"My Dragon"
a poem
"My Dragon"
a poem
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Those fire-breathing dragons are troublesome beasts.
They wander through town from the west to the east,
setting buildings on fire and burning up cars,
then flying away, yelling har-dee-har-hars.
My dragon’s different. He doesn’t breathe flames.
He hunts down a fire, then carefully aims.
He shoots water straight from his mouth and his nose
and drowns out the flames like a jet-powered hose.
I ride on his back while he squelches the fires.
I steer him away from the potholes and wires.
When all the flames die and the smoke blows away,
then everyone cheers, and we’re done for the day.
Poem © Suzanne Werkema. Art by Jeff Crosby. "My Dragon" published in Highlights magazine, August 2009
and on Highlightskids.com at http://www.highlightskids.com/poetry-player-poems/my-dragon. Used with permission.
and on Highlightskids.com at http://www.highlightskids.com/poetry-player-poems/my-dragon. Used with permission.