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 grow
where the creatures creep and the goblins go

where wigglies and worms uproot the soil
where headless fish make stink and spoil

a wild witch sits by in a rocking chair
a wicked wind in her wiry hair

her crooked hands and gnarly feet
tap to the music of an eerie beat

round and round in a circle dance
chicketts and drummons hop and prance

their scarlet bellies and yellow claws
click and bounce as they clap their paws

orange feathers and lime green beaks
sniff the air, say SOMETHING REEKS!

tip-toe through the hazy blue
—careful that the willawog doesn't catch you!

(c) d. ellis phelps