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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

New Orleans Poem: We Can Remember

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Americana poem peeks into New Orleans, white columns, and water washed.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, Blog, Grief Poems, Poems, poetry, 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

Editing a Twoem (Twitter Poem)

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

After cleaning the horse stables came a Twitter poem (or two). It’s true.

Filed Under: poetry, Twitter poetry, Writing Life

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

A Tabloidian Twepic of Twitter Poems

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

An epic set of Twitter poems that treads the ground of aliens, vampires, and angels.

Filed Under: Alien Poems, Angel Poems, Camel Poems, Cento Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, Poems, poetry, Short Poems, Twitter poetry, Vampire Poems

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

At the Oasis, The Camel on Caravan

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

So the three of us tweeted away (49 tweets in all). Then I was given the privilege of crafting our separate poems into one big poem, and we decided to name it in honor of our absent friend.

Filed Under: Camel Poems, Dream Poems, Poems, poetry, Twitter poetry

Welcome to Tweetspeak Poetry

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Could we write poetry together on Twitter? We asked the question long before anyone had yet answered it (in 2009). Welcome to Tweetspeak Poetry!

Filed Under: poetry, Twitter poetry

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