Hello dear readers, welcome to Go Dog Go Cafe’s “Throwback Friday”. Today I’m posting a three piece series of poems, that I originally wrote back in September 2017. In these days of mystery and uncertainty, I thought it would be good time to present my light-hearted mystical fairy tale about ‘My Dragon’. And I was fortunate to have “The Trilogy” published by ‘Fae Corps Publishing’ in their recent Anthology, ‘Faery Footprints’. Available at Amazon via >> https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fairy+footprints+by+patricia+harris&ref=nb_sb_noss
My Dragon: The Trilogy
My Dragon
A monstrous Dragon, breathing fire
Did arise from the gurgling mire
Dark gangrenous green, from head to tail
Claws blackened, sharp as nails
Purple secretions, from his scaly chest
A spear harpooned, a grizzly mess
Nostrils ablaze, bloodied red
Eyes seeping yellow maggot heads
My Dragon’s crying, and nearly dead
My Dragon, The Revival
My harpooned Dragon, fallen and out of breath
Gazing around, pleading, near death
The Slayer’s spear, protrudes from his scaly vest
And I listen, to his pounding chest
Quickly, I plunge my sword, cutting shard
Removing the spears horrid barb
My Dragon exhales an awesome howl
Eyes bulging, tears flowing down his jowl
In agony, thrashing his spiky tail
Then slowly abating, like a windless sail
Is he dying, lying there loudly groaning?
Nostrils snorting, neither afire nor smoking
Suddenly, his left wing begins flapping
And my Dragon’s head rises, stretching, arching
Green horns twitching, he’s again my mythical reptile
Yellow eyes glowing, like glazed tiles
My Dragon’s revived
And ready to skydive
My Dragon, Can He Fly
My wounded Dragon, stands so proud
His misty eyes, looking up to the clouds
Seeing graceful birds flying apart
He feels a huge scar close to his heart
My Dragon bows, and shakes his beastly head
But his enormous tail feels like lead
Flapping one wing, then the other
Dejected he looks, not even a hover
Nostrils snorting, no sign of fire
To fly again, his deepest desire
From within I hear, rumblings soar
My Dragon spews an almighty roar
And his gigantic jaws open wide
A bloodied tongue swishes from side to side
He swallows and belches another gruesome howl
A flame burst deep from his boughs
My Dragon frantically begins to respire
Again, and again, he exhales fire
And gyrating his heavy green tail
He spreads his wings, like full sails
Frightened at first, fluttering end-to-end
My jumbo-sized reptile gradually ascends
Twenty, then fifty, a hundred leagues above
Suddenly flying, like a flock of doves
Magically rolling and frolicking he flies
Happily, he shrieks, and swoosh, down he dives
Majestically gliding, he arrives
My Dragon, again King of the skies
Ivor Steven (c) Sept 2017
LOVE these!
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Thank you Wendi… when I was in Philadelphia last May.. I recited this poem, with a bit a ad-lib pantomime, to my grand nieces and nephews…. they enjoyed my show immensely..🐲💚
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I bet! What a cool memory you have give your family. Since I am a HUGE fan of dragons, I would have loved it just as much as the little ones.
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Yeah… It’s a kids story for adults, my adults cousins enjoyed the show more than the kids….. It was truly a lovely memory that now always stays in my heart….xx
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I love that you did this!
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My mystical poem “My Dragon, The Trilogy” is up on ‘Go Dog Go Cafe’s’ Throwback Friday.
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I love this and pleased you shared your poems about your dragon. My dragon came back into my life again she has made me so happy connecting me to my dragon self and faerie side. My dragon is on my home page slide show.
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Oh lovely Nanette I shall go and have a look….🐲🐲💚
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Oh lovely Nanette I shall go and have a look….🐲🐲💚 Yep… I saw your golden dragon xx
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A ine story, Ivor. Congratulations
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Thank you Derrick…I dreamed I had a Dragon when I was a boy……
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Wow! These are fabulous, Ivor! Very creative and what a cool imagination!
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Thank you Eugenia, someday I might write a few more Dragon tales. 🐍💚
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Please do! 🦎
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Absolutely fantastic, Ivor! WOW! I think a great companion to the discussion we had about grief earlier this week. Powerful stuff, and just beautiful.
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I’m pleased you enjoyed my poem, and understand the story behind tale, as in every good fairy tale.. 😉📖😭
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🤓🙏🤗🙏🤓
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Loving them all but especially the last one!
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