Today’s random twitter poem came together to a theme when I saw the words bone, astonishing and desperation.  For some reason I thought of Frankenstein and this poem is based on that type of scenario.    9 random words (highlighted in blue) were provided for today’s poem.  Thanks to the following twitter people and they words the contributed:

@reginasuniverse (astonishing), @reluctantaqua (bone), @StarMars (warden), @RichLovatt (obsequious), @izealove (paradigm), @summerbreeze80 (desperation), @lmantion (sun), @penmeapoem (partridge), @azredneck (whisper)

If you would like to play the daily random twitter poem game, just follow me on twitter @dragonblogger, and look for my call for random words (usually between 8am and 10am MST on Monday through Friday).

Creating Life

He is the warden of this tower
Creator of life who craves power
A master of art and science
Caring not for what it represents

What could be a scientific paradigm shift
He sets to create a most unholy gift
An obsequious servant carries out his orders
Blessed with a morality with no known borders

What turns out is an astonishing creation
That some would call an act of mutilation
Stitched together flesh and bone
Lying cold on a slab of stone

There would be no sun shining this day
For this creation, the doctor had found a way
A dark storm had clouded the sky
This storm had a purpose and he knew why

A patridge flutters through the tower window
A lighting bolt crashes down from limbo
Electricity funneled to the mangled corpse
Writhing from the shock, its body warps

Desperation sets in as the doctor opens his mouth
At first a whisper followed by shouts and screams
A failure this experiment it seems
Creating life is only in ones dreams

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Word Stealer

Misanthropic pirate
Stealing words as you would steal treasure
Speak not for me
I am my own person

Slayer of truth
Devourer of justice
Speak not for me
I am my own person

Purveyor of poison
Narcissistic creature of void
Speak not for me
I am my own person

You shall not take
Something that is truly mine
My thoughts and words
Are my own

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

This lighthearted poem was crafted today from 10 random words (highlighted in blue) provided to me by the following twitter people:

@coyotesqrl (revolutionary), @Miragi (importune), @peteej (tintinnabulation), @lejonprime (prelude), @SurfCityJay (compensation), @jamiain (elephants), @tami_squeak (sublime), @SonoranDragon (schadenfreude), @blm03 (Christmas), @kcarruthers (obligatory)

The Holiday Circus

As the families arrive in eager anticipation
Pouring into the tents in clusters like bees
Clowns juggling in prelude to the show beginning
Parents laughing and children are grinning

More kids squealing in delight at the tintinnabulation
This all new revolutionary show is about to begin
Staff starting to importune the guests to take their seats
That they were about to witness some spectacular feats

Elephants amaze us all balancing on two legs
Trunks twirling acrobatists who land on their back
Their legs stomping the ground, you feel the vibration
Receiving peanuts and treats as their only compensation

A pie that was cast in an audience members face
Cause people to display schadenfreude, glad it wasn’t them
One final act with Santa to finish the show
Leaping off a highwire and landing in some snow

People lept to their feats in with glorious applause
Children screamed in excitement knowing no pause
This Christmas event all found sublime
Arriving before the holidays just in time

The staff converges with an obligatory bow
Clowns, Acrobats, Strong Men and Animals
All appreciate this amazingly great turn out
This was the best performance without a doubt

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

I have to say I really like the way today’s random twitter poem came out, and I love the story that is told.  I had 12 random words highlighted in blue thank you to all my contributors and their words:

@coach_gold (time), @kcarruthers (fussbudget), @azredneck (rejuvenate), @bpdir  (intertwined), @celestemj (dwindling), @KnightDiver (rejection), @miriella (wishes), @or1gb1u3 (moleskin), @dirkjohnson (fever), @lejonprime (superfluous), @jlp4u3 (incorporating), @SurfCityJay (storm)

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The Enchanted Pond

The aged woman knew her time drew near
Reflecting on the past, invoking a tear
Ninety decades of life upon this earth
She had once created life by giving birth

She had seen love come and love go
Like icebergs on a cold river flow
Seeing friends and family as well
Her memories are her stories to tell

Dwindling health for these past few days
A fever set in leaving her in a foggy daze
Wearing undergarments and moleskin on top
Laying on the bed using pillows as a prop

She lay there hands folded and fingers intertwined
Peace and salvation she was hoping to find
You could not have called her a fussbudget in life
She caused nobody harm and never caused strife

As she weakened and her death seemed so certain
She moved to the window and drew back the curtain
Amazed what she saw her wishes had come true
A new pond sat in the yard, its water so blue

Her intentions were clear and she knew her direction
Her children protested and voiced their rejection
Her superfluous intention just was not in the norm
She shuffled past her family and out in the storm

Something fierce drove her faster toward the water
One final shout and protest erupted from her daughter
She waded in, incorporating her body with the pool
Her family astounded and thinking her a fool

Magic then happened as her body filled with vitality
What could not be possible was indeed a reality
She started to rejuvenate in front of their eyes
The family stunned at this wonderful suprise

Her wrinkles had vanished, color returned to her face
Breathing so deeply she held her arms out to embrace
Her family rushed forward to her all getting wet
This miracle that occured no one would ever forget

The woman who was over ninety looked twenty again
Her illness and body healed, including her brain
It is as if a wizard had waved a magical wand
All of this from bathing in that enchanted pond

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

This poem turned out to be another story about a lawyer who loses faith in himself and the system and finds a new path for his life while leaving the courtroom one day. The word today “Friar” was the one that triggered me to think of this theme. 13 random words were used and highlighted in blue, thanks to the following people (followed by their words) for contributing to today’s poem:

@coach_gold (tome), @coyotesqrl (chapter), @WhiskeyChick (unscrupulous), @azredneck (hyper), @IntegralChaotic (friar), @BlazingMinds (bliss), @crimsong19 (death), @SurfCityJay (expense), @netta50 (delicious), @lejonprime (gastropod), @craftyGAgal (jubilee), @cheth (mystify), @benjphoto (dilettante)

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A Life That’s Changed

A miracle was witnessed an ordinary life changed
This man once a laywer in bitter turmoil
A personal life falling to pieces and shame
Putting away unscrupulous criminals was always his purpose

This trial jarred the man for some reason
A monster so vile he was sentenced to death
The verdict was just yet the lawyer felt hollow
Had he not served the people and the law?

Was He Tired of justice being served
At the expense of a piece of his soul
He felt at the end of his rope and his game
But what happened that day would mystify him

Wandering a different path when leaving the courtroom
Something special would happen this very day
The man passed an ancient church door ajar
Maybe he was seeking hope or forgiveness

Whatever drove him to veer his course
He would tell you it was his fate
A wave of excitement started to creep over him
He felt alive and vibrant and hyper inside

He opened the door and there sat an altar
Carved in marble and dressed in gold
Light trickled in from stained glass windows
A single beam highlighting a silver goblet

So he ran to the goblet a fire burning inside
Lifting it to his lips he drank the water
The taste of his soul cleansing was delicious
His mind wiped of doubt, fear and guilt

No more does he feel this way, his mind is free
Like a gastropod emerging from its shell
He steps out of his old way of life
Like disrobing from soiled clothing

So begins a new chapter in this man’s life
It beings by studying an ancient tome
Dedicating ones life to become a friar
And achieve bliss through understanding god

He had become a dilettante in the pursuits of faith
And when One year was passed spent in silent pursuit
He spoke for the first time at his jubilee
Harmony is found my soul is clean he declared

Those around him bore friendly smiles
Brother, Sisters and Friends to all
He lived his life free the rest of his days
Never looking back on the courtroom’s call

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

A World That Sleeps

A drifting planet in an endless ocean
Discovery hanging on a thread of hope
A sphere so blue it captures your breath
Yet something even more unique is found

A world stands out from the other eight
On this world life exists and procreates
As many species as stars in the galaxy
Some have strength and some have stamina

Others are drawn to pen and book
One race seems to rule them all
Yet still so small, lacking so much knowledge
A world so busy yet and still a world that sleeps

The sun shines and the world barely understands
How the planet spins let alone the universe’s plans
So much to learn yet people are so simple
Warring for goods and land with out any principle

Should a focus be set upon anything could be achieved
This world is finite and soon its limit will be reached
What will it take to expand your point of view
This world will change sooner than later

People come together and pool your greatest minds
Solve the greatest riddles, become masters of your time
Brilliance comes from many nations fighting for the best
Discover a common purpose and put yourself to the test

You are not alone out in this great pond
Others lie just beyond your reach
Pool your knowledge and furnish your future
Life lies among the stars if you seek it

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

The Weeping Willow

See how the willows weeps
Streams of leaves falling like tears
From a face that never sleeps
Reaching for a sky that can never be obtained
The clouds above provide the only shade
For a willow that stands alone

You stand before this mighty tree
Simple plant of leaf and branch
Yet somehow you cannot see but feel
That the tree is whispering at you
Not just whispering but weeping openly
What is it you wonder, why so gloom?

I have seen a world and cannot stop
A world where villages burn down
People scorn each other and far worse still
Innocence is lost in children and more
The horrors that I cannot unsee
I am stuck here with this misery

So I weep for my children who are here
The animals and the plants, all that you see
I weep to stop living and seeing this hate
For all people are nothing but equals to me
What good does it do who is wrong or who is right
You are human as is she and those who came before

I am only a lone plant and can’t take anymore
Chop down my trunk and make this go away
So many people that lack purpose and harmony
If you were all plants you would be called weeds
For weeds overgrow and care not what else
Trample abroad to spread only oneself

One day will come when people wake up
All stand together, drink from the same cup
But I cannot wait and see any longer
I wish I could but I am not getting stronger
The feelings of hate leave me famished and weak
Harmony is almost gone and chaos at its peak

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Today the words coalesced for me into a sad poem that puts the reader into the mind of someone trapped in a coma.  This poem was created based on 10 random words provided on twitter by some of my followers.   If you enjoy my poetry please vote for my poem on BlogNetAwards, register and click the # of stars you rate my poetry blog.

The people who submitted and their words are listed below.  Thanks to the following people who contributed today:

@coach_gold (savor)
@azredneck (perishable)
@coyotesqrl (daffy)
@amh615 (impertinence)
@SurfCityJay (gratuitous)
@nipplelicious (comatose)
@blm03 (shopping)
@benjphoto (fractious)
@kcarruthers (vicarious)
@cheth  (swing)

The World Passes Me By

Wake me from this comatose state
My mind can waste away, my body is perishable
Time elapses without a thought
What I would give to savor life
Instead trapped within a dream
In a hospital bed of white linen

You have bestowed such gratuitous care
Thinking of nothing but my well being
This condition an utter impertinence
Our lives scarred while time stands still
I feel you close and feel your despair
Yet unable show the slightest response

I miss the daffy way we danced on the grass
The laughter the joy and even the pain
We used to hold hands and swing them high
Showing the world without a care
I miss the nights spent on white satin
I miss pressing my palm to your face

I want you to move on and not share my fate
Because I am trapped here in this state
You should be out shopping for happiness
Find another to heal your soul and mind
You do not suffer in this vicarious inert state
If I could tell you these things to your face

I would only put you in a fractious frame of mind
You would argue you are here until the end
Arguing would be a blessing a welcome gift
Instead I lie here wondering why
Why you and I both suffer
As the world passes me by

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Today’s poem was kind of fun and more like telling a story through my poem.  I incorporated 12 random words today (highlighted in blue) provided by the following people on twitter:

@reginasuniverse (desperate)
@SurfCityJay (affirmation)
@azredneck (extinguisher)
@nipplelicious (eclairs)
@coyotesqrl (anxiety)
@izealove (development)
@EmmaBShireen (supercalifragilisticexpialidocious)
@WebBetty (reiterate)
@kcarruthers (serendipity)
@SonoranDragon (nocturne)
@wizard1974uk (unfathomable)
@coach_gold  (taste)

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Fire In The Bakery

Something went terribly wrong while baking eclairs
A gas leak followed by a flame and a spark
Broken glass flying and people screaming for help
Trapped in a kitchen clouded with smoke

A desperate situation was starting to unfold
Anxiety sets off like a trap just sprung
The fire extinguisher must be somewhere
Your mind declares this affirmation

Choking now with vision blinded by tears
Crawling toward a small red cylinder
Hands finding it, an act of serendipity
You could not reiterate enough the danger you were in

You spat thick spittle and taste the soot in your mouth
What you set out to do some would consider unfathomable
To flee a blazing fire before losing consciousness
The audible fire sounding nocturne to your ears

Spraying away fighting heat and flame
A path was cleared to the nearest room
You searched one by one to make sure all were safe
Finally at last you departed this sweet furnace

Only one word can describe how you feel
Surviving this terrible, terrifying development
You have proven yourself to be audacious
Now you feel supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

-Poem by Dragon Blogger