This poem was inspired by one of my favourite children's picture books...It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Green Shaw and by...
"Dancing around the May pole" photo by LDyck (05/20/17)
What Genre?
I thought you were a mystery,
but no one was murdered
so, I guess, you're not a mystery
I thought you were a romance,
but no one is in love
so, I guess, you're not a romance
I thought you were a short story,
but you're too long
so, I guess, you're not a short story
I thought you might be MG or YA,
but your characters are much too old
so, I guess, you're not MG or YA
I thought you were science fiction or fantasy,
but you don't have any futuristic machines or vampires
so, I guess, you're not science fiction or fantasy
Please, oh please, dear manuscript, tell me what you are
What?
What?
What?
What?
Oh, tell me what you are?
The Who sings... Who are you
