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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------
