GrahamVanGoffrier

2013129
ThreePoems

OppositesPoem:
TheFirebirdTree

Ifyoueverfeelfancyorfearsomeorfree
takeawalkdowntheroadtotheFirebirdTree.
Firstyoullcometotheoceanwayupinthesky
wherethebirdslearntoswimandthefishlearntofly,
andabitfurtherstillyouwillseetheredsands
wherethetreesaresothickthatthereisntmuchland,
andatlast,ifyoukeeptothepath,youwillreach
thecoldmountainthathasatitspeakawarmbeach.
Andjustpasttheshorewherethewatersallfreeze
youwilllaugh,sing,andplayintheFirebirdTrees.

MadeupWordsPoem:

TheWoozleWitch

Deepinthewoodsoftheflormestblack
therearewhisperingsofasornishpitch,
theSooflings,allwaitingtoattack
aretheservantsoftheWoozleWitch.
Shefrillsthemupfromthetallgreenmoss
thatgrowsplessilyonthesharpeststones,
andtheywaitforthetravellers,trucheredandlost,
andtheybatheintheirbloodandtheygnawontheirbones.

Thereareotherworkingsoftrammishpain
thatthesorlindyWoozleWitchhaswrought.
Tetchedfriend,inthewoods,whenthesunfletsandwanes,
turnyourswordledfeetroundonthepathyouhavetrod.

NonsensePoem:
TheseDays

Pleasetell,OgreatPaul,ofthetoweringwall,
thatroseoverthelandandthesea.
Tellmeallthatyouknowofthesnakesinthesky
andthetreesthatburnedandscreamed.
Isittruethatthedogswereallturnedintofrogs,
andthecatsintochimpanzees?
Wasalittleboycrownedasthekingofthetown
whenhisparentswereturnedintofleas?
Didthecloudsreallysing,andthechurchbellsallring,
andseagullsdiveintothesea?
Iknowthatishasbeenalonglifeforyou,
toremembertheoldtimesandways,
butIwasntalive,andforpuretruthIstrive,
foryouhearsuchstrangestoriesthesedays.