There is a Land (Monday Poem)

 by Leland B. Jacobs

There is a land---

A marvelous land---

Where trolls and giants dwell;

Where witches

With their bitter brew

Can cast a magic spell;

Where mermaids sing,

Where carpets fly,

Where, in the midst of night,

Brownies dance

To cricket tunes;

And ghosts, all shivery white,

Prowl and moan.

There is a land

Of magic folks and deeds,

And anyone

Can visit there

Who reads and reads and reads.

from Good Books, Good Times

selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

illustrations by Harvey Stevenson

Trumpet Club, 1990