61. Fairy Tale [100 poems challenge]

61.          Fairy Tale

Once upon a time,
Plot builds, dénouement, happi-
ly ever after.

18, 19 June 2013

Comments: Cheater, cheater, cheater. I know I promised no more haikus but I couldn’t resist. To make matters worse, I have rather abused the form, too, with that hyphenated word over the second and third lines. Haiku forms of classic literature and films are quite well known (see http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780141399423/one-hundred-great-books-haiku-popular-penguins and http://www.wcl.govt.nz/blogs/teens/index.php/book-lists/classic-novels-in-haiku/ and http://reviewinhaiku.com/ although I couldn’t find a particularly funny site I vaguely recall from a long time ago); the problem with fairy tales and haiku form is that you have to have “Once upon a time” and “Happily ever after” which doesn’t leave room for exposition and extemporisation in the middle!

Themes to come: 62. Magic; 63. Do Not Disturb; 64. Multitasking; 65. Horror; 66. Traps

Explanation about the 100 poems challenge here.