Who Needs Glass Slippers?

who needs glass slippers
when a pair of tennis shoes can look 
just as spectacular on the
gorgeous person wearing them
and at least the shoes 
won't slip off as easily
as those glass slippers

that are prone to breaking
before you even make it
home after the clock
strikes midnight on November 1st 

*picture credit Felicia Valadez*
Thank you for reading

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i like this because that is pretty much all i wear...Tennis shoes...i feel pretty awkward in anything else. I also play a lot of tennis, and this got me imagining running around the court in glass slippers.

i could see myself shattering a shoe at exactly the same time i broke a string on my racquet.

now on the serious side...a part of me loves this...the whole dress up thing, the formal attire...i don't go for it..i am more of a comfortable person...i teach English at two community colleges and am very casual when i teach, as far as dress.

the students seem very comfortable with me...i hop around the room, sit on the front of the desk...don't like being formally dressed or standing behind the desk. creates distance.

sorry to ramble, but this poem is so good, can be approached from several directions.

love it.

jacob

[Richard Lane]

occasionally though, tennis shoes can also be a problem because i have trouble keeping my shoes tied. i actually had to switch to shoes without laces the last time I went through the TSA section at the Airport in 2007 when I took a trip to Atlanta, GA. Nothing is worse than trying to take your shoes off while standing up in front of several people in line. I'm good about following the rules and I got through ok, but that was a frustrating experience. LOL thank you for reading Jacob.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

how about custom made glass tennis shoes?

[Richard Lane]

That might work but they would have to be made without tennis shoes and whoever wore them would have to be careful not to step on the foot of their dancing partner in a nightclub.

[Leigh]

Tennis shoes are much better

[Raven Starhawk]

Lovely. It reminds me so much of Cinderella. ^^* But I read a deeper meaning than anything that cartoon has to offer. There is depth here and many people will just take it at face value but I see much deeper than that.

[Dr. Wood ?]

great idea...Maybe it should be longer though

[Richard Lane]

perhaps but i wrote it so i would fit into the frame i made for a friend. i also write poems in stages and this might be done as a series of poems with different titles. or i could have it with the same title and have the poem written on several pages. there are times when the muse strikes fast and the brain can only think of so many words. this way i'll be able to keep the readers in suspense and perhaps wanting more. i've read various books of poetry and even a few novels with that kind of format. when i am able i will write a diffent section. the poem was a response from me after my friend Felicia were writing back and forth and after I had shared a short story I wrote last night she sent me the picture I uploaded with the poem in order to give a visual reference.

[Dr. Wood ?]

I understand...I have written in that format where the end is not necessarily the end...It can become complicated unless you are focused enough to know where the end should be,,Some poems have a habit of running away with you