Something Wild This Way Comes
A storypoem adventure tale
The title is a mix of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes and Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. I also owe many inspirational thanks to Shel Silverstein’s poetry from Where the Sidewalk Ends, Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg, and Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson.
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SOMETHING WILD this way comes,
I can feel the beating of their drums.
...
I sense the shuffle of shifty feet,
prowling through the jungle peat,
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What in the world could they be,
these wild things that stalk toward me?
...
What did I do? What do they need?
I can’t imagine—except—to feed!
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About the Creator
Jason Hauser
I am a writer, artist and poet from North Carolina. I recently self published a children's/YA book called Harold and the Dreadful Dreams. You can learn more about it at my blog https://jmhauser.com, as well as other projects.
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THIS IS FABULOUS!! I can definitely feel the Shel Silverstein influence, for sure! Very much enjoyed!