Fireworks

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Crisp biting touches the starry night provides;
I sit inside my warm home listening
To darken spirits shoo goodbye on site.
Fireworks and gunfire ascending, exploding
Boom into the clutching cloudless steel-blue sky.
The heavens in sparkling colorful spiral flowers
And sputtering silver glittering showers
Falling slowly, burning all the whiles.
Smell of sulfur and gunpowder
Wafts through the air for miles.

My dog trembles as he listens, fearing
The repetitiously pop, pop, boom.
Leaving little room, he stays
Beside me not wanting to play,
Staring up with puppy dog eyes
In safety, while I stroke his fur to calm him.

12/27/2020

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 12/28/2020 6:33:00 PM

Excitement for some; Misery for others. One person's paradise, another's purgatory. ~ Doggone it!

Lei Strauss

Date: 12/28/2020 4:59:00 PM

This is beautiful. The only thing that I am concerned about is your dog. I wanna give him a hug. Happy new year Eve.

Jack Horne

Date: 12/28/2020 12:59:00 PM

our dos both hated fireworks - lovely write that many can relate to

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/28/2020 12:49:00 PM

this is nice to read. Our dog does not mind the fireworks sounds at all. isn't it funny how our pets can be as different in personalities as people are?

J. Summers

Date: 12/27/2020 10:08:00 AM

Enjoyed the poem. It brought back memories of my dogs hiding behind the couch or under the bed. All but Sasha...she loved the fireworks when she could see them in the sky.

Rob Levasseur

Date: 12/27/2020 8:50:00 AM

You have captured the spirit of the scene quite adequately by the use of your descriptives.

Joanna Daniel

Date: 12/27/2020 6:00:00 AM

Great description of a fireworky night, Eve, even our dog used to hide.. thank you for my placement in your alliteration contest:)

Heidi Sands

Date: 12/27/2020 5:55:00 AM

Well written Eve! I know what that is like, when a dog gets fearful of the loud noise. My dog didn't have a problem, until a neighbor put off a cannon and now she is afraid of thunder and loud noise. My thoughts are with you. Take care :)