Legendary Trolls: Song of the Trolls

We the Trolls of the Sound

Wish for you to gather ‘round

As we tell our tale of all our deeds,

Our arrival here, our sowing seeds.

 

We the Trolls of old Seattle

Came not for food nor for cattle,

But to dance and sing in the rain,

To watch the clouds, to ride the train.

 

We the Trolls of the Puget

Are land lovers, we are druids

We watch over the land we protect

The misty, the frozen, and wind-swept.

 

We the Trolls of the Fog

We don’t have phones, we don’t blog.

But we hope you will hear our words

And share the knowledge we wish to serve.

 

We the Trolls of the Evergreen,

Have left our articles here to read,

Enjoy them and learn about us all.

We wish you farewell, till then, ta-ta!


Original poem by Parker Dean.

Featured Image by John Bauer, an illustration of Walter Stenström's "The boy and the trolls"

Parker Dean

Parker Dean (he/him) is a queer and trans writer based in the Seattle area. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UW Bothell. He is the Nonfiction editor-in-chief of Silly Goose Press LLC, and if not writing, he can be found drinking copious amounts of chai and saying hi to pigeons.

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