L Milton Hankins Poet Villanelle

Beware the Goblins

Beware the goblins that hang out with gloom,
That send little children screaming in fright
The werewolves that spell a sudden doom.

Sudden noises like mushroom clouds boom
At your front door on Halloween night,
Beware the goblins that hang out with gloom.

Likely the little witches will carry their broom
They yell “Trick or Treat” and run out of sight,
The werewolves that spell a sudden doom.

If you are about, do not accept a mushroom
For they often carry a most wicked bite,
Beware the goblins that hang out with gloom

Switch on the light before entering a room,
Lest an apparition appear in astounding flight
The werewolves that spell a sudden doom.

You’ll be prepared for ghosts, I’ll presume
If, after dark, you turn on your porch light
Beware the goblins that hang out with gloom
The werewolves that spell a sudden doom.

written October 6, 2021

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Tom Cunningham October 6, 2021 at 1:33 PM Reminds me to get some goodies for when the goblins come knocking in a few weeks, don't want to be squirted with green slime lol. You write these so well Milton. Tom L Milton Hankins October 6, 2021 at 1:59 PM Thanks, Tom. I like the form a lot. Yes, I'll have to stock up on goodies, but we generally don't have to many goblins on our street.

Caren Krutsinger October 6, 2021 at 12:33 PM Lovely Villanelle - I keep forgetting about this type of poem but you keep remembering! L Milton Hankins October 6, 2021 at 12:43 PM Oh, how I love a Villanelle. I'm kind of partial to Pantoums and Tiolets, too. I just love to have forms that lend themselves to things I come up with.