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Flight of Imagination

November 14, 2013
By GreyGirl ELITE, Pohang,Kyungbuk, Other
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I soar on dragon wings,
Flying across the frozen sky.
The birds flee from me
The sun hides from me.

Flying across the frozen sky,
We paint the sky my dragon and I.
The sun hides from me,
a craven among clouds.

We paint the sky my dragon and I,
with roiling fire and the scratch of leathery wings.
A craven among clouds
I am fearless in the open sky.

With roiling fire and the scratch of leathery wings,
we hurtle past the horizon.
I am fearless in the open sky,
clutching to the sandpaper scales of my dragon.

No one will believe my story.
The birds flee from me
But they cannot believe that truly
I soar on dragon wings.

© Garrett P., Reno, NV

The author's comments:
This poem is a PANTOUM. This poem uses a four-line stanza in which lines 2 and 4 are carried over, whole, to the next stanza where they become lines 1 and 3. You write new lines 2 and 4 that both fit into the stanza and will be carried over into the next stanza. The poem can be of any length and the final lines 2 and 4 are in fact lines 3 and 1 of the very first stanza. This creates a tidy closing of the circle.
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GreyGirl ELITE said...
on Nov. 19 2013 at 10:31 pm
GreyGirl ELITE, Pohang,Kyungbuk, Other
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I thought you might like this one :) I love dragons so much!
TargonTheDragon GOLD said...
on Nov. 18 2013 at 10:25 am
TargonTheDragon GOLD, Ofallon, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
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oh how i love this poem!   DRAGONSSSSSSSSSSS   lol sorry:P