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Post by rrw on Sept 19, 2006 20:55:28 GMT -6
Twilight Dragon
Deep within the graying mist
Twilight Dragon sits
precariousy upon its
ancient battlement,
glaring down at the reaper's merriment.
Solemn, weary, resting quietly,
burnt into arthritic stasis
by too many wrinkled memories.
Tired steam fizzles from
his gloomy, old nostrils, now
breathing into withered lungs
the last of a millennium's worth
of musty recollections...
Ah...!
All those battles waged,
lost! Won!
Drooping wings bent,
broken, aged in scars,
their color no longer vibrant, bright;
the shape of his bloodstained fangs
no longer a fright
even to himself.
Eyes which once glowed red
with angry fires, desire
now all but expired,
lolling sadly in their socket
while watching younger,
more aggressive dragons
stride the burning air
on pounding wings,
soaring past dark stormy clouds,
plummeting at supersonic speeds
toward the ground then
pulling up with such grace and ease
scorching sky, earth, tree...
so alive they are,
the young, in their celebration
with death and destruction.
But little does he share,
this antiquated warrior
of time gone by,
with those who find
pride in revelry,
in their rebel cry, "Victory!"
Those soldiers' tears joyous
in death and in honor
no longer stain his lids.
No longer does he weep
for all his fallen comrades
napping in a timeless sleep.
War, rage, fear
is reserved for them
who own a heart
young enough,
bold enough
to care. |
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Post by anirbas on Sept 19, 2006 21:22:53 GMT -6
Stellar draconically inspired poeming. Thanks for sharing, RRW. Got more? Nir.  |
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Post by dawness on Sept 25, 2006 6:02:58 GMT -6
a cure for a savaged beast; wonderful.  |
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Post by rrw on Sept 25, 2006 7:52:53 GMT -6
Thanks, Dawn. Since I'm getting up there in age, alot of poetry has to do with getting older. This is just another poem about those male violent urges begin to wane as one gets older.
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Post by anirbas on Sept 25, 2006 9:30:13 GMT -6
those male violent urges? hehe, DG...like he thinks his species is the only one that gets violent urges...hahahahahahhahahahahahaha... dodges flying inkwell from "old man's" desk... hehehehehe...i so sorry...i couldn't resist... lol...ya'll crack me up...nir  |
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Post by rrw on Sept 28, 2006 9:03:10 GMT -6
Well, you may be right, but men seem to be known for their ability to war more than women... But when it comes to violence, what man can stand up to Medea?
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Post by anirbas on Sept 29, 2006 13:39:07 GMT -6
...none...
[but, you're right, men love war more than women...however, nothing is more fierce than a woman inspired for whatever reasons, to stand and deliver a violent punch...ggglgggl...it's that mother instinct thing, i think even women whom are childless, have...as it's hardwired into our species to protect...women will not generally start the fight...that's what your species does...ggglgggl...but, women will fight to protect...and nothing more vicious, than a momma lion, or a pissed off momma bluejay, for that matter, pecking a cat, five times her size just for walking a football field length from her nursery...i think the tendancy to become violent is ingrained in both species...LOL...one of the things that make us unerringly human...is that we are all monsters, within...even the Pollyannas and Poindexters...]
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Post by rrw on Sept 29, 2006 15:39:38 GMT -6
Totally agree. In nature the female is often more aggressive. The lioness does all the hunting... and don't even get me started on the black widow spider! hehehe! Don't give your love to Sexy Ida
cause she is meaner
than a black widow spider
so if you give her your love
you might as well give it to a spider
Sexy Ida --Tina Tuner |
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Post by anirbas on Sept 29, 2006 20:39:42 GMT -6
I adore Tina*The Burner*Turner! Thanks for jogging my memory banks with that one...
Yes, the lioness does all the hunting, on long range kills...But, ah, the lionking makes up for his ineptitude when roving bands of bachelor males come to call...And, I didn't know, til not so long ago, a pride is most often ran by two males, not one and usually, they are brothers, or cousins...Definitely a two is better than one scenario...As we all know...If new males take over, they kill all the babies...Heartless, impatient creeps! ggglgggl...Inane yakking taking place..Shutting up...LOL...I am...So, should you...Nir.
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Post by dawness on Oct 3, 2006 4:38:22 GMT -6
well, rr... i don't find you old... and like i posted in another thread , i hope you'll do that play on medea.. i did her character in a high school play. wow, felt like method acting for me. |
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Post by rrw on Oct 8, 2006 10:01:05 GMT -6
well, rr... i don't find you old... and like i posted in another thread , i hope you'll do that play on medea.. i did her character in a high school play. wow, felt like method acting for me. thanks, Dawn. Thw Medea project I've been talking about for years now with my counter part over at the school. He'd write original music for it. Our main problem is getting enough people for the chorus. We are a small school. |
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Post by anirbas on Oct 8, 2006 14:53:19 GMT -6
Good luck with that project, RRW! Keep us posted on it's progress. Yes, I can see you, as Medea, Dawness... I was the understudy for Eliza Doolittle's character, in My Fair Lady, in high school... And had a few lines, in the play, as a bit character...Loved drama class in high school... The most fun, was when we did improv exercises in class...We'd pull a slip of paper, out of a hat, and have to act out whatever was on the paper, that our teacher had written...Mrs. Lee...What a blast of a teacher she was...Laughed all the way through her drama class. Shutting up...Dawn keeps dragging me down memory lane on all the boards in here...hehehe...Nir. |
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Post by vixen on Dec 12, 2006 22:53:27 GMT -6
I loved this, but it brings up an old adage I heard once. , or kinda like a dragon, maybe the same thing. " The older the buck , the stiffer the horn." lol Just had to get that in there. Bad vixen. You know where my mind is ... and its not draggin. lol <giggle? Vixen
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Post by anirbas on Dec 12, 2006 23:32:02 GMT -6
LOL...you not bad, Vixen...you so funny...
and this is a ripping poem, well worth the re-read I just gave it...
wonder where our Twilight Dragon has gotten himself off to these days?
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Post by anirbas on May 18, 2007 23:59:09 GMT -6
Take a gander at this one, Mishie...You'll love it, too...Nir.
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Post by nimbusGLOW on May 19, 2007 0:55:46 GMT -6
...(breathless still)...
Rob
...
your genius
shows through
with crystal clarity
even in the 'twilight'
of your eloquent poem
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Post by wistfuldragon on May 19, 2007 15:37:10 GMT -6
Yes and Yes...Lady Anir'...do love this one as well...the word wonder never stops in here...
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Post by anirbas on Jun 10, 2014 15:26:54 GMT -6
Most worthy of a bump and so, tis done.
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