I like this:-
A Small Dragon
by Brian Patten
I’ve found a small dragon in the woodshed.
Think it must have come from deep inside a forest
because it’s damp and green and leaves
are still reflecting in its eyes.
I fed it on many things, tried grass,
the roots of stars, hazel-nut and dandelion,
but it stared up at me as if to say, I need
foods you can’t provide.
It made a nest among the coal,
not unlike a birds but larger,
it is out of place here
and is most times silent.
If you believed in it, I would come
hurrying to your house to let you share this wonder,
but I want instead to see
if you yourself will pass this way.