Poetry prompt – A twist in the tale

For this prompt you need to write a poem which has a surprise twist.

The poem should be made of four stanzas of equal length – no more than eight lines each.

The twist must be all in the final stanza.

That’s it – no required metre or anything. The rules are easy but the poem could be hard. This exercise is good for focussing on shaping the narrative in a poem.

Have fun!

Here is my somewhat obvious example

Tick Tick

The bomb in the mailbox
will ensure I do not decorate
her finger today
the violinist will not play
my meticulous planning
and our dreams are in vain

She is beautiful enough
that it takes the witch from her raven hair
and turns it sultry
I see nothing else as I walk
she in glide and flow beside me
the melody to my metronome

We take a table outside the cafe
order a drink and I catch
the waiters conspiring wink
Once she says yes
everything will change
in her I can start again

Then a surprise message beeps
I check the text, which reads
"Your device has failed, you 
are now a target."
As I fall I hear her scream begin
But never hear it end