All posts by Colleen Anderson

Colleen Anderson has a BFA in writing and her poems have been published in such venues as Mirror Dance, Polu Texni, The Future Fire, HWA Poetry Showcase. She is a Canada Council and BC Arts Council grant recipient for writing and has performed her work before audiences in the US, UK and Canada. Nominated for the Rhysling, Dwarf Stars, and Aurora Awards for poetry, Colleen’s collection, I Dreamed a World, will be published in early 2021. Colleen has served on numerous HWA and British Fantasy Society juries, and was the 2020 Elgin Awards chair for speculative poetry collections.

What Goldilocks Learned by Colleen Anderson

What Goldilocks Learned

Beautiful and dyed blond
I moved out to explore the forest
a lumberjack beckoned
Once inside his cottage I didn’t notice
all was dished out
and everything in its place

That first man was a boor
he sawed and hammered and nailed
Did I have to spread my legs
try to mend the cleaving
when he said I hadn’t pleased him in bed?

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