POEM STARTER
Write a poem based on a classic children's story.
You don't have to recount the story, but try to draw ideas or themes from it. It doesn't have to be based on a fairytale; it could be a Disney story, a myth, or even a traditional family tale.
Goldilocks
Once there was a beautiful girl with hair that curled like seashells the color of beaten gold
For one with so much promise. She never grew to be very old
For beauty and promise attract jealousy
Which have their own kind of power
quite frightening to behold
We find it in this famous story of old
Our Goldilocks has been portrayed as selfish vain and coy
But history is written by the winners
And those in power seldom share their current toy
As it happens I was once a fly on the wall
In that dreaded domicile
Where 3 great beasts did live their lives
Out day to day in the open with a smile
And where our storied Goldilocks
Ultimately came to die
