10.31.2025

The Gandergoo


In the basement of our building

where no one dares to go,

lurks the Gandergoo.


He dines on children who show fear,

so never flinch in case you happen to be near 

the hungry Gandergoo.


Old Willy once went down to find a tool

and now he only has one leg, the fool—

he met the Gandergoo.


It must have been a painful climb back up,

the ragged stump remaining where his leg was eaten up

by that old Gandergoo.


Some brats your age went missing—on a dare

they’d gone to search the basement for the lair

of gruesome Gandergoo,


And no one’s ever seen them since,

except for one old shoe found in the vents

left by the Gandergoo.


You little kids should hide away in here like hares 

while all us brave kids play outside—hey we’re not scared

like all you, of the Gandergoo.



HAPPY HALLOWEEN! It’s Poetry Friday and this week the host is Jone Rush MacCulloch. Follow her link to spooky poetry…at your peril. MwaHaHa

8 comments:

  1. Aaack! I'll definitely be keeping space between myself, my baby grands, and that dastardly Gandergoo! Thanks for the spooky fun, and Happy Halloween! :0)

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  2. I'm stayin' out of that basement! Beware the Gardergoo. Thanks for the spookiness.

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  3. Even the name Gandergoo makes me want to stay away, lol!

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  4. I do not want to meet up with a ganderpoo

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  5. Love the repetition! This is a great urban scary story to be chanted around the backyard campfire/fire pit.

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  6. Ha! I need to send this to my uncle who always scared us with the monster in the basement he called, Oscar. Great writing. Thanks for the giggles.

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  7. ooh! such a great story! I could hear this on a campout -- and imagine the orator as a puffed-up tween boy intent on scaring the littles! Nice work!

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The Gandergoo