The Dragons of Sky

Illustration from the movie, Dragon Slayer

—Poems by Michael H. Brownstein, Chicago, IL

THIS IS NOT A DRUID POEM

It is a Druid clap,
a Druid romp,
a Druid riddle,
not a chomp at the legs of a Druid.
This is what makes everything make sense in this world—

the gray musk of cloud,
a cringe at the edge of blue,
cloud shelter,
the dragons of sky—
the green in this world exposing the green of this world.

Illustration by Luis Royo

 from the book, The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin

THREE DEAD MEN STANDING

The lake at the side of the factory, a puddle
The puddle in the farm field a lake
The grass tundra sponge water logged and drowning:

Three dead men standing.

 —Anonymous Illustration

OXYGEN

Everyone has a shiny umbrella on their feet,
a collard green lining moving the day along,
a silkscreen sunlit sky,
a wash of stone scars and waves:

The breath of a passage.

Illustration from the movie, Game of Thrones

Today’s LittleNip:

Fairy tales do not give a child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon.

—G.K Chesterton, Tremendous Trifles (1909), XVII: “The Red Angel”

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—Medusa, with thanks to Michael Brownstein for sending us his poems (via dragon's back), all the way from Chicago!

 Red Dragon by Sandar

Celebrate poetry—and the dragons of imagination!
For “10 Types of Dragons You Didn’t Know About”, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSI102cY3sE/.

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