Saturday, 15 August 2026

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.

 

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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 ...