Beware all little greebles,
as darkness draws nigh
For the hornswags are watching,
way up in the sky,
when you fall asleep,
you're dreams they will find
and come of the morning,
they'll take of your mind.
Oft in the past,
when the moonlight was pale
hornswags would taunt us,
fear would prevail,
now take of you're medicine,
like good greebles do,
for nesstleberry juice,
is what makes you get through.
One day in the future,
perhaps maybe soon
a saviour will find us,
and maybe for one dubloon,
he'll take of the hornswags,
and merry we'll be
and sleep once more safely,
without nesstle berry.
Somewhere over the rainbow,
as the mist of dawn subside,
The Greebles meet for breakfast,
neath the oak where they abide,
some they talk in whispers,
hoping this day will be their best,
that at last they'll beat the Hornswag,
and put their town to rest.
For in the place that they call home,
they are never free to roam,
while the Hornswag in the night preys on the young,
as the elders struggle to keep,
their young ones as they sleep,
with nestleberries wrapped around their tongue.
Its the only way to calm them,
as they know that it wont harm them,
like a sleeping draught,
it blankets out their dreams,
For the Hornswag while he's flying,
never ceases trying,
to hone in on all ideas and schemes.
Twenty years now and still countin,
since they dislodged him off the mountain,
While mining froobie gems,
to sell at crickle mart,
Like a winged avenger beating,
searching children memories for the eating,
Tis a good job the Greebles are all heart.
Now the waiting it is over,
for they found a friend in rover,
he comes this day to set the world to right,
ever fearless never tiring,
he will stop the beast from flying,
it was to be an all out awesome fight.
First one,
and then the other,
had control,
or was in bother,
rolling,
biting,
scratching,
kicking in the hay,
Then a Greeble with shot clear,
unleashed the silver spear,
the Hornswag would not see another day.
Somewhere over the rainbow,
as the moon was slowly rising,
The Greebles met for supper,
promising kids they'd have a lie-in,
They shout with joy and laughter,
frighten rooks from out the rafter,
With the Hornswag now defeated,
they could live here everafter.
Author notes
22. Magical kingdom
A contest entry
- Give me: Fantasia of Fairy Tales From all Over the Kingdom by BlueEyeWonder1988.
300 points, ended February 16, 2008, 11 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - You Got Five Choices.. and one chance! :P by GuardianPhoenix7289.
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Honorable mention
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Comments
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A great fun children's story. The rhyme and flow help pull the reader through. Very nicely done and deserving of a finallist's spot in this very high standard contest, perhaps the best Sue and I have run together.
Thanks for helping make that so.
Jeff and Sue
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Wow....
Just... wow.... I am sorry, I am speechless and not sure what to say. Your terms that you used and structure, the story line, the terms you came up with, the descriptions... oh my god, great great great job!!!
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Cool! It's worth the time to read
Good.
Very good.
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A bit long . .
I like the theme though. Goodluck in my contest.
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Good
Your poem takes the essence of dreams loved by young and old and distills the magic into a happy feel good poem that flaunts reality and has fun with our desires to be entertained by thoughts of wonder. You are a master story teller and we await breathlessly for your next saga to unfold. Your poem falls within the category of whimsical, fanciful and imaginative; armed with an energy of its own that propels it into our sphere of reality.
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A reat fairy tale and fun to read. Did you make all these things if so you have a wonderful imagination. Happ trails.
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