My poetry blog has won Best Poetry Blog category and won Best Blog of December 2008 from BlogNetAwards.com.  I am so excited and happy, this is all due to my poetry fans and followers who have taken some time out of their schedule to vote for me.  My friends and fans, now that I have won the best blog of December 2008, I am hoping to really accomplish something great.  I want to try and see if my unique poetry blog can win Best Blog of 2008 that would be incredible and amazing.

I will continue to put out my random twitter poems and write poems as they come to me, in the meantime I would appreciate you taking the time to consider voting for Wanderer Thoughts as Best Poetry Blog of 2008 on BlogNetAwards.

-Dragon Blogger

With 10 random words provided today (highlighted in blue) a theme formed from the first several words, but then some curve balls were thrown in and I had to work at it to get them to fit.  Overall, I think the poem came out okay but it didn’t take the direction I originally was wanting.  What do you think?

Here are the 10 people and their words who contributed today from twitter:

@wizzardsblog (hectic), @summerbreeze80 (caress), @coreblox (somnambulant), @azredneck (pharmacy), @Miragi (loquacious), @lejonprime (predisposed), @brullig (smarmy), @izealove (parade), @jamiain (basketball), @_McLaughlin (Tuesday)

Sleep Walking

Having trouble sleeping for weeks
Life troubles are a stench that reeks

Hectic job causes too much stress
With no one at home to hold and caress

Having become a somnambulant sleeper
Losing track of time as I fall deeper

Living this way has been rough
This Tuesday I finally had enough

Smarmy doctor wrote me a scrip
To the store I then took a trip

Pharmacy has sold me this pill
To help me sleep and lie still

A loquacious person in my sleep
I reveal the secrets that I keep

Was I predisposed to this condition
Finding a cure is my new mission

I sat down much later that night
Watching basketball, my hopes were bright

If this pill works, I hoped and prayed
I would flaunt the cure in a parade

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

I deliberately left this poem open ended, leaving the reader to not know whether it works or doesn’t.

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

Today’s twitter poem had consisted of 11 random words provided by twitter followers, if you would like to play the game contact me @dragonblogger and send me random words weekday mornings.  I accept one word per person.

The twitter words are highlighed in blue, and someone requested to see who submitted what word so I am laying out the contributors and the words they submitted here:

@summerbreeze80 (conclave), @SurfCityJay (chaos), @queenoftheclick (frigid), @coyotesqrl (grazing), @lejonprime (borborygmous), @izealove (Amish), @elizasea (scrumptious), @jlp4u3 (galaxy), @cheth (breathless), @or1gb1u3 (impact), @blm03 (arrested

The Simple Life

Ban this technology for a simpler life
A life spent against the frigid earth
Time spent tending a herd of sheep grazing
And hearing the occasional borborygmous

Amish have chosen this life of peace
Closer to nature is closer to god
Some would find this way too rough
Too much chaos and too much work

In a conclave the people come together
Celebrating their way of life
Over scrumptious food barely seasoned
Fresher than any ever had before

Speech temporarily arrested for silent prayers
Thankful for all the earth provides
The toils of the people who bring this to us
Harmony achieved within this community

The view of the sky would leave you breathless
No light from the earth to drown out the stars
You feel a part of this universe on which you impact
While eating under the stars of a watchful galaxy

You cannot help but think about the simple life
Where a cubicle and and office phone do not exist
You build your own life with your own hands
Community has a truer meaning

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

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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

I had some new contributors today and had a total of 9 random words provided to me from twitter which was the most number of random words so far in a single poem.  The random words are highlighted in blue, I also tried to accomodate some people suggesting a rain theme, dark theme, light theme and blended it all into one poem.  Thanks to the following people for providing me words:  @bteddern,@craftyGAgal, @summerbreeze80, @wizard1974uk, @SurfCityJay, @coyotesqrl, @lejonprime, @Benjphoto, @IntegralChaotic

Wash Away These Troubles

Don’t discount the act of rain
cleansing the skies and your worries away
the wind spiralling the water around you
cast away your umbrellas and be baptized

If you were angry let it be washed away
If you were sad drown your tears in the downpour
Let purity trickle from your fingers
The water cleanses despair from your body

The rain drops an infinite enumeration
Rectify your woes as the water does drought
So enjoy this tryst in the rain
Let it cleanse the boondocks around you

As your mind clears and your spirits soar
surfing through the sky your imagination lifts
as a digital traveler searching through firefox
you find a destination that untangles this web

You blink and awareness sets back in
drenched from head to toe you feel different
no more heavy heart and no more fears
your world is brought back into symmetry

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

Today I decided for an extra challenge to create 2 poems, one light and one dark based on the same set of provided words.  6 words were provided and are highlighted in blue.  These words provided by the following people on twitter:  @summerbreeze80, @wizard1974uk, @brullig, @WebBetty, @lejonprime

• Dark Poem

Giving In To The Succubi

Do not be fooled by this voluptuous succubi
Her heart as dark as an ebon star
Heretical prophecies have foretold this fate
of a man who will give in and succumb

At first the words of the seductress fall on deaf ears
Her words do not fit together like a palindrome
But the more you listen the clearer she becomes
Just maybe you can be the one who wins her affection

Temptation is weakening even the strongest resolve
You decide to take a chance her body too sweet
You indulge in her pleasure and rapture is met
Just when you are sure you chose true

Her smile reveals fangs meant for you
You try to escape but now pandemonium erupts
Was it worth giving in to this temptation
She shall smear your blood across her lips

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

• Light Poem

Chemical Reaction

You were told not to pursue this heretical pursuit
You had a hunch that this tree would bloom fruit
The project was greenlighted, you were given permission
Now to produce the components for fission

Smear some molecules on a frame
Induce a reaction with a flame
A chemical palindrome is one possible result
With a colleague you decide to consult

Pandemonium at a subatomic scale begins to occur
The reasons for this you begin to infer
A voluptuous sight to witness this display
colors explode in red, yellow, gold and grey

Ebon deeper than the color of black
Then something amazing happens with a sharp clack
The formula completes and the computers tests are true
A disease has been cured and it all began with you

-Poem by Dragon Blogger

This poem today was voted to be a light poem and consisted from 7 words (highlighted in blue) provided to me by my twitter friends.  Thanks to the following people for providing me with a word today:  @summerbreeze80, @SJohnson85, @lejonprime, @reginasuniverse, @wizard1974uk, @coyotesqrl, @SurfCityJay

Coming Out Of Your Cocoon

You simple and sanguine little creature
Spending your days growing rotund
Feasting from the flora of the world
Foraging and finding the food yourself
For there is no pie maker to make life easy

When you are gorged to completion
And can swallow no more
You wrap yourself in this silk
This body is now superfluous
And you prepare for your metamorphosis

Barely a whisper from the silk that splits
And you emerge from your cocoon at last
All those around you are stunned to silence
By such colorful and resplendent wings
Your new life begins and you never look back

Poem by Dragon Blogger

Today’s twitter poem consisted of six words provided by my fellow twitter friends two of whom contributed for the first time.  All random words that were provided are highlighted in blue, thank you to the following people for contributing:  @lejonprime, @SurfCityJay, @coyotesqrl, @uzziemom, @wizard1974uk, @SJohnson85

This poem was very much inspired by the TV Show of the same name.

The Pretender

Who are you my friend and what do you do
Is what I ask to someone who has no name
Someone who has no role yet assumes so many
And lives a life between the shadows

With unpredictable gonzo tendencies
Your paths as multihued as the rainbow
One uniform you may wear today
Only to change into another tomorrow

One day you may work at a deli
packaging and selling salami
another in the hospital wing
assessing a patient for charity

Nobody would think you an impostor
You assume the roles so naturally
Everyone is drawn to your charisma
As the moths are drawn to the light

How can one live when they don’t know who they are
This is a testament to your fortitude
Slow down now and reveal your true self
Stop living the way of The Pretender

Poem by Dragon Blogger