DRAGON DAYS

DRAGON DAYS
in the high keep where chilling winds sweep
across jagged stone ramparts,
and howl through the eroded cliffs and caverns,
dragons lay multi-colored eggs,
breathing smoky air to warm them ever so slowly
and turning each gently in nests of rubies, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds,
with fire opals for added warmth and flashfire rainbow colors
also some fine jade, for an oil green to lavender glow,
with moonstones for earth mother,
and amber for the sun god’s blessing,
with cherishing love and dragon laughter bubbling up like molten lava
dragonets are hatched in the early morning amberpeach glow
they wrestle and scamper with dragon glee
through gold dust and silver dreams,
dancing from crook to cranny in the lava warmed keep
under the watchful eyes of parents sunning themselves
or sharing the hunt for food
to fill the need of child and parent alike,
perhaps a careless elk or munching moose,
sometimes a bighorn sheep, caught in in careless leap,
snapped up by the dragon on the wing
a sumptuous feast enjoyed as the sun drops low
painting their world a cranberry wine blush glow
and full and warm the babies snuggle mom and pop in sleep...
such is the daily life
of our dragons
in our keep...

Reviews

[MOON]

Lovely write fables and truth enjoyed tremendously.

[jeannemarie coulter]

thank you very much

[....................]

I love your stories, Jeannemarie, and you have a gift for telling them...vivid, colourful, creative, well-written, you put yourself into your poetry and it shows...would our world like this...gorgeous writing, my friend

[jeannemarie coulter]

i appreciate your kind words

[BL]

A story and a great deal of reality, I like your style

[jeannemarie coulter]

thank you for reading and responding

[MsJewel]

The images you have created are colorful and vivid - you are a wonderful storyteller. Truly a delight to read!

Julie

[jeannemarie coulter]

thanks so very much

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i like how you make myth seem so real and palpable...fun journeys you take us on...

your world is better than our real one, i think. a more simple world of doing what we need to survive, only that...not more.

[jeannemarie coulter]

i do love my world of dragon dreams

[An owl on the moon]

What a powerful imagery you bring to life for us. And yes, they exist on the edges of our souls. Sometimes, when the night is still, you can sense their presence... the presence you fill your wondrous words with here.

[Kelly Scheppers]

You wrote this with an impressive hand...magical storytelling, I must say!

[jeannemarie coulter]

thank you for such kind words