An Extract from this Month's New Release: The Dragon Shines (Another 365 Days of Poetry)

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To celebrate this month's release of Another 365 Days of Poetry which released
on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a. 

 

The Dragon Shines

 

Written on January 1, 2019, for the March 31 entry of Another 365 Days of Poetry, this piece of blank versed fantasy proved tricky. I’d been trying to avoid dragons as a theme, but couldn’t help it; I love the subject. Blank verse, on the other hand is difficult for me, because I like to rhyme. This is my first blank verse for a while.

 

Scales a-gleaming, the dragon shines.

Beneath the full moon, silver-dipped,

it flies, seeking prey in lands below.

First to feed, and then to feast, it hunts

and from thence ‘t’will search for other prey,

the thieves whom from its hoard did steal,

seeking wealth without the need to work,

despite the dangers of journey long

and the guardian whom at its end did wait.

They danced with joy at the great beast’s absence,

moved swift to take what caught their eyes,

forgot their scent would long after linger

and lead the fury in their wake.

The dragon flies, a shining vengeance,

to retrieve its lost gold from the thieves,

and when it rises from their camp site,

still it shines, dipped in silver, as its great roar shakes

and echoes from the hills and forests,

a living statue, dread in legend,

victorious it returns, its hoard retrieved.

 

 


Cover art is by Jake at JCaleb Design, and links to 366 Days of Poetry can be found on Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a.

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