that

sometimes a girl just wishes she could be what her parents wanted her to be

How can I tell them
that
Little Miss Muffet
Doesn't always just
sit on her tuffet?
And that the spider
when it sits down beside her
Doesn't necessarily
frighten her away?
----
that
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
was quite happy
to let weeds in her garden grow?
----
that
Girls aren't always made
of sugar and spice
and everything nice?
----
that
Little Bo Peep
never looked for her sheep?
----
that
Mary
never had a little lamb?
----
that
Snow White
was not so pure
as everyone was sure?
----
that
she was just a girl
for whom her parents
wished the world?

Reviews

[redzone]

well, even three years later, your poem is fresh and imaginative and very much appreciated... sorry it took me so long to read it... and thanks for organizing your poems...

it is also interesting to see the poets that left comments and what they said as well... a kinda trip down memory lane... key up the music... ;0)

redzone

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I appreciate it. There are at least 500 poems you haven't seen. Most of the contents of Provocatively Yours and Hot with You, just for starters.

[redzone]

I know KL it will be a festival of poetry and a road trip into the psyche of Ms KL Goode... any road traps I should be aware of?? lol ;0)

[Lyn Anderson]

You might want to stay away from the Questions about God and the Universe book, LOL

[redzone]

uh ho, god and universe you will have my head spinning and trying to escape a black hole, a rip in the fabric of the universe... HELP!!! lol But it will still be a worthy experience, even if I am caught up in some gods wrath ;0)

[Matching Socks]

Oh KL. I COULD KISS YOU.
Seriously. I could.

[Lyn Anderson]

Please do. Now won't that get the cafe' rumour mill going ...:)

[Matching Socks]

...and I liked it. :)

[Frieda P]

I think they already know, they just don't let on, very muchly liked your fractured fairy tale....

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I was about 17 when I wrote this. It makes me feel ANCIENT. lol

[Frieda P]

Whoa...I would never publish the vile stuff I wrote at that age haha

[Vidya Bacchus]

Yes KL .I see we run in the same nursery rhymes circles.Very wise my friend life doesn't always turn out so simple :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Hey there, thanks for commenting. 3 months ago -- oops!

[Vidya Bacchus]

Ummm Hmmmm I feel so neglected!!!

[Daniel Sala]

Seen but not heard, as little ladies should be, eh? Your use of nursery rhymes which inadvertently enforce misogyny is a clever way of contrasting the fantasy of what women are from the full realities.
As you ask for reviews which go beyond mere accolades, and are such a sincere and fair person yourself, which is to be appreciated, in my humble opinion the last verse sounds out of place with all the preceding ideas as though another verse is missing there - I assume it is just how I am reading the poem and misunderstanding the final verse's meaning.
Anyway, my ignorance apart, it's a great poem, funny and shrewd. Thanks.

[Lyn Anderson]

The final verse is in fact, the entire meaning of the poem - the girl who feels she has disappointed her parents by not living up to societal expectations even though her parents wish the world for her. Thank you for your thoughtful analysis. I guess you kind of had to be in that 17 year old girl's head to fully understand. :)

[Daniel Sala]

Thank you for explaining it, half got the meaning, now it fully makes sense.