Charmed: A Thumbnail Sketch Poem by Paula Glynn

INTRODUCTION

Charmed: A TV series shown in 1998
Witchcraft the theme, showing what is great
Three young women discovering a Book Of Shadows
Reluctantly becoming white witches:
Descended from a line of Warren women
And battling neverending warlocks and demons

Whilst learning about what makes them tick
With every spell cast their magic does last
Ancient magic from a forbidden past
But the magic grows with every spell cast
And romance also blesses their lives
Strong white witches not immune from love.


PHOEBE

A Friendly yet cheeky character
Coming from wild and outrageous New York
Without a boyfriend and nothing bought
With only a small bag and glad rags
Prudence absolutely not impressed
Giving Phoebe a hard time leaving her distressed

Phoebe with family relationships to mend
Leaving New York of 8 million people
To arrive in San Francisco penniless
Knowing Prue will financially assist
But Prue hostile and aggressive
Yet still helpful and fairly kind and not pretend

Phoebe fun loving and vivacious
Always putting herself out there
With her experimenting with guys that care
With spells from The Book Of Shadows
Sometimes times going right, sometimes going wrong
Other times not going right due to personal gain.


PRUDENCE

A serious and hard working character
Having stayed in San Francisco
Working with and for Roger at a museum
A man to insult and condescend her
Leaving him thousands of files on her computer
To sort through and struggle with alone

Prue the one to pay the bills
Prue the one to take witchcraft seriously
Knowing their powers aren't toys
But using her power to move objects
And ultimately save lives:
Both from demons and mortals

Prue to date policeman Andy
A cop and witch love connection
The man aware his girlfriend dabbling in witchcraft:
The truth spell seeing his reaction
Although to successfully hide this knowledge
A policeman with a very open mind in his work.


PIPER

A fair minded and not always forward character
A successful chef and restaurant manager
Also doing catering such as for a rich family
A family torn apart by devious demons
But Piper and her sisters to reunite them
Their powers protecting the innocent

Piper falling in love with the Halliwell's handyman
A man who turns out to be a white lighter
Sent by the elders to protect Halliwell magic
Although Piper not to know this yet
Piper to believe there only regret
But Leo and Piper have a connection they cannot forget

Born the middle of the family
Piper to defuse fierce family fights
Phoebe and Prue often disagreeing
Especially about the Book of Shadows
Their witchcraft not used for personal gain
No matter how exciting spells are to cast.