Poetry About Dragons

Dragons are the kings of the mythical world. They hoard gold, breathe fire, and challenge knights. But in poetry, they are more than just monsters; they are the embodiment of raw power, ancient wisdom, and the insurmountable obstacles we face in our own lives.

This collection flies on leathery wings from the caves of Beowulf to the mountain peaks of fantasy. It explores the dragon as a destroyer, a guardian, and a metaphor for the fiery passions that burn within us all. Here be dragons.

Featured Poems

The Hoard

The curse of greed.

He sleeps on a bed of coins cold and hard against his scales. A thousand years of gathering, and not one penny spent.

He possesses everything, yet enjoys nothing. A prisoner of his own gold, guarding a shiny tomb.

- Smaug's Ghost

Paper Dragon

The fears we amplify.

The shadow on the wall had claws and teeth. It roared in the night wind.

But when I turned on the light, it was just a moth fluttering near the lamp. We build monsters out of darkness and dust.

- Lily Fold

Dragon Rider

Taming the beast within.

I do not wish to slay the fire inside me. I wish to put a saddle on it and ride it to the stars.

- Sky Walker

Classic Voices

Jabberwocky

by Lewis Carroll (1871)

The famous nonsense poem about slaying a dragon-like beast.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!"

The Faerie Queene (Excerpt)

by Edmund Spenser (1590)

The Redcrosse Knight's battle with the dragon.

By this the dreadful Beast drew nigh to hand, Halfe flying and halfe footing in his haste, That with his largenesse measured much land, And made wide shadow under his huge waste...

Micro Verses

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

- Neil Gaiman

I desired dragons with a profound desire.

- J.R.R. Tolkien

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

- J.R.R. Tolkien

Here be dragons to be slain.

- Unknown

Deeper Explorations

Courage

Facing the fire.

The Knight

It is not the lack of fear that lifts the shield. It is the trembling hand that holds the sword anyway.

- Sir Brave

Mythology

Ancient stories.

Wyvern

Two legs or four? Fire or Poison? Every culture draws the same scale, fearing the same tooth.

- Lore Master

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