Author's Note: The poet, John Fuller, has invented the autogram.

'The autogram is, so far as I know, a new form of poetic biography: the imitation of the poet's work is limited to using only the letters found in his or her name.' [Fuller. 2008. Song & Dance. Chatto & Windus]

I couldn't resist adapting the idea to a drabble, although I'm afraid it's obvious who this is.

The characters belong to Eoin Colfer.



Autogram for Book One

I am smart:
I'll see fairies.
Swirl of mist swims,
As elf flits into trees -
Twirls, tries to fire,
Elf's mesmer fails.
Elf rolls, too slow, too late.
It falls.
I am smart.

I am smart.
Female faerie stares,
As it sees I am master of its fate.
It tries to resist,
So I fool it as I tell elf it will foreswear,
Will tell all.
I am smart.

I am smart,
Till a troll enters.
It seems female faerie is free,
An error,
Too late to reform.
Stern stare,
Slim fist slams,
I wilt, I fall…
It smarts.