Pandora's Collective Poetry Contest (2017)
​1st Place Winner - Children's Category

MY DOG IS A DRAGON

When my dog snores, it is an earthquake.
When he runs, he flies.
In the sun
he shines. He glitters
black at the throat
(scales perhaps,
but more likely his collar).
When he breathes fiery frost into life
on cool autumn mornings
it is smoke.
When he loves he is so affectionate
it is impossible
for him to have anything smaller
than a dragon’s heart.

-  Cara Gordon