one wish grandma woke me up in the middle of the night
Her pathetic teensy sparkler wand was a weird little sight
I only have one wish, I can give it to you in a few
Thus saying, that crazy old lady, went up through the flue
Candy Cane Faerie sprinkles canes all over the valley at night
How she gets these canes would give most of us a fright.
They appear out of no where and land in her hand
As she flies around frantically in this weird cornfield land
Daisy Bee Faerie had the curliest brown hair
Light and lithe, she could zoom easily in the air
She loved her honey, and she loved her daisies too
She was a joy to watch, catching up with the butterflies two.
I did not think she could catch us, said the monarch fair.
He was impressed with her flying prowess in the air.
I thought those daisies might slow her down said his side kick Vee.
But then I remembered her ancestry, she has a little bee.
This Christmas faerie came in determined to decorate our tree
It is our job, said my children Tommy, Tickle and Tippy Tee.
Stand back the aggressive faerie said, it is my job to do.
We tried to trick her outside, but she was a trickster too.
She flew around the room, decorating the mantle twice.
We were astounded, for a faerie she was not extremely nice.
Please let us do it, pleaded Tommy, Tickle and Tippy Tee.
However, she insisted on supervising the job of Christmas tree.
pumpkin harvest faerie slithered into town
We knew she was there, she is kind of a clown
She made jokes as she inspected the pumpkin patch
We all like her a lot, she is a tough faerie to match
She checks the stems, the Rubenesque shape, the vine
Never a complaint from her, none of us have heard her whine
She checks to make sure the pumpkins have the soil they need
Then she flies off into the air with her unicorn steed
I am in the dancing mood, my sister said
She twirled and whirled, kicking up to her head
I played my dulcimer, and tried not to look
She’s such a show off, my sister Shook
Shook laughed at me, her joy flinging off
She did not see my eye roll or hear my scoff
Nothing takes joy from my sister, you see
She can be happy in spite of you or me
autumn faerie swept by in her swishy peacock dress
her hair was a mess stated my mean cousin Bess
I know she was jealous of autumn faerie’s beauty though
Bess is not a nice person, her thoughts tend to go below.
autumn faerie looks lovely I said, goading my cousin a bit.
Bess looked ready to pound pavement, she can have quite a fit.
She looks ridiculous in those feathers, she said in a snotty way.
Bess forever and always has something mean and unlovely to say.
Friends of fireflies and damselflies,
Ageless and graceful as ballerinas,
Ethereal and dainty as hummingbirds,
Raindrops and dew only make them glitter.
Infinitely more beautiful in their pristine element,
Exuberance is what faeries exude.
Daffodils guard where pixies sleep at night.
Utopia revealed once the sun rises ceremoniously
Seducing with generous sprinkling of faerie dust
Transient tableau… today tonight tomorrow.
AP: 2nd place 2026
graveyard faerie you are so dainty and fine
Sitting on this dead skull, wish you were mine
She gave Dracula a glare and told him to go home
Your wife is waiting, you ugly evil philandering gnome!
enchanted forest
alive with wondrous magic
under faerie's charm
AP: Honorable Mention 2026, Honorable Mention 2026
lavender glow faerie where are you hiding tonight?
I saw you last evening until you flew out of sight
Waiting with the jack-o-lanterns, we stare that way
Hoping you will honor us with a new glimpse today
cobweb faerie with your moonlit hair
your stain glassed wings make white seem bare
as delicate a faerie as we have ever seen
to the moon light eve you bring a gorgeous sheen
gorgeous autumn faerie with your light tangerine hair
your gray blue eyes so bright, your porcelain skin so fair
we have been waiting in the pumpkin patch for you
knowing you appear on October twenty-second, always true
You are more beautiful than last year, I think
your hair has a softness usually reserved for lacy pink
I feel an uplift in the breeze as you pass my way
you are forever in my heart, end of October, here to stay
In the teeniest trunk of an oleander tree
lived a goose, an elf, a faerie, a unicorn and me
we felt safe and secure in the winter you see
our favorite meal was plum sauce and elderberry tea
we have become friends in the summer of ‘93
the first one to recruit me was the little faerie
grouchy grumpy distrustful elf was against me
unicorn ignored them and they disagree on three
Don’t be a silly goose said the elf named McGee
We don’t know anything about this newcomer she
we know she’s from Ireland with a fellow wee
This completely turned the attitude of Celtic McGee
Butterfly? Moth? Faerie? Dragonfly?
Bee? Wasp? Hornet? Damselfly?
Lithe and light, gliding quickly by
in and out of flowers insanely high
Termites? Beetles? Honeybees?
They flit and flutter as they please
One has glided off on a northern breeze.
These flying things bring lots of ease.
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