Elves Are Scary

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Elves Are Scary

A celtic elf was he
lived in the deep
dark forest among
all the birch trees

Dirty brown face
old and wrinkled
hair on his head
messy and crinkled

His clothes were woven
from leaves and moss
his curious appearance usually
scared most everything off

He would sneak into town
to steal a peak
of the humans
he always wanted to meet

Some said he was friendly
but most ran and hid
children were afraid
he cut off their heads

So the story goes
he ate mushrooms and toads
came out only at night
so as not to cause fright

~Mary A. Eaton
2009
Tags: dark, Elves, forest, scary

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Rhymer commented on Elves Are Scary

12-08-2009

I can certainly se why one would be afraid of this elf. Excellent imaginative dark poem my favorites.

Mareann

12/08/2009

Awhhh thanks, it was fun to write... Mary

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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