Miscellaneous:

[ChrisA]

Cinderella



Coarse ugly hair, obtruding jaw,

mangled teeth,

her love-struck eyes startled me,

she looked possessed,

wanting only to dance with me.



For hours, at the wedding party,

her radiant stepsisters fell tenderly

into the arms of young gentlemen.



But I hesitated—out of fear,

afraid to hold

her disabled body in my arms,

musing bitterly instead over her

beautiful and wicked stepsisters

and how they neglected her

the whole night,

unaware

she even existed.



12/15/2005

[PaintedDiary]

Dear Chris,
When I first read the title, I thought, Oh, Ok, this is gonna be a sweet poem, about the beautiful "Cinderella". I found it masterful, that you wrote about the "real" Cinderella, and the evil sisters. To write of a disney character was an awesome also! I LOVED ow you put yourself at the ball with them, and wrote of how Cinderalla looked to you. As you mentioned in one of your essays, that a writer needs to be apart of te canvas. You did this brilliantly poet. Not too short, not too long either. Just right! I did feel sadness for this fictional character at the end. Well done poet.

Kim aka Painted Diary

[Altree94]

Not at all what one would expect from the title! A very pleasant surprise. I like the way you have laid this out with the description, the scene and then your thoughts in the ending.
A very clear and well-written work, Chris! TY for posting!