Title: Fireflies
First published: November 2007
Description: Anthology of brief "prose poems" by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), first published in 1928.  Tagore wrote: "Fireflies had their origin in China and Japan where thoughts were very often claimed from me in my hand-writing on fans and pieces of silk."  Tagore may have been influenced by Japanese haiku poetry.  "Fireflies" has also been described as a collection of meditations.
Subjects: Aphorisms and apothegms, Maxims, Indic Proverbs, Indic poetry, meditations, poetry
People: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)