Preparations. Photo by Robert Rath from over here at Robert’s website.
I slipped into a cool virtual rabbit hole today. I came across poet John Gallaher who posted some poems by another poet, Alfred Starr Hamilton.
Today’s poem (including rhymes and word transitions) is modelled closely on Hamilton’s wonderful ‘Cinderella’ (which you can read if you scroll down to Gallaher’s post dated Saturday March 23, 2013).
It looks fairly simple, but in fact it was quite challenging to find a useful combination of compound words and rhymes while maintaining a surrealist feel.
Snow White
after ‘Cinderella’ by Alfred Starr Hamilton
were you ever a little skylark
out in the dark
not too tiny a skylark
but a little skylark
and the way was dark
were you ever a little skylark
out in the sky
not a big sky
but a little sky
and the way was dark
and you had your light with you
not too big a light
but a little light
and your name was Snow White
wonderfully you were invited
to marry a prince
not too proud a prince
but a perfect prince
and you had your light with you
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