Dragon Haiku

by Ingeborg

Stone dragonFrost and frozen mist,

Drink at the boiling cauldron,

Child of fire and ice.

 

Stench of piled corpses

On the black and rocky beach.

She snorts, sighs, and chews.

 

Passing the screaming,

Her great claws gouge Nastrond's stone

As she smoothly slides by.

 

Little ones press close,

Venom-reeking, they curl up

Against mother's belly.

 

The Tree sways and moans,

Nine worlds vibrate to her jaws,

Her relentless pedicure.