As a new technique I am going to rewrite a nursery rhyme in the voice of a legendary author. This was way more fun than I thought it could be. I’m still laughing at how easily Poe’s voice seemed to connect to a nursery rhyme.
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Humpty Dumpty revised (in the voice/style of Edgar Allan Poe)
On a dark and dreary night upon a high wall of the city sat a man.
His soul still broken from the death of his lover.
Atop the city’s great wall he sat peering into the distance
Hoping one day to glimpse his bride.
She was taken too soon.
As the cloud of night grew thick and gathered about him
The young man wrestled with the notion of sleep.
Could he finally quiet his soul?
Would rest be upon him?
Or would he forever be tortured by visions of Lenore?
With heavy lids he began to sway.
And from the wall with great force he fell.
On horses did men from the kingdom come.
Rushing through the streets with doctors
Clearing the path through bystanders to attend to the man.
No one was able to revive his shattered body.
Not the king. Not his knights.
Because Lenore came down and woke him from his slumber.
And forevermore he danced with his bride.
The Ameri Brit Mom
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