Promptly Poetry

An Unforgettable Tale

An Unforgettable Tale

A book that begins in near despair,
a sad situation, unwanted companion,
relieved only by a painting on the wall,
a harbinger of hope and remembrance.

Then comes the magic to rescue all,
as fantasy grips and transports elsewhere,
first in the sea and then on a voyage
in a new world with dream islands to find.

Adventure sails from one isle to the next
and makes a friend of an enemy,
stars fall to earth, the lost are retrieved,
and in the end a glimpse of heaven perceived.

The Narnian tales are famed and regaled,
even today the young relish these books,
but the one that held me then and still now
is the one titled The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.


Line count: 16
Free verse
For Promptly Poetry, Week 43
Prompt: Write a poem based on a classic children’s story. I chose The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis.