Monday, September 12, 2016

DMC: "Once Upon a Time" by Jane Baskwill




ONCE UPON A TIME

Once upon a fairy tale,
Once upon a magic rhyme,
Once upon and long ago,

Once upon another time,
Dragons lived upon the earth,
Mermaids swam under the seas,

Talking fish granted wishes,
Beanstalks grew from magic beans,
And there lived a red-capped girl

In a cabin by a brook;
Once upon a fairy tale,
Ever after in my book.

© 2016 Jane Baskwill. All rights reserved.



Jane Yolen has challenged us to write a septercet that features reading or writing this month. What is a septercet?  Click HERE for more details.

Post your poem on our September 2016 padlet. All contributions will be included in a wrap-up celebration on Friday, September 30th, and one lucky participant will win a personalized copy of her fabulous new collection of science poetry:






5 comments:

  1. Very nice, Jane! I especially love the tone and flow of this fairy tale journey.

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    1. Thanks Michells. I enjoyed the septercet challenge!

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  2. Jane their are so many thing to love about your poem the new take on childhood fairy tales and I Love the last line

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    1. Thanks Jessica. It took a while to get to that ending and keep to the septercet.

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  3. Wonderful poem. I love it. Thanks so much for the poem.

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