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Shiver & Sparkle - Fireworks

1960,
Shiver & Sparkle - Fireworks
Shiver & Sparkle - Fireworks
Shiver & Sparkle - Fireworks
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Item no
39842
Title
Shiver & Sparkle - Fireworks
Description
The following writing was inspired by wintry objects in the Museum of Childhood collections. The writers are part of 26, a group of writers with a love of words, who have invented a form of writing, called a sestude, consisting of 62 words.

'SHIVER & SPARKLE'

'THE EXPLOSION
JUMPS
AS IT LIGHTS UP THE SKY
A BRIGHT
SHIVER
OF COLOUR BENEATH
WHOOSH
POP
WHIZZ BANG
THE EVENING'S THEATRE
CONDUCTED
BY A SPARKLER IN HAND
WARM TATTIES AND
STICKY APPLES
HELD ABOVE
WORN WELLY BOOTS
WONDER-FILLED FACES
HIDE BEHIND
DAMP CAGOULE HOODS
WATCHING FLAMES
FLICKER AND DANCE
TO FAWKES
AND HIS PLOT
REMEMBER THE FIFTH
HOW COULD YOU NOT'

By Tom Cleeland

Image: Selection of fireworks 1960s

Date
1960
Location
Museum of Childhood