"The Dragon", by the Iraqi poet
Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1926–1999), was originally published in 1996. The translation by Farouk Abdel Wahab, Najat Rahman, and Carolina Hotchandani is from the volume ''Iraqi Poetry Today'' () (c) 2003, edited by Saadi Simawe.
"The Dragon" is an example of al-Bayyati's frequent incorporation of mythological figures into his poetry.
See also
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Iraqi literature Iraqi literature or Mesopotamian literature dates back to Sumerian times, which constitutes the earliest known corpus of recorded literature, including the religious writings and other traditional stories maintained by the Sumerian civilization an ...
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1996 in poetry
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Events
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External links
Text of "The Dragon" with commentary and links
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1996 poems
Dragons in popular culture