We read the poem below and used it as inspiration for our own poetry:

The Dragon

 

The dragon pauses,

still as granite.

 

Its empty eyes stare,

dark as space diamonds.

 

A tense tail curls

round glittering gems.

 

Its rusted scales scrape together

as it slithers towards you.

 

It opens stale jaws

and a row of jagged teeth

clack and click.

 

The dragon’s claws dig

into plates of gold

and rustle silver coins.

 

Leather wings stretch,

catching the wind’s uplift,

swirling into the sky.

 

Leaving behind,

a glimmer of fiery breath,

a shimmer of fear.

The children used the same structure as in 'The Dragon', writing about a different part of their creature for every verse. They chose an image of a werewolf, a basilisk, a kraken or a griffin to inspire their poems, and some chose their own creature to write about.

Have a read of our original poems below: