Jack by Anna Cates

A large tree in the middle of green woodland. Large white text reads: Jack. Smaller text reads: Discussing disabled characters in fairy tales and folklore.

Wind batters
a tattered climber,
fingers stained bean green.
His mother always told him,
“Your head’s in the clouds!”

A kingdom in the sky!  
His heart thunders
with the lightning,
booming over the castle,
gleaming solid gold!

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About the author:
Dr. Anna Cates teaches writing, literature, and education online and has published a variety of books (poetry, fiction, and drama) through www.cyberwit.net, prolificpress.com, redmoonpress.com, and wipfandstock.com.  Her full-length poetry collection, Love in the Time of Covid, won an Illumination Book Award.  She resides in Wilmington, Ohio with her two cats.