Short Gremlin Poems

These men named the car a Gremlin
Then wondered why it did not work....

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evergreen gremlin
giggles inside christmas tree
delights a toddler

christmas fairy
shakes her bell to tingle them
adults notice

christmas elf
waits for excited squeals
not on a shelf...

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Tree gremlin started out as a healthy fat oak.
When he turned no one can say, not even him.
It happened so gradually, and yet over decades.
He is one of the wisest beings in the forest, but stuck.
In place, for he has no legs or motion abilities.
Proof of his unusual oak ring heritage....

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Ghosts on a trampoline jumping with a zing and a zang.
I watch them parading with a clang, clang, clang.
A grotesque goblin greets a gremlin gang.
Beloved belfry bats bang bells with a bang.
It’s a Halloween picnic for Hecliff the Hang.
A monster who talks us all up in a Tenessee twang....

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Why is one sock missing when I open my washing machine?
I’m totally bewildered, it's the strangest thing I've ever seen!

I must have a gremlin that eats one sock from every pair
So I’m resigned to wearing odd socks, it’s really so unfair!

Unanswered Questions Contest
Sponsored by Juli-Michelle

12-15-17...

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POTUS Joe Biden
  met Vladimir Kremlin
  said, 'Show me your wares if you dare'

  Whereupon Vladimir Kremlin
  unleashed a gremlin
  grinning atop nuclear hardware

  Not to be outdone
  Joe had a plan
  whipped out a fierce water gun

  Said, 'Come here, Vlady Kremlin
  along with your gremlin
  Take this! (Spritzing them) ~ The War 'gainst Pollution WE'VE won'...

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I will sing with you an unfamiliar voice said.
Did the corn know how to talk? Cow felt a touch of dread.
Was it a ghost? A gremlin? A witch: A ghoul?
I’m right here said Sid scarecrow. Don’t be a fool.

They formed a duet, the cow and man of straw.
A donkey begged to join, he had a jazzy hee-haw.
Then we’d be a trio though, complained old Sid.
Why not? Said the cow, and this is what they did....

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Today
I email
I google
I print
But at night the gremlin arrives
He lives deep in my cupboard
And when he is ready
comes out of the shadows
malevolence in his eyes

I awake bright and early 
The sun still asleep
Today I have deadlines to meet
I push the on button
His dirty deed done
Sitting back on his haunches
to witness the fun
No printing
No google
No emails
Today 


8th November 2018

Contest Strand Pick E
Sponsor Brian Strand...

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The tiny gremlin was dancing in the dandelions.
Her arms were high above her waist, she was singing.
“Celebrate! Celebrate! Celebrate today!”
My face was softening with a smile as I spied her.
She is Penny, my neighbor, and she is adorable.
Her two blonde ponytails were bouncing as she was twirling.
She spun so hard, she fell down twice; laughed both times.
What are you celebrating? I asked her upon my approach.
“I am celebrating you!” she told me.
No better answer if you ask me....

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