Beware! Beware! The Red Ballet Shoes! ... Comments
Beware! Beware! The red ballet shoes!
A cursed gift you should always refuse!
For fame and fortune comes with a high price,
With these red ballet shoes that tempt and entice.
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A marvelous poem beautifully crafted, well executed and with great rhyme. A great horror story that grips every reader. Another poetic gem that will sparkle forever like diamond. Onto my Poem List .
Thank you for your superb and kind comment Rose Marie and your comment on the earlier unfinished version. And I will finish off I Fight For My Ladies Colours for you to hopefully enjoy. And I know you liked The War In Heaven poem so tonight I'll try and put up the complete version of it
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8/17/2025 12:08:12 AM # 1.0.0
Rose Marie the electronic voice absolutely ruins this, for it is reading it much too fast. The pacing and beat is way off and so is its metre. The words seem to tripping over themselves. And even the pauses for dramatic effect are way too long. Oh! And some pronunciations have been dragged through a hedge backwards. Apart from all that it's b l o o d y marvellous. I'm a happy poetry bunny. Not!