NANNY TOGGLEBOTTOM'S HANDBOOK OF MAGICAL CREATURES, MYTHICAL MEN, AND OTHER FANTASTICAL FAIRYLAND FRIENDS.

I have been writing, in my little (off-line) notebook, a series of poems. I call them "Nanny Togglebottom's Book of Magical Creatures, Mythical Men, and other Fantastical Fairyland Friends." Initially I wanted to write a book about dragons, but that thas expanded to a series of children's poems about all of the wonderful magic that enters a child's mind.

I have already posted one of the poems (The Ballad of Wallace Thaddeus Linkletter posted in April 2008), and as I move poems from my old-school notebook to my Encyclopedia Bob, I wll post them as well. For now, here is Nanny Togglebottom's Invitation:

I have seen dragons
crossing the noon day sun—
Have you?

I have seen leprechauns
with their gold on the run—
Have you?

No? Well…

Inside my head
fairies fly,
monsters grumble,
and unicorns cry.

I will open my stories,
I will open them wide.
For the price of your company
I will let you inside.