Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Where’s my Godmother?

You sit by your wand with magic abounding,
Cinderella’s Godmother did here a good deed.
It’s not fair that she ended up with Prince Charming

Now I am left with nothing much pleasing
A big white gown, a magical carriage, all in the doing of one small plea
You sit by your wand with magic abounding.

Patiently I waited my turn for the royal dancing,
But instead he glided to her and took the lead
It’s not fair that she ended up with Prince Charming.

I looked like a fool by myself standing,
The clock stroke twelve as she struggled to flee,
You sit by your wand with magic abounding.

I thought to myself that this can’t be happening
The glass slipper fit exactly with no gaps in between.
It’s not fair that she ended up with Prince Charming.

You could have done your bibby-do-bopping,
And I could have been the bride-to-be.
You sit by your wand with magic abounding
It’s not fair that she ended up with Prince Charming.

I chose to do villanelle because it was a structure that I thought would be fun toying around with. It repeats a lot of lines which I thought really emphasize points that are important to note in the poem. I have a lot of slant rhymes in my poem. Cinderella is a fairytale story that is favored among the young people, it’s magical. I thought it would be fun to twist things up and change angles to other young women who was also invited to the royal ball for a chance to marry Prince Charming. It wasn’t fair to them how Cinderella stole his heart by just dancing with him once. Plus, I’ve always wondered if other characters in “Cinderella” had fairy Godmothers also or if it was only her who was lucky.
Image from: http://onplantjen.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/fairy-godmother.jpg



1 comment:

  1. Hahah, I really like your poem and the perspective you chose to write in. PS. Thanks for the comment!

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