tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post2215288222560519405..comments2024-03-28T02:54:32.745-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Tuesday Poetry Stretch - FireworksTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-71100209365288477342011-07-13T11:20:19.197-04:002011-07-13T11:20:19.197-04:00FIREWORKS
Chinese New Year
Fourth of July
Man mad...FIREWORKS<br /><br />Chinese New Year<br />Fourth of July<br />Man made lightning<br />Sparkles our sky.<br /><br />(c) Charles Waters 2011Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-74276731625945429922011-07-11T10:58:06.156-04:002011-07-11T10:58:06.156-04:00These are all so interesting! I especially liked ...These are all so interesting! I especially liked the inside view of the pyrotechnician. I can so picture an anthology on this most common of shared experiences...Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-83197230601602614972011-07-10T21:45:28.432-04:002011-07-10T21:45:28.432-04:00Hope
Late one night
fourth of July
a firefly star...Hope<br /><br />Late one night<br />fourth of July<br />a firefly stared<br />at a starburst sky.<br /><br />As fireworks <br />blossomed<br />I heard her sigh -<br />I can do it if I try.<br /><br />© Amy Ludwig VanDerwaterAmy L Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830987204619914326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-22270504086346796022011-07-07T17:12:31.765-04:002011-07-07T17:12:31.765-04:00The Pyrotechnician
It’s his life
his art
this pou...The Pyrotechnician<br /><br />It’s his life<br />his art<br />this pouring of powders<br />this mixing and fixing<br />of potassium perchlorate<br />sodium benzoate <br />all magicked into packages<br />shot into the sky.<br /><br />A whole year<br />he works for this night<br />on placement and pacing<br />orchestrating<br />for maximum amazement<br />the dazzle and flash<br />and thundering Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769803733067838372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-78808148036576707932011-07-07T10:08:21.735-04:002011-07-07T10:08:21.735-04:00Heidi -- that's a gorgeous poem! Mine's in...<i>Heidi -- that's a gorgeous poem! Mine's in blank verse.</i><br /><br /><b>Farmers’ Fireworks Display<br />By Steven Withrow</b><br /><br />We stall the car and climb the roadside hillock<br />To the field, as the bugs hum down for our blood,<br />And at the second flash—the first entrapped us<br />With its bright and bursting spontaneity—<br />You coo and ooh as though you’ve seen a Steven Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424518148189688086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-54687963549788022072011-07-07T08:05:36.910-04:002011-07-07T08:05:36.910-04:00Debby-Downer has her claws in me. I hope she lets...Debby-Downer has her claws in me. I hope she lets go soon.<br /><br />July 4, 2011<br /><br />Music begins. A pop! Together<br />chins and eyes travel heavenward.<br /><i>Oooo</i>...Boom! Pfft, pfft, pfft. <i>Ahhh</i>...<br />All aglow with patriotism Americans<br />willing to <i>Oooo</i> and <i>Ah</i> in unison over<br />sparkling things, fleeting and out of<br />reach, refuse to speak to one Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-19089480294543716302011-07-07T04:06:10.837-04:002011-07-07T04:06:10.837-04:00Finally, a little something:
FIREWORKS
Fire work...Finally, a little something:<br /><br />FIREWORKS<br /><br />Fire works this way,<br />a spark, a sparkle,<br />then the dark unfolds<br />like a Chinese box,<br />opening little by little <br />to the light.<br /><br />©2011 Jane Yolen, all rights reservedjaneyolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396863710083180775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-14218897928551307352011-07-06T22:12:01.844-04:002011-07-06T22:12:01.844-04:00Fireworks
The sky has always wanted to do this,
t...Fireworks<br /><br />The sky has always wanted to do this,<br />to throw itself burning<br />across the ponderous face of night,<br />to shatter lightning, to splinter sunlight.<br /><br />--Kate Coombs, 2011, all rights reservedKateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-87279745107692505682011-07-06T14:17:22.113-04:002011-07-06T14:17:22.113-04:00I wrote this a long time ago and called it "T...I wrote this a long time ago and called it "Tenth Year Paradelle," but it's neither a paradelle nor a villanelle. On the occasion of my TWENTIETH anniversary, let's rename it:<br /><br />Tenth Year Villadelle<br /><br /> We leaned into the hill as the night exploded toward us.<br /> The grass grew high and green and thick.<br /> Into the thick the high the hill Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-89604430320388417012011-07-06T11:51:52.902-04:002011-07-06T11:51:52.902-04:00I've got nothing here!
JaneI've got nothing here!<br /><br />Janejaneyolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396863710083180775noreply@blogger.com