Champagne party popping corks
People meeting having talks
Moonlight shining having walks
On her dance card names she chalks
Take the floor with people dancing
Many beaus their arms are chancing
Hoping for some fine romancing
Ladies over masks are glancing
Fancy ball-gown’s what a sight
Swirling round throughout the night
Twelve o’clock strikes one take’s flight
From the prince as change she might
Through the garden as she rushes
Lost a slipper by some bushes
Cannot stop so onward rushes
Breathing heavy face now flushes
Prince goes searching far and wide
For slippers foot to fit inside
Cinderella’s foot he tried
And she became the prince’s bride
© 2008 David Threadgold
Rambling Riddles & Rhymes
royal rhymes of four, verse from days of yore, happy endings usually in Hollywood and Bollywood well done 10
As I read, I found myself stumbling on your words, as I got so exited. That reading experience brought back some great memories I thought was forever lost. Thanks for making them surface once again
You're a true story teller Dave. I really like your spin on familiar tales as well as the unfamiliar ones. Great rhyme and meter but that's always a trademark with you. (10)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A lovely modernistic poem of a of an old classic, loved the rhyming David well done