Fire Wyrm

Wicked, beasts of old, with teeth that sever sinew and bone.
paw of razor sharpened claw, to rip, to rend and lift to maw.

Beady eyes, smolder glare, calculating, thy hateful stare.
flapping wing, fanning ground, your shrieking shatters silent sound.

Flaming furnace, bellows deep, burning house, field and keep.
Breath unhindered, torching cone, sets alight the melting stone.

Leaving dead for folks to mourn, off away on wings it's borne.
Greed guardian, keeper of wealth, damn you for unending health.

Ancient tyrant, their scales grow pale, but still they murder without fail.
Terribly vengeful, legends arise, and adventurers seek assured demise.

Should one fall, it's void replace, another meaner and more disgrace.
Your blight we curse, but come to term, with you, the hated Fire Wyrm.



///I wrote this poem based off the traditional myth of dragons from an old english stance, I may need to change some words to make it less "modern". my inspiration for this poem was from a childhood book my mother use to read to us, about a monster in a city, wasn't a wyrm or a dragon, but I still remember the line "A terrible thing is coming this way. It's creeping closer day by day. It's Eye's are scary, its tail is hairy. Its paws have claws, it snaps its jaws. It growls, it groans and chews up stones."  and while I was trying to explain it to my kids, I chose to write my own poem regarding a monster of sorts///
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Teagan Avatar
February 20, 2017 at 7:54 PM
Jesse, ... this is the last thing you've posted? soup mail ..
Zerlaut Avatar
February 23, 2017 at 9:56 PM
I've been away dealing with a bit of life and other things. I missed writing and will look to put more up. Just resolving my lifetime membership.
Lindley Avatar
December 12, 2016 at 5:40 AM
I read this wonderful poem and then called my 9 year old son over from breakfast to read it . We both think its a winner. Have you thought of expanding it? Exceptional piece my friend.. Solid 7
Zerlaut Avatar
December 18, 2016 at 10:50 AM
Thank you Robert! I've thought on the idea of expanding but realized my imagination might eventually run out. lol. I might have to ask my own kids for some ideas.
Teagan Avatar
November 12, 2016 at 8:04 AM
This is really good, Jesse! I didn't know what fire wyrm was either, but I like your explanation to go with the poem. Even without it, the poem is fantastic, it leads the imagination. Well done.
Zerlaut Avatar
November 12, 2016 at 11:52 PM
Thank you for stopping in and reading them, Becca. I always appreciate your thoughts. I think the book that the words in the explanation come from a book called "The Judge", but not sure if there's some site rules against modifying once wrote.
Kendrick Avatar
November 11, 2016 at 6:52 AM
I like your work here..It has good rhyme and rhythm..I don't know what a Fire Wyrm is?? Is it Fire Worm?..I think it the old English spelling of the word and it is the sounds and sights of a fire..You could give an explanation at the end..Sara
Zerlaut Avatar
November 11, 2016 at 7:44 AM
I should fix that but there seems to be no edit. Norse and Nordic are very differnet, I shouldn't have used the word Nordic (which refers to people from Greenland and Finland, where Norse refers to people from Norway, and Scandinavia. )
Zerlaut Avatar
November 11, 2016 at 7:42 AM
Thank you for the advice about the explanation, I'll do just that! It is Fire Worm... much as a Norseman would call it. The Nordic people believed in the myths of dragons long before other cultures in and around England. It was even a theme in some ways when the Norse settled in Normandy and then England as Normans.
Kamoonpuri Avatar
November 11, 2016 at 1:23 AM
Wow classical like a modern ballad. The wording and phrasing stark and poetic. The dark theme and tone is portrayed in an awesome style here. Kudos. Nice to read from yor ink again.
Zerlaut Avatar
November 11, 2016 at 8:09 AM
Thank you for reading my poem. I rather enjoy the concepts of myths. Dragons, Knights, castles... grew up wanting to be Arthur. Also visited your page, love "Mr. Bean".
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