Poetry Day: Morning in Kelsbrig

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Charles Yallowitz

Dr. Stone

(No idea what I was thinking of here.  Probably just letting my imagination running wild.  Makes next week’s poem even more amusing.)

Sun rising
Above the lunder trees
Mottled leaves
Of blue and gray
Glinting
Like dull-edged daggers

 

The dew drops fall
Pelting
And waking
A herd of Gulberdin
Once sleeping peacefully
Among the mushrooms

 

A Untyril sings
With a voice
Of gooey garbles
Summoning
Juicy Barrenworms
From a rotting stump

 

Many more
Enter the day
Yawning
And singing
Until
A sudden threat

 

Shattering the wind
The loudest shriek
Coiling
From a lightless cave
Announcing the arrival
Of the Heldron

 

Lumbering
And shrieking
Eying all around
Nothing moves
Nothing speaks
In fear of crushing teeth

 

A Porglin sneezes
Then caught
And dragged
By poison webs
Drawing it
To the hungry maw

 

The Heldron feeds
And retreats
Back into the cave
Leaving all
To live
Another day

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About Charles Yallowitz

Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.
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10 Responses to Poetry Day: Morning in Kelsbrig

  1. L. Marie's avatar L. Marie says:
    November 14, 2024 at 10:14 am

    Wow! So good and imaginative! So, you made up all of these creatures? This is your “Jabberwocky.” 😊😊😊 Again, I’m picture a Fantasia segment. Not sure what music would be playing while the scene you described played out. Something classical, that’s for sure. Whatever it is would need to start slow like the dawn of a day and then transition into something sinister as the Heldron’s coming is heralded.

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  2. John W. Howell's avatar John W. Howell says:
    November 14, 2024 at 11:11 am

    Super creative, Charles.

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  4. coldhandboyack's avatar coldhandboyack says:
    November 15, 2024 at 6:58 am

    Tough place to live. They need to call Orkin or something.

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