Beauty met the Beast,
looking for a miracle.
KIND, his profile said.
She glanced at his snarling face.
Just what kind was uncertain.
Tanka: 5-7-5-7-7
Miracle & Beauty prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
Beauty met the Beast,
looking for a miracle.
KIND, his profile said.
She glanced at his snarling face.
Just what kind was uncertain.
Tanka: 5-7-5-7-7
Miracle & Beauty prompt from: Ramblings of a writer
Perilous Reading 
Thanks, nice tanka, yes, it certainly looks as though those fairytale stories are making their way into the market again. Beware. Smiles!
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Haha, beware indeed.
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Haha! Love it. Great setup and great last line.
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Nik, we were obviously separated at birth.
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The closing line is brilliant. Love the timely motif of the entire poem, too–so much of today’s first meetings are done virtually, through words and images… one can hardly tell what’s true and what’s not.
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Thank you 💕 and you’re totally right. We live in a world bound senseless by projection, hyper-normality has a lot to answer for.
I’ve just had a look at your site, I love your work!
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Clever and witty! Perfect adaptation of the fairy tale for the digital age.
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Thank you so much! It seems like no matter how far we come as a species, we can’t seem to shake off that Happy Every After.
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This is fantastic!
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We’ll probably always feel the need to imagine an unattainable fantasy world.
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Haha, thanks sweetie.
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True. Imagination is what makes us human. We can dream of handsome princes or building rocket ships to mars.
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This made me smile!
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Me too when I wrote it.
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Really liked this!
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Haha, really liked your comment. Thank you!
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