Ivor Steven

My Dragon, The Tetralogy: Part 4. My Dragon, Frozen In Time

My Dragon has been treated harshly

For his mischievous nine crimes

He was cruelly chained in poison ivy

And mystically frozen in time

I am allowed to ship him back home

Encased in a huge wooden box

In a straw-lined crate he looked like a giant gnome

We set sail around Cape Horn towards the land of shamrocks

I am hoping a return to his homeland

Might snap my Dragon out of his ice-age state

There atop the cliffs of the Isle of Aran

With the roaring Atlantic winds to thaw his scaly breastplate

Ivor Steven was an industrial chemist and plumber. He has three self‑published books — Tullawalla, Perceptions, and Until Eyes Hear Sound — and is an appointed writer for Coffee House Writers magazine (USA).

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