Thursday, August 12, 2010

Cinderella Syndrome 12


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alley cat
his bold stare as he slips through
the wrought iron gate
--gillena cox

"Miaow", which really meant, "Cheer up! You have something neither of your stepsisters have and that is beauty." It was quite true. Cinderella, even dressed in rags with a dusty gray face from the cinders, was a lovely girl. While her stepsisters, no matter how splendid and elegant their clothes, were still clumsy, lumpy and ugly and always would be. [Ivy Joy's Fables and Fairy Tales]


continuing the Cinderella Syndrome or What every girl should have; well!!! at least once in her lifetime, anyways...in haiku/haibun style throughout the month of August; e-mail me or add your contributions at comments; to included in the day's post

5 comments:

Lorraine said...

I am liking everything about this tale, bravo Gillena :)

Frieda said...

what a beautiful haiku!

HaikuKelly said...

I like your haiku. I can totally see this alley cat. Probably because they--and their hard stares--exist the world over.

HaikuKelly said...

Okay, I'll take a stab at this Cinderella thing. Every girl should have, at least once in her life, a night of pure romance.

summer stars so bright
I'm your destiny, he said
and she believed him

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for stopping by Lorraine, Frieda and Kelly

Kelly thanks for the haiku, it will be used later as the story unfurls


much love
gillena