poetry response

"Fat is Not a Fairy Tale" is a good poem it is about someone who wishes that in fairytales there were fat princess instead of skinny ones. I believe that this is a good poem because it is criticizing to some big (overweight) girls. Fairytales make them think because they are fat they can’t be a princess but this poem helps a lot and I think it will bring up some of their confidence. This poem tells that some people don’t think that all people are skinny and that you should not make them as if they are. If you don’t believe me read it for yourself.

Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale
Jane Yolen


I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Cinder Elephant,
Sleeping Tubby,
Snow Weight,
where the princess is not
anorexic, wasp-waisted,
flinging herself down the stairs.

I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Hansel and Great,
Repoundsel,
Bounty and the Beast,
where the beauty
has a pillowed breast,
and fingers plump as sausage.

I am thinking of a fairy tale
that is not yet written,
for a teller not yet born,
for a listener not yet conceived,
for a world not yet won,
where everything round is good:
the sun, wheels, cookies, and the princess.