Poetry

(Image: "white limo" (sic) by saytaina. Found on Flickr via Creative Commons, and used in accordance with Creative Commons Licence Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0).) A poetic retelling of "Cinderella". Mike, the Magic Godfather - husband of the more famous Fairy Godmother - appears to help our forlorn heroine. After giving her the essentials that any future princess needs, he decides that HE's going to go to the Ball, too, and have himself a good time... Contains references to alcohol and some very minor cursing.

(Image from Wikimedia Commons - in public domain) A quick poem inspired by the famous account of the unknown visitor to the house of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who disrupted the poet while he was writing "Kubla Khan" - which is pictured in the image. There are various theories about "him", but here, I decided to explore what it would be like if the Person interrupted Coleridge on purpose. Maybe "he" just wasn't a poetry fan? Funnily enough, I actually mislaid the notebook I wrote the early lines of this poem in, and had to practically turn my room upside down to find it again. If that isn't karma, I don't know what is.

(Image from Creative Commons - in public domain) Recently, I've been reading the brilliant book "Body Positive Power" by Megan Jayne Crabbe. As a result, I felt compelled to write this quick piece about body positivity and self-worth. It was originally for the Limerick channel of one of the many writing-related Discord servers I'm a member of.

Despite my recent hymn to body positivity, “Metamorphosis” - which I still stand by - my ongoing body confidence journey still has its wobbles, all the same. My low self-esteem as of late, along with the prompt "what beauty means to you", inspired this quick poem. (Image from Pixabay - free to use)