The Grim Weaver

I was inspired by the Rumplestiltzkin tale, Tudor England and King Henry The Eight; for this poem. It's also a short tale...

(I) Adolpho Red,
He spun his thread,
Smiling with mirth,
A surf to his glee,
Now what could that be?

(II) Catherine of Aragon,
Catherine Howard,
Once worthy wives,
Perhaps married to a coward?

(III) Until the axe fell,
On their necks,
That is very well,
For the king's merry vent,
For the king to be content

(IV) But Henry kneweth not,
Adolpho's curious lot,
A king of fetish,
With a twisted soul,
As empty as a peasant's bowl

(V) Adolpho cut the locks,
Of their hearts he careth not,
And scythed their flaxen fleece,
Wove upon his seat,
Spun till it was neat!

(VI) Some he sold,
Some he stroked,
Some he irked,
But always,
He was bold

(VII) Until one night,
He went too far,
So enraptured by his spin,
Lost fully,
To The hours

(VIII) So there was time enough,
For a curious knave,
To plant the ruff,
Of the king himself,
By Adolpho's clock!

(IV) That crafty knave,
Then sought the king,
Beckoning him,
To enter in,
That room of horror and bloody sin!

(X) In one swift gaze,
The king saw that flax,
He saw also red,
For Red he sought the axe!

Author's Note

What are you thoughts, and comments; or reviews? I accept "read requests" too, on this site.

Reviews

[lost_poet]

Hi!
I might not know the story behind, but your retelling was enough for me. I like how you always keep your structure of poems/stories... Thanks for sharing

[Twilight]

I was NOT retelling a story. It's my story. You are the second person who has made that mistake.

[Twilight]

Your reviews aren't really reviews.

[Twilight]

Only because I can be so good at using my imagination, so you jumped to conclusions.

[Twilight]

Obviously, Rumpelstiltskin is a character from an English folktale; but I made that clear in the description or Author's Note. All the other details are my own.

[Twilight]

I used the word "Inspired, in the description - because my story was inspired by the folk tale. The rest in mine, but I just borrowed a key character.

[camac1994]

Hi Twilight, I do not know the story but I believe you told it quite well!
I got chills!

[Twilight]

It's my own story, so only I know it.

[Twilight]

That's what creativity is all about, primarily

[camac1994]

I agree! Very much

[GlendaK]

Wow, that's amazing!

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

I’ve seen a few series in those queens on t v.
You did them justice

Loved your style

[Twilight]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Twilight]

But, understood that you loved my style.

[Sean M. Addams]

I thought you did well on this. I had to Google the names you mentioned but once I read up on them I think you are point on. Too bad no other reviews because this is a great piece!!

[Twilight]

Thanks. I added a slight horror angle of my own, and can assure that Adolpho Red is a fictional character (from my imagination). His evil fetish for hair, emerged as an idea; with the old tales of Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin in mind. Of course, the Tudor era details are certainly real (as you checked). Keep on writing too..!

[Sean M. Addams]

Thanks I definitely enjoyed this piece

[Twilight]

From what I remember, you sometimes cover gothic and horror themes too; in your writing,?

[Sean M. Addams]

Yes changed it up a little on last one and wrote a ghost ballad about Wyatt Earp.