Nearly
twenty-five years ago, I began writing a collection of humorous fairy tale
poems. I was inspired to write them after sharing some funny fairy tale poems written
by Judith Viorst and X.J. Kennedy with my elementary students during the course
of an extensive unit on traditional literature that I did in my classroom. I
never submitted my collection to a publisher. Still, I had fun writing
the poems--and sharing them with my students and members of my writing group.
A CHARMING PRINCE HAS SECOND THOUGHTS
By Elaine Magliaro
Listen…Sleeping
Beauty snoring
Sounds
just like a lion roaring!
If
I kiss her cheek, she’ll rise
And
look into my deep blue eyes.
She’ll
fall in love with me no doubt.
I’m
the only prince hereabout.
Should
I kiss Beauty? Should I not?
In
this dilemma I am caught.
If
I wake her now she’s mine—
A
roaring, snoring valentine!
I
know they say that love is blind,
But
it’s not deaf. I’m disinclined
To
rouse this maid. I’ll let her snore
And
dream of me forevermore.
BOOK
GIVEAWAY
I'm
giving away a copy of YOU JUST WAIT: A Poetry Friday Power Book by SylviaVardell and Janet Wong. It's would be an excellent classroom resource for
teachers of "tweens and teens."
To
be entered into the drawing for the book, all you have to do is to comment on
any of my Wild Rose Reader posts that I publish from April 23rd through April
30th. I'll announce the winner on Wednesday, May 1st.
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