We spend a lot of time on Twitter. (We’re Tweetspeak Poetry, right?) In fact, we figure we read thousands of tweets every month. One of the things poetry and Twitter have in common (when done well) is an economy of words. Sometimes, it so happens we read a tweet and say to ourselves, “That’s poetry.” Maybe it’s not a poem, but it’s a poetic thing. A way of using words well.

We want to take notice.

Here are ten of the best poetic tweets we’ve seen in the last few weeks:

1.

~ ~ autumn clouds hurry across the sky – already late ~ #haiku #Dayson

— Haiku Moments (@daviddayson) October 27, 2013

2. 

From the fog draped pond Voices raised in discussion Geese making flight plans — Sandra Peasley Bush (@QuietWaters3) October 14, 2013

 3.

apparition appears at the waters edge making no sound young doe taking an evening drink — Kathleen (@everettpoetry) October 13, 2013

4. 

lightly lit by gold dust— bales of hay © #poetry #micropoetry #haiku 440

— Sondra (@SondraJByrnes) October 13, 2013

5. *

“Let’s imagine / that I am also / magical and can cook lamb and rice / pudding and pour many drinks without / ever taking my hands off you.”

— Liz Cook (@LizCook89) November 13, 2013

* quoting Brenda Shaughnessy

6.

In the morning she steps out of my dream gently rocking the canoe #tanka #micropoetry

— Haiku Tauren (@haikutauren) November 20, 2013

7.

Undress before me, Maple tree, long and limber, Red dress before me. #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

— Jamie Wimberly (@haiku_america) November 20, 2013

8.

@KrisLindbeck quantum poetics: what if every poem once written slightly reconfigures the universe 🙂 #tanka

— Marianne Paul (@mariannpaul) November 18, 2013

9.

fading eyesight— he still buys the swimsuit issue © #poetry #micropoetry #haiku #nahaiwrimo 597

— Sondra (@SondraJByrnes) November 18, 2013

10.

on a traveling planet / I watch my laundry / spin / I hide my watch to delay / the three months of November #tanka

— Johannes S. H. Bjerg (@jshb32) October 31, 2013

Photo by h.koppdelaney,  Creative Commons license via Flickr.

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Will Willingham

Director of Many Things; Senior Editor, Designer and Illustrator at Tweetspeak Poetry

I used to be a claims adjuster, helping people and insurance companies make sense of loss. Now, I train other folks with ladders and tape measures to go and do likewise. Sometimes, when I’m not scaling small buildings or crunching numbers with my bare hands, I read Keats upside down. My first novel, Adjustments, is available now.

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