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| Black Beauty by Anne Sewell |
Black Beauty
Harlequin
Hullabaloo
My Friend
Flicka
Dumbo
Dumbo
Beauty
and the Beast
Hide
and Seek
Running
and Falling
Bleeding
Toes and Heels
Boiling cauldrons
of Step Mothers
Kissing doesn’t
always heal.
Copyright © 2014 S.L.Chast
I like the progression of this poem, Susan. (And, oh how I loved Black Beauty & My Friend Flicka.) The third stanza is a reminder, however, that all does not have a happy ending!
ReplyDeleteOooh I like this . . . some great childhood memories there, though no step-mum's.
ReplyDeleteno there are somethings that kisses dont heal...i like how you went from the book titles to something all the more real....
ReplyDeleteNo..They weren't called Grim(m) fairy tales for nothing.... ;)
ReplyDeleteI too like the progression of your poem, from loved books to the harsher reality of life.
ReplyDeleteOh, the books of childhood! My salvation. I note the truth in the closing lines.
ReplyDeleteBut books always soothe the pain.
ReplyDeleteI love old book covers. thanks for this week's prompt its a winner!
wonderful list. takes me back to my own child/teenhood.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the invaluable lessons found in stories!
ReplyDeleteAh childhood books fashioning an imagination. The wounds of childhood vary for the individual. Lucky are those who escape fairly unscathed.Childhood is so important in the memory scape.
ReplyDeleteCutting Forests and avoiding the spindles, growing smaller and taller, now we have the Powerful Princesses Frozen and Fighting' and Lo the Magicians are flying all over...but on Brooms -where are the Carpets? Its a whole new World' Indeed the poem rolls back in Time' 'All Toads are not Princes'
ReplyDeleteA great poem calling on old favorites.
ReplyDeleteChildhood wrapped up little poem. Thanks for sharing!
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