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Danny Southern with what is becoming a bit of a regular blog spot...

Sapphire Group deserve better than some run-of-the-mill blog this week. So, i awoke the deep person inside me and expressed what happened in a Poetica fashion... So, here goes...

The Monday nights at Yew Tree
Never seem to drag
They always seem to fly right by
With peeps like Laura 'Staggsy' Staggs

And what happened on the fourth
Was something different and new
A magical appearance of an oncoming storm
With a drenched Constancia in view

The storm had taken hold
With a princess dazed and confused
Not knowing where to turn
Her spirit tainted and badly bruised

A rush of bodies, a thunderous crack
As the rain did metaphorically descend
With Olena pushed towards the centre
Whilst the Prince still had no girlfriend

The Prince had taken trials
Had taken the time to find
A Princess he could call his own
And wasn't deluded in their mind

Jordan delivered her lines with perfection
In her tone, the wickedness was rife
Alanya was just simply brilliant
And brought her character to life

Heather was just plain scary
A feeling of gothic black you might suggest
Darcie just lost it at the end
And showed her role to be a true gangster pest

Ben still couldn't say "snappity"
A word that seems apparantly hard to say
And Kate created her character even more
And proved to Elliot and Ed why she should stay

But what about Jake and Laura
Majestic rulers of the land?
They both seemed to be on top form
With no script in either hand

And Constancia finally arrived
Sodden, drenched and poor
But will happiness bestow itself
When the Prince finally opens the door?

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