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.
Hood
Red, rich. Streaming across a black sky, dark
creeping in from all corners, an invite
to play. To flee from the killer, a stark
warning to run before his teeth maim, bite
as the blood drips down her neck, warm. It’s wet,
she imagines, an alluring mark of
beauty, pain. She is desperate to bet on
the malice in his eyes, a pledge of love
turned dangerous, cold. Her body stops, still.
He treads, snarling, eyeing up his prey. Greed.
She smiles, a lilting thing, the pure will
to feel his teeth sink in and pierce. The deed.
A cry, red drops wilting down, a fresh bed
for her to lie on, red, rich, dying. Dead.
