5 Poems in Conversation

Our poetry jams on Twitter are supposed to last for an hour, and they do, but all of us tend to linger for a while, talking, chatting, congratulating each other, make the odd comment here or poking fun there. That lingering lasted for some 20 minutes last Tuesday night, and it struck me that we had another kind of poetry jam going on.

So I collected all of the comments from afterwards, along with a few others that happened earlier from some of those innocent bystanders who wandered in and left dazed. The results are the five poems below. And yes, I had fun with these.

5 Poems in Conversation

By @doallas, @llbarkat, @MonicaSharman, @memoriaarts, @TchrEric, @katdish, @redclaydiaries, @poemsandprayers, @lauraboggess, @kathleenoverby, @mdgoodyear, @gyoung9751, @BridgetChumbley, @sarammsalter, @mxings, @nitewrit, @mmerubies, @jamesrls, @togetherforgood,  @lorrie58 and @moondustwriter,  and a little #smooch of editing by @gyoung9751.

A Conversation Poem (1)

This is wild stuff here,
folks. Anyone else feel
breathless just
reading it?
I’m hungry too!!
Coming back for the
smooches! Good night to
all.

Whoa, that moved fast.
Lots of fun too!
Is there an easier way of
tracking who is talking on #tsp?
Tweet newbie here.
I’m using tweetgrid. Only
way to keep up, and
I use the term loosely.
For what it’s
worth, I use
Tweetdeck and
create a column for
#tsp . Click on the
hashtag; all will
be revealed (even
the corset talk).

Editor does gather up the
threads and sew
them all together (and
quite fashionably).
Good night you all…well done!

Once again it’s Tuesday
evening, I’m working &
catch a glimpse of your
game. Longing to join
but only able to sigh
& watch. Peace.
One of these days
you might get a word in;
glad you were here.

Oh sure, I’m still
thinking over that
last one… so
slow, so slow;
good thing it’s
not a dance. Standing
ovation here; amazed at
the quick brains. Clap.
Clap. Clap.

Seriously? Drop the link over
at Seedlings and we’ll add
it to the next RAP.
A slow goodnight, and thanks to all.
Big bunches of #smooches to
all of you. What a
#smoochfest! Ciao!
 

A Conversation Poem (2)

Yeah, I think I’ll go
back to Tweetdeck. Web
confused me mightly! My
#tsp tag/search doesn’t show
everybody- like couldn’t see @katdish.
But could tell there
were more people
talking than I
could “see.”
We will have to figure that out.

If you all go to
@tspoetry, you can
see who we follow. Follow
everyone and it will
make the party
easier to “see.”
Thanks for a
nice evening. Have a
restful night of
poetic dreams.

Glad I’m not the
only one! Fish out of
water, indeed. But
total blast. I will
be forever fascinated with
turn of phrase and
word. I need to
check and see who I
need to be following.
I did an add column on
Tweetdeck then
entered #tsp. Pretty
much real time.
Did M. Goodyear stick
around? It’s half his
“fault” I’m here.
Yeah, where did that
boy go?
Liked take-off on
Goodnight, Moon.

That was a wild ride.
My cheeks are stretch-marked
from laughing.
Thanks so much for
moderating another
great event.
I second that.

Oh boy. Big
work for Midwestern
Man, whoa!
That is one hunk of words.

A Conversation Poem (3)

I think if I
kept a tab open to
@tspoetry on Twitter,
and the #tsp tag
open on HootSuite, that
would work for me.

Got a long phone
call in the middle of
everything. Better luck
next time!
Good night all.
Tme to go rest up so
I can deal with
the cherubs in
the a.m.
Good nite, teach.

Making Bad Choices

Watch American Idol or
do poetry jam? I think #idol
wins. #tsp folks, I’ll
be in the audience.

Pppbbbtttt!
And again I say pbbbtttt!
Sounds like a Sunday
School song.
Had to go back and
re-read what I wrote;
again I say rejoice!
And get thee in here!

The Tangled Nonsense Part

Can I use that
line sometime? The
tangled nonsense part? That’s
AWESOME!
I was about to tell
you how proud I was of
you for attempting this. Then
I saw that tweet & all
went out the window!

A rose by any
other name, is still
a rose. Besides, I can’t
help myself. TWSS.
We do get dramatic, no?

Husband
glared at silver fish,
wishing them back
to places she refused
to send them.

“Red clay”? When did
you arrive in GA?

I’ve now got you
and @sarahmsalter in
the poem.
What did I say?!
If by “no” you
mean “yes, ” then “no.”

Silver fish do send up a
@katdish.
Gaaaa!
(Gaaaa! is a registered
trademark by
@katdish.)

Okay, well the
tangled part wasn’t
mine, just the
nonsense. Go figure.
Well, it’s not like
anyone is ‘watching’
or anything… #pressure.
I was amazed when
they actually
incorporated my
nonsense into the poem.
(Got that line, too.)
THAT is the joy of
words and language!
Our nonsense is
someone else’s poetry;
there you have it!
(Well, that didn’t hurt,
too much!)

We may call this
#tsp “Red Clay and
Breadcrumbs in a Katdish.”
For red clay?
Oops,
maybe I should go pick
up my daughter from
dance practice.
#Twitterdistractedme (Smirk).

I’ve got tears streaming
down and
my family thinks I’ve
gone straight over
the edge with all y’all.
That was a great line!

That, my sweet @doallas
is a secret
but you knew
didn’t you, even
as you asked.
Those words come
not from me;
poems and prayers
eve would prefer.

Well, I think I’ve
done enough damage
here. Gotta go
write a guest post intro.
Bid a fair evening
Thanks for your words.
Tis the end. Sigh.

Moondustwriter: you guys
did #tsp without a
little moon dust. I’m
broken hearted.

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Glynn Young

Editor and Twitter-Party-Cool-Poem-Weaver at Tweetspeak Poetry

Glynn Young lives in St. Louis where he retired as the team leader for Online Strategy & Communications for a Fortune 500 company. Glynn writes poetry, short stories and fiction, and he loves to bike. He is the author of the Civil War romance Brookhaven, as well as Poetry at Work and the Dancing Priest Series. Find Glynn at Faith, Fiction, Friends.

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