I am not sure what inspired me to write this poem as a teenager. Likely it was born from a love of fantasy and mythology. Perhaps I was just playing with rhyme. Maybe I was feeling silly. Or all of the above. The only thing I’ve changed from the original is some punctuation.
Nevertheless, consider yourself forewarned, should a baby dragon drop in to visit YOU …
Once, a baby dragon
dropped in to visit me.
He flew right through my window
(he’s not too bright, you see).
He was quite a charming fellow
with enormous, greenish scales,
quite polite, this dragonlet,
who came to hear my tales.
I told him one of Pegasus,
the horse with wings of gold.
I told him one of Camelot,
of days when men were bold.
The dragonlet, he loved these tales!
He begged and begged for more;
once he laughed so very hard
he burned down my front door.
I told him of the Lion King
who secretly had sworn
not to tell the whereabouts
of the only Unicorn.
When morning’s light awoke me,
the dragonlet had gone.
The only trace I found of him
was on my neighbor’s lawn.
Photo: Baby dragon. Derek Hatfield. CC BY
lit bits and pieces 
This made me smile. “once he laughed so very hard
he burned down my front door.” This is my favorite line!
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So glad you enjoyed baby dragon, in spite of his inability to self-control 😊
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Ha ha, I can’t wait to share this with my daughters. Well paced and an easy, enjoyable read!
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Thank you and please let me know what your daughters think!
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I love this poem from the past! It’s playful and light. Have you used this with kids? I think they’d love it.
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I have, actually, once or twice – for purpose of writing (to entertain) and what a writer wants to elicit in a reader (laughter). Also that poems can be about anything, and inference… even young children “get” what the baby dragon did on the neighbor’s lawn!! Thanks, Jessica 😊
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So sweet and fun! I could easily see it as a picture book!
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Wouldn’t the illustrations be too much fun?
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Oh so delightful, I love this poem, no wonder baby dragon enjoyed your stories! Fancy writing this when you were only fifteen (and even more amazingly, still having it!) Normally I don’t like dragons and fantasy much, but your baby dragon is just too cute!
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Baby dragon and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts 🤗
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Delightful! Thanks for sharing. I also can see it as a picture book. Submit!!
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It is fun to imagine how stunned my young self would be to think of this poem one day becoming a picture book. Thank you 🙂
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This poem is simply delightful, elegant in its own right! It appears your talent is ingrained in you and has been for a long time. I love the imaginative play and the genuineness of the author’s voice. You did well on this! Thank you for sharing :o).
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I thank you for these words and my teenaged self would be amazed. So glad you enjoyed.
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I did indeed!
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I loved reading this! You picked the perfect image for the dragonlet. You were a beautiful writer as a teenager as well. Thanks for sharing this treasure.
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Thanks, Kelsey; I am delighted that you enjoyed this. I just remembered the baby dragon recently and decided why hold onto these things, why not share, and what better time & place than the SOLSC? Never expected my baby dragon to be so loved 😢. And, to be referred to as “a beautiful writer” – there is no compliment higher to me. I am so grateful for all your words of support.
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What a great poem! It would be wonderful to share the dragon as a picture book.
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Amazing writer then and now! I love this!
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Your talent for writing started young! I’m not sure I’ve heard the term “dragonlet”, but it certainly makes a fearsome creature altogether cute. Now I really have to drag out those old journals of mine and take a peek…
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