where the goblins go by d. ellis phelps

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Here’s a little creepy fun for your Halloween enjoyment! The poem appears in my collection, words gone wild (Kelsay Books, 2021). Click on the image above to hear me reading it. Have fun!

where the goblins go way down deep where the willawogs growwhere the creatures creep and the goblins gowhere wigglies and worms uproot the soilwhere headless fish make stink and spoila wild witch sits by in a rocking chaira wicked wind in her wiry hairher crooked hands and gnarly feettap to the music of an eerie beatround and round in a circle dancechicketts and drummons hop and prancetheir scarlet bellies and yellow clawsclick and bounce as they clap their pawsorange feathers and lime green beakssniff the air, say SOMETHING REEKS!tip-toe through the hazy blue—careful that the willawog doesn't catch you!(c) d. ellis phelps