fireworks: a vignette

by TheDayBeforeTomorrow

Published November 14, 2012

In Other Poems

fireworks in the open sky,
projections of light
and joy and exhilaration
and daring and innocent zeal and
sudden illuminations,
 
telling me a tale
with booms and whistles
and shrieks and sneaks
and bright lightning light and
dangerous advances
 
fading as they appear,
and come and go
and go and come and
twirl and flourish one last time
before the curtain falls.
Comments & reviews · 2
wishuponafallenstar wrote a review Review · Nov 16, 2012

I agree with the other reviewer you should probably change the first line but the poem in itself has no real problems.

I really like these last lines:

'twirl and flourish one last time
before the curtain falls.'

They're very beautiful and fitting to end the poem with. Overall it's very well-written and I like it a lot.

~wishuponafallenstar~

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StoryWeaver13 wrote a review Review · Nov 14, 2012

This has really nice imagery, and I personally like it. I feel as though the opening lacks the same intrigue, however, and would advise possibly finding another way of beginning your poem; it's not a bad first line, but it lacks any sort of hook or uniqueness.

Other than that, this is a nice poem. It has a great rhythm and it unravels naturally before it hits diminuendo. Nice job.



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