Hobgoblin
...stand here
and stead
with staff
in hand
tawed
tined
and staid
Hob –
goblin
he, a
tricky
ol’ fellow
haughty
‘n hasty
in greed
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Categories:
hobgoblin, fantasy, magic, world,
Form: Light Verse
Charted Journey
...sails fully set
anchor revved high
and rudder set
yet there is no wind
and no current
with the moon
an innocent bystander
watching a deceptive calm
waiting to rage
a dolphin encourages ...
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Categories:
hobgoblin, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Oh--That Dear Old Bugbear
...Oh! That Dear Old Bugbear
That nasty old Hobgoblin of English 16th century
lore replete with its ugly, mischievous behavior.
At once, frightful and always exciting one’s fears,
whilst creati...
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Categories:
hobgoblin, allegory, angst, anxiety, dark,
Form: Couplet
Forever Never
...Forever Ever or Never
Forever does it exist? Forever is never doesn’t exist. It betrays hearts, breaks bones in its subtle nuances. It takes love, makes it eternal but it’s not. There is nothing j...
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Categories:
hobgoblin, allegory, allusion, angel, angst,
Form: Free verse
Handing Over
...One day he found himself at the rock bottom of a cliff
shattered from descent but
the tides had been kind
had revealed a chance
to rest on sandy retreat
He gathered sea shells me...
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Categories:
hobgoblin, hope,
Form: Free verse
Wee Small Hours
...Hobgoblin in the gutter under canopy of midnight,
magic brew of muti without rein.
Shadow figure torchon, darting half-light dare.
Spine chilling droplets wobble slowly down drains,
rusty copper...
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Categories:
hobgoblin, courage, creation, dark, dedication,
Form: Prose Poetry
Oceans Apart
...gravity craves in the sky
weightless surrender -
comet reaches rock bottom
tides foam a lullaby
crested lengths wave -
ripples focus underneath
horizon lingers abreast
pain d...
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Categories:
hobgoblin, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Globetrotter
...Tim had dreamt of magic mountains but was stuck in a snow globe
Luckily there was some antifreeze in the little dome on his desk
Used as a paperweight for discarded inked upon manuscript pages
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Categories:
hobgoblin, christmas,
Form: Free verse
Finn and Fiona
...He thought that he had lost all his marbles on the crossing
The autumn tides had been huge and the currents strong
Mostly the aquamarine ones off track and abandoned
A bit like blue smarti...
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Categories:
hobgoblin, love,
Form: Free verse
Logolepsy
...I have a strange malady
curiously effecting me
for I am very susceptible
to words of a variety
Words like cushlamachree
or hobbledehoy
give me such joy...
that my brain begins burbling
at a...
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Categories:
hobgoblin, humor, humorous, silly, word
Form: Free verse
Dates Do Not Get Better Than These
...A hobgoblin sandwich, please.
Yes, my date was such a tease.
The waitress smiled with ease.
One small hiccup and a sneeze.
Appetizer, gorgeous cheese.
Honey bread from their own bees
Twelfth ...
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Categories:
hobgoblin, light, love,
Form: Monorhyme
Hobgoblin
...He lived in the basement
hairy and mischievous
haunting the unwary
helpless little household.
How could they get rid of
him? Shakespeare found a way:
Had him Puck in a play!
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Categories:
hobgoblin, smile,
Form: Verse
Bogey Man
...Thinking I knew you from your smile
you wormed your way in with guile
my bete noire*, my bogey man
long of tooth and without a clan
I let you in, a worm with style.
le grand faux pas*, angel vile,
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Categories:
hobgoblin, fear,
Form: Rondeau