Once Upon a Poem Scholarship Slam - CLOSED

Once upon a time, I was framed for a crime. For doing a good deed to fill the spoiled, red-head's need. I simply granted her wish and she lost the tail of a fish Then, I sent her on the ground above…

Once upon a time there was a Prince Many tales of him but most were just myths The truth of the prince should soon be unveiled For the tale of him saving the Princess was never real The Princess…

Grit in a glass. Confidence in a cup. Call it what you will, as long as you buy another gin and tonic. I'm consistent in my ways, you're just another tab, that's got to pay. But you're staring at the…

Humpty Dumpty didn't sit on a wall The King couldn't build with only one call Humpty Dumpty the governor of the garden state Will only end up having one big terrible fate Humpty Dumpty tried with his…

Once upon a time there was a cat in a house Who was always portrayed to catch the mice and the mouse. But what if this cat was portraying an act and fooled everyone around him. With his owner being…

Tick tock the clock struck twelve It was Him and I Alone Him and I against the world Ever since that magical night I lost my slipper But I had a night with him Him and I against the world Cinderelly…

Confined to my paralyzed body I lay, waiting for my “true love” to come An unknown man to kiss me Yes, come at me you scum How dare one go assault A teenager at her prime I only wished to enjoy life…

Once upon a time, in a land far away, There stood a stone tower, as tall as it was gray, And in this tower trapped, no one beauty but two, Sister-twins they were, named Rapunzel and Rue, Rapunzel's…

“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, look at your hair!” The detective screamed in terror and despair Looking at her sight, the gleam in her eyes Showing the fright of the something despised Against her lifeless…

I suppose the Disney writers re-invented me as a mermaid in order to be more appealing to children The harsh reality of how such a wonderful world could be sad, isn't exactly a children’s story This…

My mission was to avoid my mother's thrashing and my father's lashing. Home never felt safe for me, not the way I'm being treated. Add in my sister's taunting, And my brother's haunting. It's not a…

Borderline tight were the clothes he was made to wear. Much was revealed though he didn't much care. All through the house he was mistaken as Asian, Until that afternoon he led to persuasion. "Hear…

Far away, in a far off land I contemplate the complicated matter at hand As I sit, alone in a tower In the end, having been stripped of my power No power of evil, no power of good I do not have that…

He is a man but not quite He feasts on moth wings by the light of a fat sun And makes melodies from bird bones at night Rats follow his song and deer flee At the sight of an ancient gaze He collects…

“The castle is a prison”, she once mused, “For ones as foolish as myself”, thought she, The peasants might be famished and abused “But royal courts are not suited for me” She longed for simpler times…

Once upon a time; Don't you get tired of that old rhyme? As soon as you hear it, You know a what has been written. But here comes a change, This is no average magical arrange; Where the animals talk…

One upon a time there was a girl with hair of gold She was locked away in a dark tower, or so I'm told. But the truth is, Rapunzel did not want to go outside The last time that Gothel asked her to go…

Cinderella knew her wealth wouldn’t last For when the market crashed At the mercy of the dollar Her blue dress became a blue collar. She works for the human, but not humane Stalked by the unmerciful…

Once upon a time, trekking through the forest was a beauty with brains- they called her Belle. She came upon a Prince- pulchritudinous beyond perfection. They walked, waltzed, and won their way to…

Taken from his mother. He had the power to wish but with a swish he was stolen by another. Raised in isolation, receiving all he needed, with his life, he proceeded. Then there came a realization.…

Disney princess movies in a nutshell: A helpless princess without a brain is trapped in a tower An attractive prince, who somehow found the tower, comes to save the day The hero complex occurs They…

A bird left alone shamed for his feathers for his eyes for his beak. Their gaze shaped him, it was Their gaze that shaped his own. Wishing to hide wanting to flee to cry to drown to forget his own…

Once upon a time, There was a mermaid swimming at the bottom of the sea. The water was her lifeline and yet, She only wished for one thing; To see the surface. The ocean was a beautiful place, But…

Twelve dancing princesses twirl ‘round the hall Laughing with glee as at last they shed all The burdens of holding a state on their shoulders The eldest twirled forward, nothing to hold her But the…