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<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nby\u00a0Tricia McCallum<\/p>\n
Disney Princesses don\u2019t want to get married nowadays.
\nThey know their way around a bow and arrow,
\nEat out a lot.
\nThey\u2019re skeptical about stepsisters,<\/p>\n
They prefer
\nPrinces that consult
\nRather than control.
\nOnes that climb the stairs
\nAnd not their hair.<\/p>\n
They choose
\nUber over horse-drawn,
\nWaking to a smartphone
\nRather than a strangers\u2019 kiss.
\nHedge funds over credit unions,
\nLoose comfortable clothing.<\/p>\n
They don\u2019t
\nAlways feel like singing in public,
\nWait well,
\nTake no for an answer,
\nPlay dumb.<\/p>\n
They won\u2019t
\nWhistle while they work,
\nPut up, sweep up, or and shut up,
\nSwoon and expect to be caught,
\nFalter and expect to be saved.<\/p>\n
They want equal billing,
\nSigning authority,
\nA credible back story.
\nThey want last names.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cPoetry is my church. My refuge. Without it I wouldn\u2019t have navigated my life nearly as well.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n Tricia McCallum, a Glasgow-born Canadian, is a Huffington Post<\/em> Blogger, a 2016 Pushcart Prize nominee, and the author of two poetry books, The Music of Leaving<\/em> (Demeter Press 2014) and Nothing Gold Can Stay: A Mother and Father Remembered<\/em> (2011).<\/p>\n She has won the poetry competition at goodreads.com<\/em><\/strong> a total of three times through the past three years, along with an honorable mention.<\/p>\n McCallum says she publishes both online and off, wherever she can find good homes. \u201cMy approach is simple. I tell stories in my poems and write the poems I want to read,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Her latest poetry manuscript entitled Icarus Also Flew<\/em> was a finalist in the Marsh Hawk Press Book Contest in 2017.<\/p>\n She can be found online here, and often:<\/p>\n www.triciamccallum.com<\/p>\n facebook.com\/tricia.mccallum.9<\/p>\n twitter.com\/triciamccallum1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recasting by\u00a0Tricia McCallum Disney Princesses don\u2019t want to get married nowadays. They know their way around a bow and arrow, Eat out a lot. They\u2019re skeptical about stepsisters, They prefer Princes that consult Rather than control. Ones that climb the stairs And not their hair. They choose Uber over horse-drawn, Waking to a smartphone Rather…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poems-about-women"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t