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AcTIvITy 4.12
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poetry
Fireflies
My Notes
A Poem for Two Voices
Light
is the ink we use
Night
We’re fireflies
flickering
flashing
fireflies
gleaming
Insect calligraphers
copying sentences Six-legged scribblers
fleeting graffiti Fine artists in flight
bright brush strokes Signing the June nights as if they were paintings We’re
fireflies
flickering
fireflies.
by Paul Fleischman Light
Night
is our parchment
fireflies
flitting fireflies
glimmering
glowing
Insect calligraphers
practicing penmanship
Six-legged scribblers of vanishing messages,
Fine artists in flight adding dabs of light
Signing the June nights as if they were paintings
flickering fireflies
fireflies.
Second Read
• Reread the poem to answer these text-dependent questions.
• Write any additional questions you have about the text in your Reader/Writer Notebook.
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