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Twitter Party: Slivers of Plum at Midnight

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Tweetspeak Poetry’s most recent Twitter party resulted in ten poems about lemonade, lightning, bread, gears, a locomotive, and an equation — of bees.

Filed Under: Bee Poems, love poems, Moon poems, Night Poems, Plum Poems, Poems, poetry, Short Poems, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Shakespeare & Company: Write Me a Melody Poetry Prompt

By L.L. Barkat 22 Comments

Shakespeare Poetry Prompt Purple Flowers in a Forest

Come write with us for a ballad poetry prompt or a sonnet poetry prompt, with Shakespeare as our guide.

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Tara and Birds: 2 Poems

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Surreal poems of birds, corsets, a Chinese jar, and love.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Cento Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Breadcrumbs, Coffee, Butter and Love Poems

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Coffee, breadcrumbs, butter, and love. What more do your poems need?

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Whale Song: Poems

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

The whales, the sea, and the occasional dragonfly and blackbird. Love poems to make you dream.

Filed Under: Animal Poems, Bird Poems, Cento Poems, Dream Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry, Sea Poems, Surreal Poems

The Animals Come to a Party: Poems

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Hippos, camels, dragon flies, cake? It must be an animal poems party.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Cake Poems, Camel Poems, love poems, poetry, Short Poems, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Better Homes and Zombies in Poetry Conversation

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Surreal poetry on Zombie Girl, wine, better homes and how-not-to-be-boring.

Filed Under: Cento Poems, Christmas Poems, Funny Poems, Grief Poems, love poems, love poetry, poems about writing, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry, Wine Poems, Zombie Poems

The Walled Garden of Spices and Herbs Poems

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Cinnamon, clove, chili, thyme. Exotic poems with herbs and spices.

Filed Under: Cento Poems, Grief Poems, Herb Poems, love poems, love poetry, Poems, poetry, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Love Poems at the Masquerade Ball

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Love poems at the ball? With Cleopatra, Rhett, Camelot and more.

Filed Under: Cento Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Poems of the Ruby Moon

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Surreal poems on work, love, and the ruby moon.

Filed Under: Bird Poems, Cento Poems, color poems, Dog Poems, Dream Poems, love poems, love poetry, Moon poems, Poems, poetry, Red Poems, Short Poems, Spring Poems, Surreal Poems, work poems

The Orchards of Desire Poems

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Surreal poems with plum sheets, blue pearls, and skirts burning jasmine.

Filed Under: Cento Poems, love poems, love poetry, Plum Poems, Poems, Short Poems, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

Poemcrazy Twitter Party, By Individual Poem Tweets

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Laughing flames, a tipped candle, chattering gold. Each tweet a poem in itself.

Filed Under: Dream Poems, love poems, love poetry, poetry, Short Poems, Surreal Poems, Twitter poetry

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