The Dragon Slayer Poem by Elisabeth Wingle

The Dragon Slayer

Rating: 4.0


You are no different
Than the knights of old
Doing your duty
With out being told
Long, lonely nights
In the bitter cold
Slaying the Dragon
To bring home the gold.

Sunday, May 28, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: love
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I wrote this after watching my husband (a professional driver) get ready for work one morning, if I'm being honest I was probably listening, as I was probably still in bed. I was impressed with his sense of duty and this popped into my head. I've tried to finish this several times now, with no results. Then it occurred to me, it is finished
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 03 August 2017

the title sounded familiar; it SHOULD, as i used it not long ago in a showcase. the poem did not sound too familiar for some reason; you still didn't change with out to without. maybe it is a vernacular usage in your part of the country? hmm? the Poet's Notes DID sound quite familiar! yes, finished. good for you! bri ;) i think bring home the gold was in some beer or cigarette commercial years, and years ago.

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Bri Edwards 30 May 2017

i shall change with out to without. tell my if you object, and i'll change it back, kicking and screaming! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! :) bri

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Bri Edwards 30 May 2017

it IS finished! Thanks for the Poet's Notes to go with the poem. and, especially since the poem is so short, i'll attach your Notes after the poem in June's showcase. soon i shall send the showcase to everyone whose poems i'm using and to some others, including some of 'the guys'. at first i thought you were writing about me toiling to bring poems to the showcase! ! hee-hee. Thanks for your fine poem. 'Dragons' can be lots of things. strangely, i just got a note from Liza Sud, not Lisa, about giving ME gold. i think she was teasing me. to MyPoemList also. bri :)

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