“Grandma, you be the troll!”
Playing with
granddaughters
by swingset; two are
swinging, one is climbing
up ladder to slide.
I take my place
under slide platform
and patiently wait
for little “billy goat”
to walk above me;
“Who’s that tripping over my bridge?”
Linking to dVerse poets where Frank hosts a quadrille prompt on word “troll”.
a poem in my pocket 
Mar 29, 2019 @ 07:10:09
I absolutely adore this quadrille, Lynn 😀
Mar 29, 2019 @ 12:25:21
Thanks, Sanaa 🙂
Mar 26, 2019 @ 15:26:18
There are so many of you writing about that tale… I read it as a kid, but so many others too with trolls
Mar 26, 2019 @ 16:42:18
Most familiar perhaps…and I made it into a game with the grands 🙂
Mar 26, 2019 @ 13:49:15
Your description sounds like a wonderful game to play with grandchildren (or children).
Mar 26, 2019 @ 16:43:48
They love to slide away from the troll 😉
Mar 26, 2019 @ 10:04:19
I think the Billy Goats Gruff were part of every child of the 50’s! It’s been nice to revisit them!
Mar 26, 2019 @ 16:45:32
Glad you enjoyed it!
Mar 26, 2019 @ 08:16:38
another beautiful ode to a popular and much loved story
Mar 26, 2019 @ 08:27:09
Thank you, Gina.
Mar 26, 2019 @ 07:00:45
Fun. If not for Dwight’s poem about The Billy Goats Gruff, I would not have understood the allusion.
Mar 26, 2019 @ 08:10:05
Yes, Dwight and I thought of same story 🙂