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Anna Denise

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Blogs, blogs, blogs and also: blogs - a blog post

Dear reader, I want to talk to you about blogging. Oh no! you gasp, the dreaded blogpost about blogging! Are you so lacking in content ideas that you have nothing else to blog about than blogging? Don’t you have at least a pet to write about? (No.) Fear not! This post is only partially about blogging and the other part will be about blogs I like as a reader.

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How to Change a Frog into a Prince - Anna Denise

Start with the underwear. Sit him down. Hopping on one leg may stir unpleasant memories. If he gets his tights on, even backwards, praise him. Fingers, formerly webbed, struggle over buttons. Arms and legs, lengthened out of proportion, wait, as you do, for the rest of him to catch up. This body, so recently reformed, reclaimed, still carries the marks of its time as a frog. Be gentle. Avoid the words awkward and gawky. Do not use tadpole as a term of endearment. His body, like his clothing, may seem one size too big. Relax. There's time enough for crowns. He'll grow into it.

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How to Change a Frog Into a Prince Start with the underwear. Sit him down. Hopping on one leg may stir unpleasant memories. If he gets his tights on, even backwards, praise him. Fingers, formerly webbed, struggle over buttons. Arms and legs, lengthened out of proportion, wait, as you do, for the rest of him to catch up. This body, so recently reformed, reclaimed, still carries the marks of its time as a frog. Be gentle. Avoid the words awkward and gawky. Do not use tadpole as a term of endearment. His body, like his clothing, may seem one size too big. Relax. There's time enough for crowns. He'll grow into it.

Anna Denise, from The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm's Fairy Tales, 2003

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'How to Change a Frog Into a Prince', Anna Denise

Start with the underwear. Sit him down. Hopping on one leg may stir unpleasant memories. If he gets his tights on, even backwards, praise him. Fingers, formerly webbed, struggle over buttons. Arms and legs, lengthened out of proportion, wait, as you do, for the rest of him to catch up. This body, so recently reformed, reclaimed, still carries the marks of its time as a frog. Be gentle. Avoid the words awkward and gawky. Do not use tadpole as a term of endearment. His body, like his clothing, may seem one size too big. Relax. There’s time enough for crowns. He’ll grow into it.