One last pinch is what I need
To add to this confection
My recipe is nearing
Delectable perfection

The ingredients that I use
I’ve nurtured many years
My talents and my secrets
Unmatched! I have no peers!

I’ve concocted witches’ brew
And bottled elven wine
I’ve tasted what the dwarves call stew
It’s nothing close to mine

This is not my common fare
Over which I toil
There is artistry and magic
In the mix I boil

I am not your average troll
That haunts the dark of night
My wisdom is unparalleled
This potion gives me sight

I commune with fairy kind
I ponder on the sky
I delve in natural sciences
Words can make me cry

I walk the woods and mountains
With animals and creatures
I study herbs and plant life
All properties and features

The hunters will not find me
I’ve mastered cunning stealth
I counsel wayward trolls
Who seek a spirit’s wealth

If sympathetic humans
Meet me on the path
I’ll demonstrate diplomacy
And subjugate my wrath

Although I am high-minded
My nature is intact
I possess a titan strength
Be careful how you act!

The time has come to fill my bowl
And cast the final spell
I ask you, friends, to take your leave
I wish you fond farewell

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Theo J. van Joolen©2011

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Inspired by David Thiérrée

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Excellent! :)
And thank you for introducing me to a new faerie artist too...I'd never seen David Thiérrée's work before (I had to google him out of curiosity!) Beautiful!

Hi Laiste,

Thanks for reading my poem and the positive feedback. I really like David's work. I also used his "Gnomish Librarian" on the home page of my website and to accompany "The Library Troll." He is very cool about the use of his images, and very interesting on Facebook.

If you like David Thierree, also check out some of my other favorites [if you have not already...]

Gary A. Lippincott
Jean Baptiste Monge
James Browne
Wenche Skjondal
Myrea Pettit
Dorothy Lathrop [d.]
Daniel Merriam

They have similar styles...very lively illustrators, like the Frouds...with a very other-wordly sense...with action and/or real emotional intensity.

and I love the Victorians, of course.

Fairy regards & Cheers,
Theo