Cold Shock – Random Twitter Poem for Jan 7th

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07 Jan 2010

Today’s poem was ginormous and took me almost 30 minutes to write, with me being so busy at work during the day, lately I haven’t had time to write twitter poems except after dinner. I may have to cap the number of submissions I can accept at some point, but for now I enjoy seeing just what I can do, and wonder how many words I can really use in a random word poem?

Cold Shock is about a bitter frigid cold front that overtakes a region, and is my largest twitter poem to date. It was inspired by 27 random words (in blue) provided by today’s twitter followers below:
@drdon911 (transliteration), @Sweetnote (symbiotic), @robertbravery (quivering), @omgzam (rebound), @filigreegirl (dependability), @cupcakes5 (whirligig), @SurfCityJay (sub-zero), @Kristen_Howe (shallow), @buddawiggi (whomever), @shemah (charismatic), @anefallarme (usher), @MaryBethJBellon (snow), @Oneunder2001 (cantaloupe), @DaveLair (Latissimus Dorsi), @Robbie42601 (Trinity), @santasdevil (rendezvous), @hammyhavoc (Gasconading), @IZEAinc (electrify), @JeffHicks (fruition), @BloggerTalk (tranquility), @chuck72061 (assassin), @RemBeatZ (flatulence), @HarleyQuinnAA (obstinate), @TrinaMb (design), @gypsiedream (Necromancy), @KathySperlBell (Savasana), @barbehr (devastation)

Cold Shock

Sub-zero temperatures like dark necromancy
electrify the skin as if by wicked design
whirligig of shallow frost an unwelcome rendezvous
bitter symbiotic trinity of wind, chill and ice
sting your eyes and nose like noxious icy flatulence
a sharp feeling like a quivering assassin blade
penetrating through leather to your Latissimus dorsi
cold snow squishing like rotten cantaloupe under boot
a frigid Savasana tranquility, nature’s frozen devastation
dependability of obstinate gasconading forecasters increased
as previous predictions finally come to true fruition
you pray to whomever has the mighty charismatic power
to perform some weather transliteration quickly
rebound to something more tolerable or usher in Spring
so that we may get relief from this cold shock

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

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