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1.
Cold hearth
Filled with soot
And tears
2.
Sisters in velvet upstairs
Stepsister below
In ashes and despair
3.
Orchestral violins
Send forth dreams
Drifting over embers
4.
In the flames
Glowing fairy glass
Melts into slippers
5.
Princess at the ball
In scintillating silk
Becomes a fairytale
Written for dVerse.
I like how you string together these tiny pieces into one poem. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteYou drip this story well, and so the last stanza really is the bow on the present. Enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteGreat write!
ReplyDeleteVery cleverly laid out. All great but #4 is my favorite. Imagining myself wearing those fairy glass slippers...
ReplyDeleteOh, I love this. I love a fairy tale retelling, and we all know this one so well that you can give us those shimmering shards of story and we can drift away on it. I'm not sure which one I liked best. 3, I think. So dreamy.
ReplyDeleteA great retelling of a classic, and in cadralor form as well!
ReplyDeletePowerful write! I am especially moved by; "Orchestral violins/Send forth dreams/Drifting over embers."
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