 2008
Poetry written by Cheltenham Township Adult School Workshop Participants
Cheltenham, PA
In this issue
Edited by Deborah Fries
cover image by
E. Twan Crawford
E. Twan Crawford
One poem
Chasing Fireflies at Night
Chasing fireflies at night ended summer days.
Blinking yellow lights dot the backyard and illuminate the darkness
While my cousins and I catch them,
Like little boxers working a bag we grab for hovering lights.
Sun like incandescent dimples on black
They flicker to elude us.
Captured, placed into a jar.
Feast on smooth green grass and yellow dandelions.
Place the jar near at bedtime, watch them blink as sleep arrives.
A bit older, taking lovers on moonlight strolls in the open fields
We’d sit in moist dew covered grass, exchange affection
And enjoy the soft serenade of lights that would appear and disappear
in the dark.
Much older, I’m in attendance in my backyard.
Now wondering, how random do they fly?
A river flowing smoothly around its obstacles,
They move with no resistance, move with the night.
No destination or direction.
I admire their way; they seem to just be, if only for the brevity of
summer.
E. Twan S. Crawford is a photographer and musician living in Glenside. Fulltime, he is an IT director for a local advertising firm. He is exploring poetry and writing as other means of creative self expression. See his work on the home page of this issue of TTR.
At
this time, The Tookany Review is accepting only the work of
writers who are enrolled
or have been enrolled in
Cheltenham Adult School
writing workshops.
For
more information about writing workshops offered by
the Cheltenham Township Adult School, contact:
Cheltenham Township Adult
School
1414 Panther Road
Wyncote, PA 19095
Phone: 215-887-1720