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. When we see good Twitter poems, we stop and take notice.

In no particular order, here are ten of the best Twitter poems we’ve seen in lately:

1.

As you board, your rolled Up yoga mat hits me in The throat. Namaste.

— Commuter Haiku (@commuter_haiku) July 17, 2014

2.

#haiku#poetry#micropoetry smoldering coals, the rattle of blue crabs in a metal bucket

— John Wisdom (@john34239) August 4, 2014

3.

heat wave — a bead of sweat on the nape of her neck #haiku

— Paul David Mena (@pauldavidmena) August 1, 2014

4.

#haiku #myku long day’s end the measured wingbeats of a grey heron (rp)

— polona (@cirrusdream) July 24, 2014

5.

noon heat the gardener trims his only shade #haiku #senryu

— forgottenworks (@forgottenworks) July 2, 2014

6.

writer’s block — the moon reduced to a sliver #haiku

— Paul David Mena (@pauldavidmena) June 26, 2014

7.

Morning fog the brush stroke of a fox #haiku #micropoetry

— Alexis Rotella (@tankaqueen) June 3, 2014

8.

* * a snail – the garden wall’s tiny sisyphus * #haiku #Dayson

— Haiku Moments (@daviddayson) June 5, 2014

9.

#haiku moon rose honey on horizon rose moon

— carole johnston (@morganabag) June 14, 2014

10.

In the storm blossoms too. pic.twitter.com/82DaM4fX0U

— Little Susie (@SusieAreYouOK) July 18, 2014

Photo by Stuart,  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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