The Latest Dulac Illustrations

[to Edmund Dulac ]

spooning out the ambrosia of late afternoon

for the stepsisters’ snack, so

unexpectedly

Cinderella spilled the sunlight on

the floor and was reprimanded.

later, in moonlight, after they’d gone,

fluttering their rococo fans

way off in a lavendered distance-

while sweeping up the crumbs

of a frilled disdain that lingered…

she heard enchantment’s music rise

turning her blue gown roseate on the instant.

spun out on  a dewdrop’s galaxy alone-

alone-

pure gladness danced on a bird note-call

(bright pomegranate, after all)

from the mystically star-showered gardens

perfectly rendered

mary angela douglas 27 august 2012

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