Wanderer Thoughts » poetry game http://www.wandererthoughts.com Poetry and Literature by Dragon Blogger Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:59:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Shattered Morning – Random Twitter Poem for Dec 8th http://www.wandererthoughts.com/shattered-morning-random-twitter-poem-for-dec-8th/ http://www.wandererthoughts.com/shattered-morning-random-twitter-poem-for-dec-8th/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:28:12 +0000 dragonblogger http://www.wandererthoughts.com/?p=1744 Rather than tell you what Shattered Morning is about today, how about you tell me what you “feel” from this poem? What do you picture, what image does this poem portray to you my readers?
This poem was inspired by the 19 random word (in blue) provided by the following twitter followers:
@dreamon51 (quandary), @RobinJP (sunshine), @purple_froggy (flooded), @JeffHicks (bovine), @GeB0i (fash), @Zorlone (Flabbergast), @arleigh (pattern), @blusol (philanthropic), @amds007 (crashed), @ryjr (mistress), @KathrynVercillo (fleeting), @quirkyjessi (quirky), @TrinaMb (envy), @writingnag (shadows), @coffeetablepoet (magnanimous), @Piratelover22 (lunar), @chuck72061 (neophobia), @jeremylewit (flirt), @rosewing (climategate)

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Shattered Morning

Sunshine flooded through broken glass
pattern of fleeting quirky shadows mocking
a philanthropic flirt of his lunar mistress
flabbergast on being entangled in this quandary
magnanimous fash crashed like climategate scandal
wave of neophobia and a now unstable future sickening
envy turning into regret over one bovine evening
a shattered morning from a terminal mistake

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

]]> http://www.wandererthoughts.com/shattered-morning-random-twitter-poem-for-dec-8th/feed/ 10 Last Great Battle – Random Twitter Poem for Nov 16th http://www.wandererthoughts.com/last-great-battle-random-twitter-poem-for-nov-16th/ http://www.wandererthoughts.com/last-great-battle-random-twitter-poem-for-nov-16th/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:41:35 +0000 dragonblogger http://www.wandererthoughts.com/?p=1661 Last Great Battle is a fantasy battle of Ragnorok depicted in a story like poem with the forces of good battling demons. It was inspired by the 14 random words (in blue) provided by the following twitter followers:
@SusanBerland (reentry), @Sarah_Prentice (unicorns), @shonie1966 (coffee), @barbehr (equalizer), @blusol (valor), @JeffHicks (captivated), @offers4free (free), @geb0i (twitter), @anefallarme (exhausted), @filigreegirl (agog), @MetallmanX (Ragnarok), @Jan_Geronimo (tumbleweed), @Piratelover22 (intonation), @Kowboyfromhell (greed)

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Last Great Battle

The great equalizer of Ragnarok
valor tested of unicorns and men alike
demons of greed and destruction besieging
blood stains grass like spilled coffee
screams twitter a harmonious intonation
exhausted as battle fatigue sets in
another ally tossed like a tumbleweed
captivated horror as his body crumbles
agog free spirits die this day
heavens reentry a last reward
at the last great battle

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

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@planetjefferson (reprehensible), @SurfCityJay (idol), @RobinJP (horizons), @franscud (frumpy), @filigreegirl (catboat), @concisionflux (jeremiad), @shemah (citizenship), @jemfyr (hyperbole), @WorkingLori (grace), @santasdevil (jamboree), @R_Arblaster (qualifications), @yournutrition (afternoon sun), @rjleaman (peach), @RemBeatZ (ankles), @JenaIsle (catheterization), @wishinghearts (apprehension), @wordweavergame (marsupial)

Trapped At Sea

Like a frumpy peach
baking in the afternoon sun
you lie on the deck of your catboat
reading the latest jeremiad
about the grace of citizenship

From the horizons come
a familiar idol of fear and terror
a reprehensible frightening jamboree
as dozens of dorsal fins approach
a telling sign of danger for sure

A hyperbole of screams expelled
as if undergoing catheterization
ankles quiver, about to buckle
as the boat is surrounded
terrors from the deep blue sea

Feeling like marsupial prey
you survey the water with apprehension
a simple day sailing turned quite sour
lacking qualifications for a solution
how are you going to get out of this?

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

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@daNanner (tarmac), @RemBeatZ (imprisoned), @mattstratton (mortified), @coffeetablepoet (incredible), @KathrynVercillo (generosity), @twitlaureate (ignite), @AnnEvanston (DNA), @SpaceAgeSage (disenchanted), @A_Lan (Chironomus), @or1gb1u3 (irony), @summerbreeze80 (scintillation), @nicolaquinn (pusillanimous)
@jmbuckingham (twinkle)

The Last Superhero

Mortified, bound and transported across a tarmac
chiromonus buzzing around in the warm night air
only generosity found in the scintilation of stars
bitter irony, that you are to be imprisoned here
so they can study and ignite your incredible DNA
after you have saved them, time and time again
pusillanimous people filled with a twinkle of fear
now a once proud unique hero of the world is reduced
to a disenchanted oddity and freak of nature
this marks the end of the last known superhero

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

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@Rinari (elusive), @stnmoon (Search), @Zorlone (meandering), @Oneunder2001 (teleprompter), @jrgarralda (will-o’-the-wisp), @blm03 (winner), @CarlsJr (Bourbon), @lejonprime (phrenetic), @viktorwalters (buer)
@R_Arblaster (congratulating), @BlazingMinds (growth), @nipplelicious (enhance), @JessicaSieghart (pepper)

willowisp

Hunt For The Glowing Orb

In the darkening murky swamp
Meandering through muck, the search continues
A most elusive thing once spotted
Magnificent and haunting to see

A single glowing orb emitting voices
A mirage or a phantom you had thought
Echoing the same words over and over
As if reading from a teleprompter

People thought you were crazy
Hallucinations produced by too much bourbon
You knew the truth of what was out there
You continue your hunt and will be a winner

They would be congratulating you
For finding and bringing this creature
Or foul Buer spirit back with you
Which would enhance your reputation

Then you got your wish and it was a curse
The soft blue glow rising from the murky water
The murmoring and speech garbled and venomous
Your heart beat at a phrenetic pace

Your senses assaulted as if reeling from a spicy pepper
A strange tentacle erupts from the glowing orb
It grazes your shoulder and you shriek in pain
As a blue growth starts forming on your skin

Flesh decaying rapidly as your thoughts fade
This single obsession was your fate
All you can think in your final horror
Is that you found the will-o’-the-wisp

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

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@R_Arblaster (annoyed), @stnmoon (rain), @viktorwalters (laudanum), @Alrady40 (urgent), @billnega (turgid), @lejonprime (charnel), @blm03 (raining), @shemah (jovial), @filigreegirl (extemporaneous)

Falling Tears

As if our matter was urgent
Harsh words spoken
Hearts soon broken
Tears raining from my heart

Why do you look so annoyed?
It was just a suggestion
Such an angry turgid emotion
From a conversation

Tears stream from eyes like rain
On my lips I keep biting
We seem addicted to fighting
Like swallowing laudanum

Nothing jovial remains
Minds numb
Moods glum
Is anything right anymore?

Tiring of extemporaneous arguments
Words have shatter our mind
Our fabricated love too blind
To see the damage done

My soul becoming a charnel
Dead emotions wail
Heart becomes more frail
While tears keep falling

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

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Today’s random twitter poem is about an easter egg hunt and the family reflecting on it, from the point of view of the children to the parents, it is inspired by my own two little boys who will probably feel the same way on Sunday. Thanks to the following people for tweeting the 9 random words used today (in blue):

@Zorlone (humbled), @shemah (hairspray), @PlotDog (frustration), @jollything (Catalog), @bunnykins2 (Anime), @stnmoon (Home), @kikolani (precipice), @Miragi (reminiscent), @wizzardsblog (miscommunication)

The Egg Hunt

Barely sunrise on this warm spring day
Eager children watching Sunday morning Anime

Frustration rising as they wait for the hunt
Would the eggs be hidden out back or up front?

The catalog of eggs just waiting to be found
Searching for candy and chocolate like a bloodhound

The home stirs from the morning noise
Of hyperactive and eager little boys

An outsider would be humbled by this
A family event you wouldn’t want to miss

These memories reminiscent of your own childhood
Back then the word seemed so simple and good

Like the hissing sound of a used can of hairspray
The back door slides open as they rush out to play

The children pause to make sure it wasn’t a miscommunication
Then they begin the hunt with excited yet controlled concentration

Eggs are finally found, at first just a few
Red and yellow, with shades of purple and blue

One more just found on the precipice of a door frame
Kids laugh, jest and skip as the continue the frantic game

As this festival lasts for several hours
You sit back, reflect and thank the powers

For everyone being so happy and silly
and that you have such a lovely family

-Dragon Blogger

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@RobinJP (lifelong), @anefallarme (apocalypse), @shemah (bewitched), @stnmoon (Search), @Zorlone (repugnant), @jollything (Architecture)

The Apocalypse

A lifelong dream shattered
After the apocalypse arrived
You reflect on this
As you search the ruins
Of the fallen city around you
Architecture has become destruction
Repugnant stench of decayed bodies
Assaulting your senses
Sudden movement up ahead
You freeze bewitched for a moment
An arm moving and a whimper heard
You rush forward to clear the rubble
A little girl, no more than ten
Crying and begging for help
Her wounds are superficial
At least she is saved
Only now to face
The horrors of life
After the apocalypse

Poem by Dragon Blogger

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@jamiain (drowsy), @filigreegirl (engrave), @stnmoon (Sharing), @conradtheart (procrastination), @heatherpro (traffic), @BlazingMinds (juggler), @SurfCityJay (recycle)

Racing Home To You

Sitting drowsy behind the wheel
Stuck in this traffic jam for hours
No phone to call you ahead
You may think my tardiness
An act of procrastination
Or perhaps a failed balance
A poor juggler with my time
Yet the time that we will be sharing
Is of the utmost importance to me
I engrave the memory of your embrace
In my mind as I race home at a snails pace
Wishing I could recycle this lost time
And instead spend it with you
Instead of here
Lost in thought
Behind the wheel
Stuck in traffic

As always, if you want to play the random twitter poetry game, just follow @dragonblogger on twitter and look for my random word calls.

-Dragon Blogger

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@coyotesqrl (quick), @jollything (protection), @SJohnson85 (Reprobate), @SurfCityJay (restitution), @jamiain (dismal), @stnmoon (busy), @filigreegirl (shaken)

Aftershock

A busy city night life
When the first shock comes
Punished as if a reprobate
Terror begins with an unknown fate

People pray for protection
From the thundering destruction
Stone, brick and mortal snapped
Some people crushed, others are trapped

The people shaken
Buildings broken
Lives are torn
Families hurting

Atrocity testing ones constitution
As people try to find restitution
For a dismal disaster that struck
Quick and merciless, such bad luck

Spirits will recover
As we help our brothers
We will rebuilt our fallen town
We will not be knocked down

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

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