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Totumolong, the Little People
when our world was young
and spirits dance and play
and nature's essence holds sway
we lived around its prismatic light
hand in hand existing
waterfalls thundered
and rainbows were born
among its sprays
Totumolong a pretty sight
slim girth a foot in height
they lived where the moss were
where ferns wrapped rocks
harmony with the spirits
breathing in air invigorating
sipping spring water, pure and clear
we lived with understanding of nature
mountaintops where the water flows
to the valleys and meadows
each cascade poetry recited
with Totumolong, ancient folks
alas as the bulldozers roared
the little ones vanished to other realms
we turned away when the bell rung
and genuflected to a new God
and spirits dance and play
and nature's essence holds sway
we lived around its prismatic light
hand in hand existing
waterfalls thundered
and rainbows were born
among its sprays
Totumolong a pretty sight
slim girth a foot in height
they lived where the moss were
where ferns wrapped rocks
harmony with the spirits
breathing in air invigorating
sipping spring water, pure and clear
we lived with understanding of nature
mountaintops where the water flows
to the valleys and meadows
each cascade poetry recited
with Totumolong, ancient folks
alas as the bulldozers roared
the little ones vanished to other realms
we turned away when the bell rung
and genuflected to a new God
Published 23rd Mar 2024
Author's Note
Totumolong are little people about a foot to 18 inches tall. They live near waterfalls where there are caves and ferns and moss. They are very pretty and wear costumes usually similar to our traditional costume, that is black and gold. There are sightings of these folks in remote undisturbed forests.
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23rd Mar 2024 7:54pm
Great timing!
I just started reading a Fairy Poems anthology.
ISBN 978-0-593-53629-2
Fascinating topic:)
I just started reading a Fairy Poems anthology.
ISBN 978-0-593-53629-2
Fascinating topic:)
23rd Mar 2024 11:25pm
24th Mar 2024 00:42am
It's funny. I was gonna mention... and look what happened next! But you already have, regarding man's encroachmentation. (It's a new word, btw). 😏
24th Mar 2024 1:27am
And that's a good word, Billy. Yes when they came in they told us natives that all things we revered and respect in nature are of the devil.
And the bulldozers roared!
Thank you for reading Billy.
And the bulldozers roared!
Thank you for reading Billy.
24th Mar 2024 2:59am
Wonderful write Grace. It's got a little bit of everything, myth, nature and wonder.
Well done.
Well done.
24th Mar 2024 4:45am
25th Mar 2024 10:06pm
Nice dedication to the little people of the world. Everyone needs to be loved. Keep on writing.
25th Mar 2024 11:51pm
30th Mar 2024 1:40pm
There are stories about little people
all around the world. In the 1970's
half a humanoid fossilized skeleton
was found. Scientists named her Lucy.
In that same decade and in the same
area a trail of human footprints were found.
Scientists determined that they were
more than 3½ million years old,
and that made Lucy very old indeed.
I find the age of humans fascinating and
our age keeps getting pushed further
back to the past. I've no doubt
Totumolong existed in plenty of
places but with different names
Anna Vivienne writes about Tompulalangoi
and Totumolong and with such a lot of
stories about small people all over the world
I'm thinking there were probably earlier
civilizations we just haven't discovered yet
and that we have a collective race memory
of such.
Thank you for such a charming story
all around the world. In the 1970's
half a humanoid fossilized skeleton
was found. Scientists named her Lucy.
In that same decade and in the same
area a trail of human footprints were found.
Scientists determined that they were
more than 3½ million years old,
and that made Lucy very old indeed.
I find the age of humans fascinating and
our age keeps getting pushed further
back to the past. I've no doubt
Totumolong existed in plenty of
places but with different names
Anna Vivienne writes about Tompulalangoi
and Totumolong and with such a lot of
stories about small people all over the world
I'm thinking there were probably earlier
civilizations we just haven't discovered yet
and that we have a collective race memory
of such.
Thank you for such a charming story
30th Mar 2024 2:08pm
Thank You so much for reading me:) yes, little people do exist all over the world. It is part of nature, I suppose. Even tall and scary ones.
