Fire trickles and drips across the sky, old folks huddle and cuddle and babies cry, teenagers squeeze sweaty palms and look up, up way high. Because light fills the night, kabooms bang in the air, conversation stops, jaws drop, we all crane our necks up … and stare. Yes, when those fireworks erupt, when they splash in the dark, when those bright waterfalls drip down into our park, we all ooh and ahh at them big beautiful sparks.
AWESOME!
Photo from: here
28 Comments
June 4, 2009 at 12:06 am
Some of my fondest memories of growing up were of warm summer nights with fireworks displays. It still brings me right back there when I am able to see a great fireworks show as an adult and watch my daughter in awe. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Really Really Awesome!
June 4, 2009 at 12:34 am
Love fireworks, and in my neighborhood, they go off in all directions on the 4th of July.
Not awesome: If the “big crowd” consists of your blown off fingers.
June 4, 2009 at 1:16 am
Not as eloquent as usual, but still awesome.
June 4, 2009 at 4:01 am
With my birthday being the 5th of November (Bonfire Night, for non-Brits), fireworks hold an especially awesome place in my heart and mind. There’s the outer layer of awesome explosions, surrounding an inner core of awesome presents.
June 4, 2009 at 6:37 am
I live in DC and going down to the Mall is AMAZING. Tons of awesomeness!
June 4, 2009 at 6:46 am
All those ‘oooo’s and ‘aaaaa’s! What’s not to love!
June 4, 2009 at 10:56 am
It’s weird but there’s nothing that seems to arouse oohs and aahs in people as reliably as fireworks do. We’ve all seen it all before, but it’s always awesome.
One of my fondest memories was sitting on a dock, watching fireworks explode over Lac du Bonnet, listening to the oohs and aahs from the crowd on the beach across the lake.
June 4, 2009 at 12:55 pm
honestly, not really digging all the rhyming lately
June 4, 2009 at 6:51 pm
honestly, not really digging all the unwarranted criticism lately…
I mean, seriously people… isn’t this the one site on the internet that we come to without fail for our daily pick-me-up? Isn’t this a big happy community where we take a moment out of our days, to feel nothing but a child-like joy for all the small wonders in life?
Are we really so used to being jaded and snippy on the internet that we can’t even visit a blog like this without getting in our little digs?
June 4, 2009 at 10:10 pm
i’m with ya freddo.
June 6, 2009 at 11:44 am
comments are meant for feedback. i put in my feedback.
and maybe i like my pick-me-up without a kitschy rhyme scheme every single day. fine in moderation but not for every post.
don’t be so dramatic.
June 6, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Who is forcing you to visit everyday, then ?
Let the rest of us enjoy without your cattiness
May 13, 2010 at 7:36 am
I feel the need to weigh in here – while the poetry can be a bit over the top sometimes, I can look past it to the underlying message with no problem. If someone has an issue, it should be aired – without honest feedback how can Neil provide us with our needed positivity in a format that pleases us? I do not believe that needless negativity has a place anywhere, especially here, but I think that Liz was just expressing her opinion. If we don’t like it, we can say so, but it’s not insulting for her to state her feelings. If it is, then why can any of us leave comments?
June 4, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Just absolutely awesome. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
June 4, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I like the smell of fireworks also.
June 4, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Stick to prose
June 5, 2009 at 9:26 am
I love fireworks! We live near a park and they have awesome 4th of July fireworks and the New Years Eve fireworks at Disney World are definitely something to see.
June 5, 2009 at 3:15 pm
How has nobody put the Kerouac quote on here yet?! Okay, I’ll do it…
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!
June 8, 2009 at 11:06 am
amen.
June 8, 2009 at 11:09 am
Loved the poetic writing on this post. Truly AWESOME.
July 26, 2010 at 11:08 am
i know! i love when neil does that. i love all his awesome things, so yeah its not really saying much. but i didnt even notice it was rhyming until it was discussed in all that kerfuffle up there ^^^
:D
January 4, 2010 at 12:53 am
Ah… recently experienced this… Happy New Year Everyone!
January 24, 2010 at 3:24 am
You have an interesting point of view ;)
April 20, 2010 at 4:50 pm
We all become kids, or neanderthals, again together when we watch fireworks.
May 30, 2010 at 4:57 pm
I love to photograph is people watching fireworks: the look of joy in their faces is priceless. Here’s one of my favorites from Gasworks Park in Seattle.
May 30, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I tried to put in an “img src” there, but it didn’t work, so just click on this link instead.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elisfanclub/726987724/
June 24, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Watched a great display on vacation from a hotel. Not a fan of “driveway” or backyard neighborhood displays, though. I love to look from afar without the noise!
July 21, 2010 at 3:06 pm
The way you describe all of these things is just….
AWESOME!