Poems With Lois Letchford: My Dragon Wasn't Feeling Good

5 May 2021 · 1 min

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In this YouTube video, the host (Speaker A) greets Lois Letchford and presents a spoken‑word reading of the poem “My Dragon Wasn’t Feeling Good,” originally from the collection The Dragons Are Singing Tonight by Jack Palutski. The poem narrates a whimsical tale of a dragon suffering from a cold—described with vivid, child‑friendly imagery such as a shivering dragon, red watery eyes, a runny nose, and a fizzling flame. The speaker takes the dragon to a specialist who treats it with an absurd mixture of turpentine, phosphorus, and gasoline, after which the dragon recovers. The video concludes with a standard YouTube call‑to‑action encouraging viewers to like, subscribe, and enable notifications.

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Hello, Lois Letchford, Enjoying Poetry, and this week it's My Dragon Wasn't Feeling Good from The Dragons Are Singing Tonight by Jack Palutski. My dragon wasn't feeling good. He has a nasty chill and couldn't keep from shivering. I saw that he was ill. His eyes were red and watery. His nose was runny too. His flame was but a fizzle, and his cheeks were pallid blue. I took him to the doctor just as quickly as I could, a specialist in dragons, and she's in our neighbourhood. She took his pulse and temperature and then fed him turpentine and phosphorus and gasoline. My dragon's doing fine. Thank you. Hit like, hit subscribe, and the bell for notifications.