We spend a lot of time on Twitter. (We’re Tweetspeak Poetry, after all.) 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. When we see good Twitter poems, we stop and take notice.
1.
Haiku 1/13/15 Like stars winking out Voices of those who’ve loved us Tell me their stories #dailyhaiku
— Erin Hollowell (@BeingPoetry) January 14, 2015
2.
in the dark quiet of the house a quick breeze.. my mother I think…#micropoetry #mpy pic.twitter.com/NEyERyWT4F — Elle Justine (@1ellejay) January 14, 2015
3.
Can’t explain puns to Kleptomaniacs. They take Things literally. #haiku #punku #senryu #amwriting #writing #micropoetry #mpy #poetry
— Demi Newell (@DemiNewell) January 13, 2015
4.
Early days, but here, so far, is my favorite poem of 2015. From Highlights. Written by a 9-year-old. HT @saladinahmed pic.twitter.com/CNWce21Rjs — Kathryn Schulz (@kathrynschulz) January 16, 2015
5.
#haiku #myku december rain adding a question mark to my password
— polona (@cirrusdream) December 17, 2014
6.
deep blue the air is filled with the scent of sleet and fallen stars — Kathleen (@everettpoetry) January 11, 2015
7.
Hire me some mourners Said the King upon his bed The moths and The spiders Are beginning To rifle Through my causes And effects #vss #mpy
— Brendan Bonsack (@BrendanBonsack) February 3, 2015
8.
drifts of dry grasses wave across the winter field shushing the wind as it passes — Kathleen (@everettpoetry) February 4, 2015
9.
is this our winter the time between suns and a broken clock
— Eusebeia Philos (@Eusebeia_Philos) January 28, 2015
10.
#haiku the road still rolls in my bones going home — carole johnston (@morganabag) September 7, 2013
Photo by Geraint Rowland, Creative Commons via Flickr.
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Donna says
This top 10 is always so much fun! I hope you never stop doing it… until the end of time. 😉 Well, or as close to that as you can get. Or at least until the cows come home, each with a flying pig overhead.
Sandra Heska King says
These are all so good. I always wonder which ones will show up. I especially smiled at #7.