Toy Maker

A poem about the Imagination

Toy Maker

Welcome to my universe of sapphire tidal waves

Where whispering Willows pirouette all night and day

Where I can hold the stardust paintbrush for as long as I stay

In this glistening world of silver rain I can escape

From the bloody battlefields of fate-to plains of Primrose

To a vast kingdom of champagne lakes-and singing oaks

This is my fantasia, my continent of endless euphoria

My wondrous, magical emporium

Welcome to the galaxies residing behind my eyes

The utopia existing outside of space-time

Where auroras scorch the purple sky

And I have the power to hold their light

Here the night shines with the energy of one thousand quasars

Author's Note

I really enjoyed writing this one because the topic the poem's about meant I could literally put ANYTHING in the poem and it would make sense, since anything can happen in the human mind. As usual, tell me what you think! :)

Reviews

[Cool Girl]

Haha, I could definately see you being excited while writing this XD
I love this poem because of the topic and everything else:)
I think it's safe to say this was AMAZING!!! I mean, Lizardo thought it was amazing also, so it has to be...

12 imaginary brownies for this one....

Your friend,

C.G.

P.S.

Ran out of cookies also..
Sorry, Under Cover Cookie Monster :P

[DoormanDan]

Imaginary brownies make me a happy pac man. Thanks for the kind words :)

[Cool Girl]

You are very welcome! Hope they boosted your confidence:)

[DoormanDan]

They did( while also satisfying my hunger)

[Cool Girl]

haha good:)

[closed]

truly magical write Dan

a burst of colorful energy and imagination that has characterized each thing i've read from you in the past

please never lose your trademark poetic style

it's brilliant^


-Dream

[DoormanDan]

Don't worry Dream, I don't plan on changing my style permanently any time soon. The only time I change it is if I'm just experimenting with a song, poem or story. Thanks for reviewing this :)

[.]

~~ the joy you experienced is evident... ~~ this piece of poetry has exquisite images... and a level of energy that is delightfully high and is sustained throughout... i was curious to see how you would close this poem and i thought the last line did justice to every line before it... and i also think i've come across the word "quasar" for the first time in a poem... that too in such a spectacular way... (i know the word because a friend of mine is called quasar and he told us what it means)... ~~ this was definitely the heartsong of a happy toy maker... :)

[DoormanDan]

I wrote this during a time when outer space and fantasy themes were close to almost an obsession, hence the idea for the poem and the ending line. I'm really glad you liked this :)

[.]

~~ ah... thank you for sharing the 'secret' behind this piece... and i'm glad i read it... :)

[~]

Don't we all live in a universe we create, feed and kill?
an admirable creativity expressed in this fine poem!!

[DoormanDan]

Yes we do, you are right on that note. I'm really glad you liked this. Thanks for reviewing :)

[jeannemarie coulter]

and anything you can imagine can be...if not here then in another space frame reality...love this penning...

[DoormanDan]

That is the exact way I think, I'm glad somebody else thinks the same. Thanks for reviewing :)

[Skai Rain]

This poem put me in such a happy mood. I love how you used color to help set the tone and if you used that layout to convey a certain level of energy, you greatly succeeded. I have no negatives I can say about this. It was a pleasure to read :)

[DoormanDan]

I'm happy to hear this put you in a happy mood. You are right, I did use this particular layout to covey a level of energy. I just really wanted to write something carefree for once, and this was the result. :)

[Nyu]

A very imaginative work, I enjoyed the many places it went to explore.
You have a great way with words, loving them and using them uniquely to show their true brilliance.
I am glad that I have found your work.

[DoormanDan]

thank you for the kind review, I'm really glad you like this :)

[Aries1984]

I felt like I was in Lisa Frank's world lol. With the purple sky and all that.

[DoormanDan]

I can't say that I know who Lisa Frank is, but I'll be sure to check out her stuff. As always, thanks for reviewing this :)

[Aries1984]

Oh you'll remember who she was. Her prints on folders and stuff, her markers were every girls dream to have in elementary school.

[Aries1984]

Do a basic Google image search.

[Stephen]

I really enjoyed it friend. As always your writings are unique and I like unique. Thanks you for sharing

[DoormanDan]

That's what I always aim for with my writing. Thanks for reviewing :)

[AaronFreitas]

I always love your creativity buddy...keep writing :)

[DoormanDan]

thanks for the feedback Aaron, I really appreciate it :)

[Perkele.7885]

Dan, I know that I can expect anything from you. Here, I was able to follow you and relate to your colorful Crayola wondor-trip!
I give credit when and where it is due and here it is due as you reach readers that using my standard fare of realism, I would not reach on my best day, until they became middle-aged and they want your poetry brand of poetry, NOW.

[DoormanDan]

Thanks for the review, and I'm glad you liked this! While the larger percentage of my songs and poems do tend to have fantasy elements in it, I try to add variety when I can, so that there's a least one poem for everybody's tastes somewhere in my collection. I never let two consecutive poems/songs be the same though. :)