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.” Twitter poetry. sometimes, it isn’t even 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.

looking out the café at the road within #poetry #micropoetry

— Frank Watson (@FollowBlueFlute) December 11, 2013

2. 

#tanka #micropoetry winter stars still sparkling I let the dog out to chase some crows and he brings me back the sun @morganabag

— Coyote (@CoyoteSings) December 10, 2013

3.

#haiku #micropoetry winter morning everything I say going up in smoke

— Coyote (@CoyoteSings) December 10, 2013

4.

she dipped her fingers into pools of eternity and mixed in her dreams #micropoetry #archive

— C Rose (@crosescribe) December 8, 2013

5.

I look down ~ to the still pool ~ transparent gauze of my soul ~ I slip into the water ~ it ripples over my head #tanka #micropoetry

— Jenny (@gennepher) December 6, 2013

6. 

flakes pop out of thin air – I rub my chilled hands to make the train arrive #micropoetry

— Solasea (@Solasea19) December 3, 2013

7.

＊ vanilla chai pearlescent morning earl grey sky #haiku #WildOrchidHaiku #December #pearls ＊ pic.twitter.com/Z4cBBfyOAI

— Berteena (@Berteena) December 11, 2013

8.

~ ~ in sharp relief – pine needles poke through the winter fog ~ #haiku #Dayson

— Haiku Moments (@daviddayson) December 9, 2013

9.

#haiku some leaves cling …the color of sunset Mandela’s words

— carole johnston (@morganabag) December 6, 2013

10.

* * so cold – the pond’s silver edge of ice has framed the moon * #haiku#Dayson

— Haiku Moments (@daviddayson) December 5, 2013

 Photo by Nandadevieast, 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 is Adjustments.

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