Midnight Mayhem

This is a story written in rhyme, about a small girl wondering what she will see if she wakes up in the night. Intended to be a picture book.

Midnight Mayhem

If I wake up at midnight

Will there be polar bears

Will I find a snowman

Dancing on the stairs

High up in the attic

I can hear the squeak of bats

Will there be scary monsters

Wearing funny hats

What if I should creep into

The bathroom for a wee

Will there be a goldfish

Gazing up at me

Are there fairies in the kitchen

Sipping cups of tea

Eating fairy cakes

And will they save a piece for me

Downstairs in the sitting room

I might just have to see

If I can catch those kangaroos

Watching the TV

Over in the dining room

Will I catch a glimmer

Of the Queen and her relations

Savouring their dinner

Outside in the garden

If I take a peek

I'm sure I'll find a football team

Playing hide and seek

What if I should peep inside

The brand new garden shed

Will I find the builders

Bill and Tom and Fred

And in the downstairs cloakroom

What is that lovely sound

It's a choir of noisy bullfrogs

Slip sliding around

Down in the front garden

I'd like to place a bet

There's a sober group of penguins

Playing string quartet

But there's a butler in the hall

And he's really very smart

He's offered me the most delicious

Piece of cranberry tart

It's a noisy group of people

For such a little place

I'll ask the Queen next time she's down

If the palace has more space

Reviews

[Tumara Hall]

In love with this poem! Soooo cool!!! What an imagination you have! Thanks for sharing!!

[Christine]

Thank you so much!

[Samuel Dickens]

I still have enough kid in me to have enjoyed this, and will admit to snickering a couple of times. I imagined the illustrations, too. Very nice work.

[Christine]

Thanks, Steve, lovely to get a positive review.