Wednesday’s Verse—Do You Know the Troll Wind?

This week’s verse moves from a fantasy villanelle about unicorns toan urban fantasy verse in an unknown form about trolls. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry, a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016.

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Do You Know the Troll Wind?

Did you know

the troll wind blows

cold and hard and dry.

From deep beneath the ground it grows,

swollen with tortured cries.

I know

the troll wind blows

from the otherworld. It’s a blight.

When you feel it, turn your collar,

lest your heart grow chill with fright.

Did you know

that when the troll wind blows

you must beware, be aware,

for close by has a bridge gate opened

to let the trolls wander our world fair.

I know,

and I pray,

that when the troll wind blows,

it brushes by me on the brightest days

and that, by nightfall, the gate is closed.

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You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be released later in the year.

books2read.com/u/mVLQZb

books2read.com/u/bxgyLd