Literary Crumbs: Poems & Short Stories to Savor by D. Ryan Lafferty

  • Oh Lightning Bug, You Firefly

    (For those of you who dare to shine) Oh lightning bug, you firefly;beacon in a darkened sky. Your lantern sparks, then fades and dims,a luminescence from within.  A constant burning deep inside,your glow attracting every eye. You dare to shine while others hide.Oh lightning bug, you firefly. By D. Ryan Lafferty DartanionPress.com Read more

  • Musicians

    Ever aware of the passing time, they’re counting out each phrase. They read the world in beat and rhyme, even syncopated ways.   Their hearts pump out the dum-dum-dah-do of the driving bass guitar, while piano chords harmonize with that redhead at the bar.  Pedals pound on a standing grand, as notes slide from those chunky velvet keys. The choir Read more

  • Dream Makers

    When we go to bed, they are just arriving, hot coffee in their hands, stretching and yawning as the machinery in the warehouse switches on. Deep in the heart of the cerebellum, they rush into action, for they are pros, each waving scanners and tapping single handedly on keypads, racing from stack to stack. They are honeybees, fervently Read more

  • Bordentown Rises

    City of history, pride, and Paine, Hopkinson, Patience, and Bonaparte’s fame.   Pointe Breeze, the home to that brief King of Spain, leveled by fire, but the townspeople came.  Saving his riches and wealth from the flames, honest integrity earned his acclaim. Farnsworth, Borden, and Lafayette’s names sit atop main streets, alleys, and lanes.  From Read more

  • Patience, The Man Who Waited

    In all the fables, I never read the story of the man who waited. Waiting, not like the yammering two, expecting Godot, but for things that only a lifetime of truly tried patience can keep. There must be a long-lost tale, spun by some grandfatherly slave to teach the virtue to his masters’ spoiled children.  A shot in Read more

  • For Everone 

    Did you mean, for everyone?Or maybe just for anyone?Well, for whichever one… (if ever one) My proofreading eye, didn’t catch the y,my not-so-clever one. But, if you’ll abide, the truth’s inside,our time together’s just begun. Could it just be for you and me, the fabled city, Everone?!And this is where, we’ll find it here, ensnared in Read more

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  • Oh Lightning Bug, You Firefly

    (For those of you who dare to shine) Oh lightning bug, you firefly;beacon in a darkened sky. Your lantern sparks, then fades and dims,a luminescence from within.  A constant burning deep inside,your glow attracting every eye. You dare to shine while others hide.Oh lightning bug, you firefly. By D. Ryan Lafferty DartanionPress.com Read more

  • Musicians

    Ever aware of the passing time, they’re counting out each phrase. They read the world in beat and rhyme, even syncopated ways.   Their hearts pump out the dum-dum-dah-do of the driving bass guitar, while piano chords harmonize with that redhead at the bar.  Pedals pound on a standing grand, as notes slide from those chunky velvet keys. The choir Read more

  • Dream Makers

    When we go to bed, they are just arriving, hot coffee in their hands, stretching and yawning as the machinery in the warehouse switches on. Deep in the heart of the cerebellum, they rush into action, for they are pros, each waving scanners and tapping single handedly on keypads, racing from stack to stack. They are honeybees, fervently Read more

  • Bordentown Rises

    City of history, pride, and Paine, Hopkinson, Patience, and Bonaparte’s fame.   Pointe Breeze, the home to that brief King of Spain, leveled by fire, but the townspeople came.  Saving his riches and wealth from the flames, honest integrity earned his acclaim. Farnsworth, Borden, and Lafayette’s names sit atop main streets, alleys, and lanes.  From Read more

  • Patience, The Man Who Waited

    In all the fables, I never read the story of the man who waited. Waiting, not like the yammering two, expecting Godot, but for things that only a lifetime of truly tried patience can keep. There must be a long-lost tale, spun by some grandfatherly slave to teach the virtue to his masters’ spoiled children.  A shot in Read more

  • For Everone 

    Did you mean, for everyone?Or maybe just for anyone?Well, for whichever one… (if ever one) My proofreading eye, didn’t catch the y,my not-so-clever one. But, if you’ll abide, the truth’s inside,our time together’s just begun. Could it just be for you and me, the fabled city, Everone?!And this is where, we’ll find it here, ensnared in Read more