Poetry Challenge #94-Fireworks Spooktacular
Fireworks!!! I love fireworks!
In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Max and Freak attend the Fourth of July celebration. As the fireworks bloom overhead, Freak calls them out in all the chemical compound glory:
“Magnesium!” (Freak) shouts as the white sparkles glitter down over the pond. “Potassium chlorate!” as the shells go womp-womp-womp and everybody goes oooooh. “Potassium nitrate! Sulphur! Aluminum!” And after a burst of hot red fire in the sky, Freak tugs my hair and screams, “Copper! That’s copper powder combusting with oxygen!”
Poetry Challenge #94
Fireworks Spooktacular
Who says fireworks are only for Independence Day, sports and Celebrations of Life? (Yes, that is a thing…ashes to starbursts). Why not Halloween! Who doesn’t want to see a jack-o-lantern spewing sparks?
So in honor of Spooktacular, write a ghostly, spooky, goblin-ish poem that includes fireworks—either as nouns, verbs adjectives—or creatures! Maybe even as Freak did, use their chemical names. Let your words burst on the page!
Set the timer for 7 minutes.
Start writing!
Don’t think about it too much; just do it.
BOO YOU!
*Cindy Faughnan and I began this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge more than 8 years ago. We now take turns creating our own prompts to share with you. (This one was Cindy’s creation.) If you join us in the 7-Minute Poetry Challenge let us know by posting the title, a note, or if you want, the whole poem in the comments.