Solstice
Poem (Shadorma Form)

Solstice
We'll stay up
late, light lingering
the first day
of summer,
til fireflies flash the seconds
before bedtime's hour.
Notes
A shadorma is a poetic form of one or more 6-line stanzas, each of which comprises 3 / 5 / 3 / 3 / 7 / 5 syllables per line, respectively.


No, you hadn't mentioned the book. How exciting! I look forward to it.
What a fun challenge you set for yourself with that shadorma form.