We spend a lot of time on Twitter. (We’re Tweetspeak Poetry, after all.) 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.
I told myself, “Here’s what I know.” In that absence I never spoke of it again. #5lines #micropoetry
— Eusebeia Philos (@Eusebeia_Philos) November 16, 2014
2.
an arrow pointed at an unlit part of my past like a frozen ray of sunlight #5lines #micropoetry — Davey (@haikutauren) November 15, 2014
3.
language I tell him it matters don’t start the sentence with you you’re wrong, he says #tanka #5lines
— stephanie (@tantamount2) November 7, 2014
4.
#tanka #micropoetry #5lines All along Wind has been eavesdropping on our conversation. — Scott Reid (@apwpoet) November 6, 2014
5.
going outside the November crows look me over, saying so you had to stay around as well #5lines #micropoetry
— Davey (@haikutauren) November 5, 2014
6.
#tanka #micropoetry the red stems that hold the leaves to the maple tree what’s left of a little boy coursing through my veins — Coyote (@CoyoteSings) November 9, 2014
7.
Time, Razing mountains, To the ground. We linger here, Amongst the clocks. #tanka #micropoetry
— Kenneth (@hairy_yak) November 9, 2014
8.
Sometines, I’m the wild side she walks on stilettos punctuating the trembling boardwalk #tanka — Tzod Earf (@Ear2Earf) November 8, 2014
9.
little flowers brave the cracked cement showing nature forgives us #CapturedPoets #Hiroshima #micropoetry #tanka
— Michael Seese (@MSeeseTweets) November 5, 2014
10.
#tanka #micropoetry #tpos 11-04 when I was the wind and you a brand new pile of leaves . — Coyote (@CoyoteSings) November 6, 2014
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Together
They speak of
Fall
And
High
Heels
Monica Sharman says
give me
high heels
and I’ll give you
fall
Maureen Doallas says
an arrow pointed
to that absence, you,
showing what’s left
to hold, never spoke
of the flowers here