My Possession

With this possession I profess
It gives me great pleasure and I digress
A ring on my finger which means much to me
As a bee is to honey and a leaf to a tree

It pains me to part with it for this short while
I miss the intricate carving and gold style
All for a purpose and goal I say to myself
And my possession sits alone tucked in my shelf

So now I am thinking was it wrong or right
That I deprive myself of this both day and night
I feel I am unworthy of what it represents
This has a meaning and I hope it prevents

What occurs all too frequent and causes lament
The harm that I have caused was never meant
I must stop doing this and fully repent
I must give it my all, 100% percent

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Today I was late collecting random words and even later putting the poem together, but I still managed to complete a random poem today.  Today’s poem included 9 random words that were submitted by the following people on twitter:  @summerbreeze80, @craftyGAgal, @sheakoshan, @clowerpower, @doctor_s, @coyotesqrl, @izealove, @doctor_s, @wizard1974uk

A Misunderstanding

A casual conversation turned awry
One misstep in a verbal articulation
Confusion sets in followed by anger

A snippy remark is then cast next
I was Left scrambling unsure how to proceed
Were you being haughty, joking or derisive

You cracked a smile with beguiling intent
A smile that made me feel both alive and dead
An almost vicious grin spanning ear to ear

Were you just playing with my head
Some kind of game with a slip of the tongue
Or is there a meaning behind it all

With an obsequious gesture of good faith
I delivered an apologetic elocution
And expressing how much I appreciate

All of the things you say and do
So let us walk along the waterfront
holding hands and shoulder to shoulder

And put this misunderstanding
To bed forever where it belongs
For love is above such verbal mishaps

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Today’s poem consisted of 8 random words highlighted in blue, words provided by the following people on twitter:  @wizard1974uk, @azredneck, @mebanded, @summerbreeze80, @durtbagz, @cre8nnov8, @SurfCityJay, @craftyGAgal

As always thank you to all people who participate, I really enjoy creating these poems based on your random words.  If you want to participate, just contact me @dragonblogger on twitter on weekdays between 9am and 11am.

The Creature

This beast covered in fur walks like a Sasquatch
It’s appearance brings forth jeers and derision
Farmers and villagers pitch tomatoes, potatoes and peppers
Pelting this beast whom they try to drive off

Some oil soaked torches a spark of flint and steel
combustion occurs, fire to burn the beast
A pitchfork is thrown with spot on accuracy
It pierces the monsters atrial septum

The creature is not harmed but smiling instead
Removing the weapon from its chest it cries out
The wound closes with supernatural regeneration
The monster stares at the crowd with unknown intent

The creature then draws a sudden intake of breath
Out is exhaled a putrid green noxious cloud
That rolls over the farmers like a great morning fog
They realize too late the cloud is an anesthetic

Falling to the ground unaware of their fate
Their limbs and consciousness melt like margarine
Some wonder if they will ever awake again
Then the last man falls and the story might end

Instead eyes open many hours later
People wake up groggy unsure of what happened
The creature harmed nobody it would seem
So maybe the monster was not a monster after all

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Jenn and I decided to try a little poetry experiment where we would collaboratively create a poem. It started with an email with one poetry line and then a response with the second line and continued until we both thought the poem was finished. Neither one of us would know what the other would write, after the poem was completed we each came up with a list of titles and chose which one seemed to fit best.

I liked A Lone Wolf’s Heart, so I am re-posting the full poem. You should check out Before I Am Famous and Dragonfly Poems for Jenn’s other work, she is one of the people who inspired me to create a poetry blog in the first place.

A Lone Wolf’s Heart

Release these chains around your wrists
Stand naked before the weeping moon
The Howling wolves within your heart
Consuming fires engulf your lonely soul

Will you find that long lost love?
Will you find your savior from wretchedness?
Your bleeding heart shall shed no more tears
I am waiting in the shadows to join you
Where is your knight to slay the dragon?

To free you from the dark serpents
Justice and valor seem a distant memory
Come and let me enrapture you
Kiss me tender then kiss me firm
Our loneliness vanishes. In the inferno from the dragon’s mouth our bodies melt
Passion is assured with my heart being saved

-Joint Poem by Dragonblogger and SummerDragon80

We Have A Choice

We have a choice to end this suffering
We have a choice to heal these wounds
We have a choice to lift up the helpless
We have a choice to feed the hungy

We have a choice to end these wars
We have a choice to fix this world
We have a choice to be more tolerant
We have a choice to learn from the past

We have a choice to build new bridges
We have a choice to right old wrongs
We have a choice to set life free
We have a choice to save our humanity

Poem by Dragon Blogger

I had used some of these Haiku’s for a contest and many never ended up as admissions so instead of letting them go to waste decided to make a blog post with all my random Haiku’s from last week.

Random Haikus

Love is Lost This Day
You Split My Heart To Pieces
Choking On Your Tears

My Lady Drives Me
All Day And Night To Passion
Crash Amongst These Pillows

Being Afraid Sucks
Life Passes You By All Day
Trapped In Your Own Mind

Feel Like A Burger
Stomach is Growling At Me
Must Go To Lunch Now

Tweet This And Tweet That
Tweety Bird Is Afraid Of Cat
Poor Poor Puddy Cat

Save These Ten Digits
On Them Your Life Will Depend
One Call Will Save You

My Wife Would Love Gift
MacBook Is The Perfect One
I Win I Have Fun

A Flight Away Is
All I Will Be This Week Son
I Will Be Home Soon

Severing Pinkies
Severing Thumbs And Toes
Fingers In A Jar

Only More Is Less
Only Less Is More Sometimes
You Figure It Out

Fate Has Its Moments
Lovers Trapped In An Embrace
Passion Is Not Lost

Truth Between The Sheets
This Girl Completes Me Tonight
She Shall Be My Wife

Poetic Justice
The Irony Is Foretold
Go Seek Forgiveness

Original Haiku’s by Dragon Blogger

The Dragon and The Knight

A glint of light off an emerald scale
a tooth the color of amber
an eye so bright and full of intellect
a horn the color of obsidian

you stand there knees wobbly
about to fall and plead for life
realizing you stand no chance
you say your prayers and wait for the finish

Instead of suffering you are granted mercy
the great beast decides to speak
to what do I owe this presence
and why do you appear so weak?

You explain your intentions that you were for hire
the people need protection from his great fire
but you realize you made a mistake
believing a rumor which turned out to be fake

You simple knight of no great honor
I will spare you a life if you can do just this thing
learn to have faith and not believe not the other
you can’t always judge a book by its cover

So just like that the beast had set me free
and it was then I realized its full majesty
here was a being who could not be evil
and I vowed that day to become a better knight

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Saving My Soul

My life is drowning in a sea of flame
All I feel is impairment and shame

Long lost love is now in tatters
Not sure at all what really matters

Show me a path or any kind of sign
I cant keep drowning my sorrows with wine

Birds fly when danger get too close
My spirit seems to become more morose

If I jump off this cliff will my spirit soar
or will I hit the ground and splatter in gore

Give me a sign on how to proceed
Show me a path and what I need

Maybe my purpose is to help others
not sure but it seems this is my druthers

A wandering soul looking for peace
My body flushed and turning cerise

What path shall I take keeps haunting me
Which way will it end I will just wait and see

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

This poem was crafted using random words I asked people to tweet me on Twitter, I highlighted the random words in blue.  This poem is about people who are rude, selfish, unkind and ignorant.

How Dare You

You steal the luminescence from all those around you
Running through life as a blunderbuss
Not caring how others think and feel
Your ignorance is your downfall

That woman you pushed and that man you assaulted
Just trying to get ahead in a line or life
You should have faith and try to be thankful
A little kindess can calm your spirit

You take love and risk throwing it away
Why because you are scared and cannot commit
You cannot spread human emotion like jelly
Eventually life will be left tasteless

Your face sours when you look upon that man
Does the color of his skin not agree with you
Should he be cast off this earth
Like jetsam thrown from a ship

Does your life taste like acidic clamato
Your friendships dwindle till you are barren
Or is this sudden snafu by choice
and you push people away for fear of rejection

Heed me now you cruel and angry people
Love and Life shall not be lost
Serendipity is found by those who don’t seek it
Turn your anger into compassion

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Thanks to all my tweeple who provided me with the random words:  @summerbreeze80, @coyotesqrl, @durtbagz, @miriella, @reginasuniverse, @benjphoto, @RobinJP, @WhiskeyChick