Listen to this when
Puff the Magic Dragon
for the parts of childhood we had to leave behind 🐉
Who it's for
A magical dragon is left alone when the little boy who played with him grows up.
Tender, sad→Gently accepting
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a folk song written by Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton, based on a poem Lipton wrote in 1959 as a Cornell student. Peter, Paul and Mary released it as a single in January 1963 and included it on their album Moving. It tells of a dragon named Puff and his childhood playmate Jackie Paper, who grows up and leaves their games behind, leaving Puff alone.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 292
