The Peeps Parade in Amherst, Massachusetts, is a world-renowned annual commemoration of the celebrated creation of Lavinia Dickinson’s, the peep (information about her invention of the peep is HERE).
As a matter of fact, Parade Magazine lists Amherst’s yearly pageant as one of the top parades in the world. The publication lists the “Top Ten Parades, Pageants, and Processions” as the following:
* Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
* North Korea’s Armament Extravaganza and Worker’s Party Glorious Observation of Kim Jong Un
* The Annual Peeps Parade in Amherst, MA
* The Tournament of Rose’s Rose Parade
* Croaker, Drum and Sucker Season Parade and Cavalcade in Ithaca, NY
* The Greater-Omaha Grammar Fest Parade
* Parade of the Librarians in Washington, D.C. on Cow Appreciation Day (info HERE)
* Chicago’s Pothole Festival Parade
* Amarillo, Texas’ Prison Band Jamboree
* The Lawn and Land Care Association’s Lawn Mower Parade in Columbus, OH.
In addition to the annual festivity in Amherst, Peeps are also celebrated in many poems by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request). One of his most acclaimed peep poems is “Spring comes on the World” (below on the left). Dickinson’s poem inspired third-cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same opening line (below on the right).
* Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
* North Korea’s Armament Extravaganza and Worker’s Party Glorious Observation of Kim Jong Un
* The Annual Peeps Parade in Amherst, MA
* The Tournament of Rose’s Rose Parade
* Croaker, Drum and Sucker Season Parade and Cavalcade in Ithaca, NY
* The Greater-Omaha Grammar Fest Parade
* Parade of the Librarians in Washington, D.C. on Cow Appreciation Day (info HERE)
* Chicago’s Pothole Festival Parade
* Amarillo, Texas’ Prison Band Jamboree
* The Lawn and Land Care Association’s Lawn Mower Parade in Columbus, OH.
In addition to the annual festivity in Amherst, Peeps are also celebrated in many poems by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request). One of his most acclaimed peep poems is “Spring comes on the World” (below on the left). Dickinson’s poem inspired third-cousin Emily to pen her poem with the same opening line (below on the right).
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: Spring comes on the World – I sight the Peeps – Pastels to me until I gorge And, then the Box Of Peeps stands deserted, Clutched to Condition With a “Yum!” | By Emily Dickinson: Spring comes on the World – I sight the Aprils – Hueless to me until thou come As, till the Bee Blossoms stand negative, Touched to Conditions By a Hum. |
For more information on Dickinson's poetry and Lavinia Dickinson's peeps, click HERE.
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