Once upon a time

 

A handsome prince (but wilful)
wanted to find him a wife.
He started a search
to finish in church
but wasn’t awfully skilful.

He danced with some girls
but disdained their curls,
found none he could live with for life.
Too flighty, not pretty,
too dim or too clever –
when, oh when would he ever
meet his wife.

Then one day at a ball
in a quaint village hall,
he spied one he thought was perfection,
she was dressed all in gold,
and he hurried to hold
her, under a sad misconception:
she was really a dog –
he turned into a frog
when he kissed her.

Meeting the Bar at dVerse tonight is all about story telling in poetry:   character, plot, character, conflict, and theme.