Twitter Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Tweets (The Polar Vortex Edition)

Those of us in North America woke up this week to find ourselves sucked into a deep freeze turned tilt-a-whirl known in weather circles as a “polar vortex.” Happily enough, folks on Twitter can still write poetry even as they lose feeling in their fingertips. And not surprisingly, the weather dominated the subject matter for Twitter poetry this week. In this week’s Top Ten Poetic Tweets, we’re featuring Twitter poetry of the polar vortex, lines of snow, ice, wind and bitter cold as we shiver toward this weekend’s promised warmer temperatures.

1.

He smiles in white~ as flakes fall to help us see~ less is more in snow #haiku #senryu #winter #micropoetry

— OrangeUaPoet (@orangeuapoet) January 7, 2014

2. 

#senryu #micropoetry we spend the morning thawing out hell — Coyote (@CoyoteSings) January 8, 2014

  3.

The guide describes the handful of boulders as the remains of the settlement. I study my wife’s face. She is thinking of cruel winters. — Harry Finch (@bleeksboro) January 4, 2014

4.

chirping— an azalea bush in the snow #poetry #micropoetry #haiku #nahaiwrimo 742

— Sondra (@SondraJByrnes) January 4, 2014

5.

#haiku #micropoetry “slicing silver light midnight on the skating pond blades across its back” –@calamitymccall http://t.co/Z6tjS8wMv8

— Coyote (@CoyoteSings) January 8, 2014

6.

Give me your last blue gasp of the day. — A Murder Of Crows (@TheWellOfSongs) January 6, 2014

  7.

mid-afternoon winter sun turns the corner levitates out of reach #micropoetry #tanka — Eusebeia Philos (@Eusebeia_Philos) January 4, 2014

8.

. The hometown prophets think they’re smart using almanacs to order the weather. #micropoetry #tanka

— Positively Wyrde (@Wyrde) January 9, 2014

9.

three below zero even the river feels a need to cover up #haiku #micropoetry

— Shirdog (@Shirdog1966) January 7, 2014

10.

A winter chill so Deep that even the silence Freezes in midair #haiku #senryu #haiga #micropoetry #poetry 01-03-14 pic.twitter.com/XqvTS85390

— Bloodmoon (@Red_Sekhmet) January 8, 2014

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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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