Poetry Friday: Knights and Dragons
July 13th, 2007 at 7:51 am (Books, Poetry Friday)
I’ve been reading stories about dragons lately and it reminded me of a poem from Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne. It’s just such a cute poem about a little kid playing at being a knight and fighting dragons that I couldn’t resist sharing it! The Lego knight seemed the perfect image to pair with it somehow (but that may just be me wishing I still had Legos to play with).
Knight-in-Armor
Whenever I’m a shining Knight,
I buckle on my armor tight;
And then I look about for things,
Like Rushings-Out, and Rescuings,
And Savings from the Dragon’s Lair,
And fighting all the Dragons there.
And sometimes when our fights begin,
I think I’ll let the Dragons win…
And then I think perhaps I won’t,
Because they’re Dragons, and I don’t.
Have fun slaying dragons (or making friends with them!) today! The round-up is over at Chicken Spaghetti today, so go check it out!
SamRiddleburger said,
July 13, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Rushings-Out … what a great Milne-ism! Perhaps when traveling he had Toings-fro.
Totally dig the lego guy!
Viv said,
July 22, 2007 at 7:47 pm
I’ll have to try and read this poem to Evie (along with the other ones you gave me in the book). Also, I’m breezing by to let you know that you’ve just been tagged with a meme. Thank Heather for that one