Category: Rewriting a fairy tale myth or legend
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haiku child revery
in an antique store you open the wardrobe door looking for Aslan 6-27-22
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Milly’s man
gilded glass gaol albeit a pretty jar djinn or jinn no one knows it does not matter if you believe in ancient myths of magical beings waiting to flee imprisonment adolescence delayed never fully grown 73 years is too long to wait to be a man 9-9-22
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21st century fairytale
After the kiss of COVID dried on her face mask Sleeping Beauty’s eye lids fluttered open She looked into the lecherous eyes of Prince Retail, Rolled over and went back to sleep 9-12-22
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Alice of the psilocybes
ask rabbits where do sylvan citizens store long winter’s hibernation dreams they wiggle their ears and snort, beware of talking caterpillars and grinning cats reshuffle the deck drop out and fold drop in, again cut your luck and ask Alice, I think she’ll know 10-11-22
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Table Rock is burning
Table Rock is burning And I worry about the scorpions That live in cabins along the ridge Tails hung curled above their heads Like crescent moons in the sooty air Will they rendezvous with their ancient cousin Who killed the hunter, Orion And be hung by Gaia Among the stars that sail The Blue Ridge…
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Atalanta in spandex
What if Atalanta was born a male and her daddy didn’t leave her on a mountain to die What if she hated her father and didn’t need a man to feel empowered What if she wore Spandex to intimidate her suitors because her lady parts were bigger than tiny Greek penises on marble statues What…
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Change of narrative
Orion’s misogyny myth Chases seven Pleiades virgins across the sky Let’s decorate the heavens with new stories Seven fearless virgins turn and chase Orion across the sky Castration in his future If he stops to catch his breath
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Joseph Campbell meets Mary Oliver’s ghost haiku
it does not matter where into the wild you flee your shadow finds you 8-19-23
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Pinochio
My sisters and Jiminy Cricket taught me how to wish upon a star. Asian folklore says that a loud cricket means money, but it seems someone else always hears it first. My uncle said crickets make good bait and you don’t need to carry them through the woods when you’re sneaking on private land to…
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Weather report from the Eastern steppes
Carolina wren calls in trees weatherman promises rain by noon chill water wrung from clouds cause more leaves to fall from their perch were they pushed or coerced to leap only Vladimir’s minions know 11-20-24
My husband's poetry 