POEM STARTER
Write a poem based on a classic children's story.
You don't have to recount the story, but try to draw ideas or themes from it. It doesn't have to be based on a fairytale; it could be a Disney story, a myth, or even a traditional family tale.
Goldilocks
Once there was a beautiful girl with hair with curls like seashells and the color of beaten gold
For one with so much promise she never grew to be very old
For beauty and promise attract jealousy
Which in itself has the power to be
quite frightening to behold
So let us just get on with this famous story of old
Our Goldilocks has been portrayed as selfish vain and coy
But history is written only by the winners
And those in power seldom share their current toy
As it happens I was once a fly on the wall
In that dreaded domicile
Where 3 great beasts did live their lives
Out day to day
And where our storied Goldilocks
Ultimately came to die
