From my archives
Thrown from my palace
Ousted by that usurping wench
Kept from my chamber
From my servants, familiars, my wards and grimoires
Kept from my pots and vials, philtres and magical gubbins.
What do I do now?
And don’t answer me that, you accursed sprite
What would you know of it?
When did you last have a royal invite?
Or last dance with a prince?
Have you a complexion sweet as milk?
You and your greasy unctuous ilk!
But no mind, I’ll look in this lake
And chant what I know well
The Mirror, Mirror spell
95 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Mirror
crispina kemp 
I say this short poem is the fairest in the land!
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Thank you, Michael. It had to be that one with the word prompt of *Mirror*
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She might need something stronger.
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🙂
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Wow, Crispina this is just marvelous
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Thank you, Sadje. It’s an inspiration job. Looked at the word prompt… and there it was, all formed in my head. Love it when that happens.
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Beautifully written
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🙂
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Oy vey. I’d keep her WELL AWAY from apples, combs, and hunters … 😉
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But perhaps it’s a reversal, and she’s the good one, overthrown by the baddie. I love reversals.
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh …. maybe, eh? 😀
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🙂
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Wonderful, I struggled with this one but your creativity shone through
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Thank you. I enjoyed doing this one
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Simply delightful.
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Thank you, Keith
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Role reversals are fun — swapping good for evil or in this case, evil for good. Nice spin on an old story.
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Thank you, Lorraine. I do enjoy reversals
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Thank you.
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I am delighted by this write, Crisp! I enjoyed it so much.😊
Nan
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Thank you, Nan. And you know I enjoyed writing it
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Oh, Crispina. How clever thou art. 🙂 I especially liked the line, “You and your greasy unctuous ilk!” Well done.
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I’ve always wanted to use that line!
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Now you did. 🙂
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Yea. Everything comes to he who waits (as my mother was ALWAYS saying… cos I was such an impatient child
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🙂
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This was fantabulous from beginning to end! Bill beat me on the “You and your greasy unctuous ilk!” and usurping wenches and accursed sprites, to boot. Great! 🙂
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Gotta get in the fairy-tale lingo!
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It is such a fabulous lingo, too!
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Steeped in it!
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No doubt!
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I enjoyed your take. 🙂
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Thank you. It was a fun one
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🙂
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Perfect reflections. 🙂 I love stories from the view of evil stepmothers.
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Especially when you release they’re not so evil
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