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Yes, children's tales are often sad.
No magic spirit to implore.
A wardrobe may change king to lad,
to walk the path they walked before.
No magic spirit to implore.
A frosted cake can't make them grow
to walk the path they walked before.
The looking glass cannot bestow.
A frosted cake can't make them grow,
nor shattered shoe upon the stair.
The looking glass cannot bestow
a ballroom dance without a snare.
A wardrobe may change king to lad.
Yes, children's tales are often sad.
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Thank you Billy and Leanne for the help getting here.
Original
A child's tale is often sad.
Imagination won't transform.
A wardrobe may change king to lad,
but old inside they must conform.
Imagination won't transform.
A frosted cake can't make them grow,
but old inside they must conform.
The looking glass cannot bestow.
A frosted cake can't make them grow,
nor shattered shoe upon the stair.
The looking glass cannot bestow
a ballroom dance without a snare.
A wardrobe may change king to lad.
A child's tale is often sad.
(Title change Pantoum Sonnet from the chess thread with Brandon. Here's the form: http://bensonofjohn.co.uk/poetry/formsse...m%20Sonnet )
Yes, children's tales are often sad.
No magic spirit to implore.
A wardrobe may change king to lad,
to walk the path they walked before.
No magic spirit to implore.
A frosted cake can't make them grow
to walk the path they walked before.
The looking glass cannot bestow.
A frosted cake can't make them grow,
nor shattered shoe upon the stair.
The looking glass cannot bestow
a ballroom dance without a snare.
A wardrobe may change king to lad.
Yes, children's tales are often sad.
~~~
Thank you Billy and Leanne for the help getting here.
Original
A child's tale is often sad.
Imagination won't transform.
A wardrobe may change king to lad,
but old inside they must conform.
Imagination won't transform.
A frosted cake can't make them grow,
but old inside they must conform.
The looking glass cannot bestow.
A frosted cake can't make them grow,
nor shattered shoe upon the stair.
The looking glass cannot bestow
a ballroom dance without a snare.
A wardrobe may change king to lad.
A child's tale is often sad.
(Title change Pantoum Sonnet from the chess thread with Brandon. Here's the form: http://bensonofjohn.co.uk/poetry/formsse...m%20Sonnet )
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson