the first notes
squeezed from bagpipes
small town parade
from To Hear the Rain
Independence Day
after all the fireworks, the stars
still there
long after
the fireworks
a shooting star
from Almost Unseen
fireworks
I close my eyes
for a second look
night train
the fireworks
you missed
boom! boom! ka-boom!
so many duds…
fireworks
translated by D.G. Lanoue
Fourth of July–
grandma’s throw
half way to the toddler
you squeeze my hand . . .
how still the sky
after fireworks
Michael Dylan Welch. from Open Window – haiku & photos “WelchFireworksSM”
“Fourth of July” – Click here to see the original photo and poem
“you squeeze my hand” – Click here to see the original photo and poem
by dagosan:
the old war vet —
holding his grandson
and oxygen tank
“papaJames04sm” original
by arthur j. giacalone
fireworks —
in the crowd
one dog wimpers, one howls
!!!!!!!
finale
f
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f
f
f
f
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fireworks
town hall fireflies
keep working the crowd
[July 4, 2005]
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“Caution: Children at War” by Woody Birtie
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“Curb Your God” by Daniel Young

“iRAQ,” by Copper Greene
“designDissentG” – protest images from The Design of Dissent (2005) – the book
— the exhibit (School of Visual Arts)
— the authors: Milton Glaser, and Mirko Ilic