Gosh – I have never been so challenged by a word as I was by the word Loathsome. Rebecca only gave me three words to incorporate this time, but that one word challenged me so much. For days and days I could not for the life of me think of a way to use the word Loathsome in a poem.
Finally, I’ve come up with something. A little bit spooky, a little bit humorous, I hope. Here it is.
Loathsome Lizard
I’m the Loathsome Lizard
And I’ll haunt your dreams at night.
I’m the Loathsome Lizard
And it’s best you treat me right
Or I’ll patter cross your rooftop
When you try to get some sleep.
Yes I’ll patter cross your rooftop
Till with tiredness you weep.
Under your bed I’ll scurry
Scratching here and scratching there.
Under your bed I’ll scurry.
You won’t peek – you wouldn’t dare!
Bogeymonsters they are nothing
At all compared with me.
Bogeymonsters they are nothing –
I eat several for my tea.
I’m the Loathsome Lizard
Fearsome creature of the night.
I’m the Loathsome Lizard
And you’d better treat me right!
Sally Murphy, 2014.
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