The Seahorse
Poetry
Dragons exist.
The chimera kind -
Black horse is
Fused dragon is
Pastel pink fish.
All creatures is he -
Bones and fin,
Fire-shape without
The flame
A crowned yellow silver
And maneless green
Spiked curve of the
Underworld.
His tail holds on to reality,
Straight lines of grass
Rooted in the sea bed
To keep him
From floating into myth,
Beside Poseidon.
LJ is a vegan poet and a bookseller from London. She has a 1st Class BA Honours in English Language and Literature from The University of Liverpool. Her poems have been published by numerous journals both in print and online, including: Minnow Literary, Green Ink Poetry, The Madrigal, Spellbinder Literary Magazine, Drawn to the Light, Acropolis Journal, Mausoleum Press, Cerasus Magazine and The Amphibian Literary Journal. Her poetry features in the printed anthology ‘Spectrum’ by Renard Press, published in October 2022 . Her poetry will also feature in Poetry of the Wild Flowers anthology published by Tiny Seed Press in June 2023.