Sleeping Beauty
Aurora steps into the room,
The hag was spinning wool for her loom.
The spinning wheel spun,
That looks fun.
Said the princess.
Take a closer look,
Aurora approached,
And felt a sharp prick.
Ouch, she exclaimed!
And fell asleep on the couch.
~
Lesley Scoble, March 2024
I wrote my quadrille poem for the d’Verse Poets #197: Look Sharp, Now! Quadrille Poetry Prompt. Hosted by Whimsygizmo, who invites us to write a poem of just 44 words to include a form of the word sharp.
Thank you Whimsy, for the sharp inspiration—and I enjoyed the Guinness and cheese crackers from bar!
LesleyScoble.com 
34 responses to “Sleeping Beauty: a quadrille poem”
Excellent retelling of the story
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Thank you, dear Sadje 🙏😊
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🤭Aurora is my dog’s name and people sometimes ask if it’s after Sleeping Beauty. (It’s not.)
I love that she falls asleep on the couch.🛋️
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Named after the Borealis, of course. No? What type of dog is she?
The couch is the obvious place. No? 😁
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I gave her the name Mason and I chose for our child, had it been a girl. We had Finnegan. So I named my dog Aurora. (You can tell we have different tastes.😅)
The couch works for me.😴
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I love the name Finnegan 💙
The couch wins every-time zzz
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Mason wanted it to be “Finn”, and we compromised on Finnegan. I do like it. We call him Finn, but I didn’t want that to be his whole first name.
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I like irregular rhyming in poetry, for example ‘ouch’ and ‘couch’ in this poem.
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I’m most irregular 😁
Thanks, Dan 🙏
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And she napped for 100 years. She got a good deal. ❤️
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I had to cut that bit out as it went over the word count 😁❤️
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Haha, that’s alright! The poem still conveys your message! ❤️
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Sleeping Beauty in a nutshell, Lesley! I like the rhyming and the way she fell asleep on the couch.
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Thank you, Kim! 🥜😊🙏❤️
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My pleasure, Lesley. ❤
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Fun is not always in the eye of the beholder 🙂 i love the way you tell it.
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Thanks so much, Paul 😁🙏❤️
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My pleasure Lesley 🙂
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Ooops. Drawn in again by those evil ones. You’d think these princesses would learn. 😉
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Haha, 😁 You would think so, wouldn’t you? 🧙 xx Thanks for the brilliant prompt Whimsy 😊
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Quadrille with a fairy tale twist! Love it.
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😊 Thank you, Helen 🙏❤️
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A lovely picture, Lesley. I like your Sleeping Beauty poetic story.
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A sharp warning against too much curiosity….
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Absolutely, Björn. 😁
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A wonderful short piece and image accompaniment, Lesley! I enjoyed it.
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heeheehee! well written!
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😁 Tee, hee. Thanks, David 😊🙏🧙
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Thank you AA1C, 😊 May I ask your name?
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just call me A 😊
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👍
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Bella y sutil la brujería
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Muchas Gracias, Guillegalo 🙏🌹🧙
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