One Poem by Ray Whitaker

 

DRAGONS

How could the anger go

the disappointment from then

the mad over lost love

dissipate from sight, 

from feelings?

Wafted away in a stiff breeze

Left.  Smoke drifting off

thru tree branches in the forest.

That primal woods, green conifers

covered in northern grey mosses 

humidity blown in from the coast

so thick on the ground

great brown bears walk silently on it.

This is one of Life’s Dragons

how that’s handled

determines wether we are burnt

to a cinder

or manage to ride the dragon

over the wooded seaside cliffs

flying inland to see the beauty

of a sudden glen in a verdant valley.

Ah, like that was not nothing,

meeting her was something

Ray Whitaker - Is an American poet from Colorado, USA. Ray is intent on becoming a part of International Poetry endeavours, having been published in Bali, England, Ireland, Belgium, India, Greece, Pakistan, and the US. Ray is the Editor of Masticadores Canada. He was a Delegate and read his work at the 2023 Panorama International Literature Festival, sponsored by Writers Capital International Foundation of Athens, Greece. He is also a Delegate to the 2024 Panorama Festival 2024.

 

Submissions ARE NOW CLOSED & will RE-OPEN on OCTOBER 1st 2026.

 

LOTHLORIEN POETRY JOURNAL UPDATE..Submissions ARE NOW CLOSED & will RE-OPEN on OCTOBER 1st 2026. I will continue to work through submissions received but please be patient. Due to a family emergency, my Muse and I have been caring for two of our grandchildren full time and are now going through the rigourous process of adopting them legally and and being vetted for a Special Guardian Order which will require regular meetings with relevant professional bodies until a judge decides whether or not we can be the two grandchildren's guardian's in December 2026. We have been their full time foster parents/carers since the start of July and are enjoying every day thus far. Have a lovely summer dear friends. LPJ GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH - Just not with the same intensity for a while. Thankye for your understanding. xxxx Strider.