Rosetta..
The young princess of the Kingdom of Daventry.
Known for its gardens of green poisonous apples..
Dark forests, plain fields and absinthe-coloured mists.
A land of caves and high mountains, rich with emeralds.
Rich with mythical creatures: faeries, pixies and druids.
In hollow mounds and the mountain of the fairy-calf..
Where the Fairy Queen Oona lives.. from the race of..
The Tuatha Dé Danann. Fairest of them all, a shapeshifter.
Such a place is the infamous Emerald Isle..
Emerald jewellery Rosetta wears, a crown on her head.
Her long golden locks covering her back.. playfully she runs..
Through the dark woods out to plain fields until she reaches...
The apple gardens.. For a moment she stands, eyeing the mysterious,
Green fruits fallen down from some trees, fresh and new in grass.
Little naive Rosetta takes one bite.. falling into eternal sleep.
Just like Snow White of Germania she seems alive, breathing calmly.
Yet her mind is dead, her youth forever vanished, her memories forgotten.
The faeries steal her corpse. And the green fruit that turned into emerald..
Author notes
Inspired by one of my favourite old-school PC games of my childhood - King's Quest. The game is about a royal family of the Kingdom of Daventry, much like old Albion/Britain for its Emerald Isles.
The name of the Princess is Rosella.. but since I like the variant of Rosetta more I decided to use that name instead because it's similar.
Read more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Quest
A contest entry
- emerald by Saffron.
700 points, ended March 3, 2008, 7 entries
Silver trophy winner
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thank you for entering! this poem has great imagrey! you did a great job with this piece and good luck in the contest
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Great write, I love the imagery, well done. Thanx for entering and good luck!
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Wow!!! Lots of descriptive writing here. i love the way you based it on things you like. This is really good!!!!!!! Please enter more of these poems in. I want to read more!!!!!!! brilliant names. Good use of use of language. There wasn't a dull moment in this. I don't know what to say because it was so good. Good luck in my contest!!!!!!!!! See ya.
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Snow White is one of my favorite fairytales! Thank you for this lovely entry! Great inspiration and really such a great poem. Don't be discouraged if you don't win trophies. the thing is each judge is looking for that specific poem. and we all tend to think that if you don't have a gold it's no good, well thats nonesense!!! This poem is gold quality!!
All the best
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inr\tresting wright i liked it it eminds me f a deam i had awile back great wrk i a happy eader and thnx for joinig my contest-bows-
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I love the mystical feel to this poem and the fantasy qualilty to it. I have never played "King's Quest", but you have described what it must be like vividly here. I just adore fantasies and faeries and otherwordly things...
Thank you so much for entering this contest, and for introducing me to your work. I am so glad you shared your talent with me
Saffron
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Oh this is elegant! How awesome
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