Twitter poetry 2021: Week 10

My blogger-poet-friend Ingrid inspired me to create a Twitter account and start writing #APoemADay, which I began on January 1, 2021. Since beginning this daily challenge, I have been scheduling my Saturday poems on Twitter because I don’t blog on Shabbas.

It’s odd, then, that it was only today that it suddenly struck me that I could also post poems on WordPress in the same manner. And so – even as I’ll be offline for 25 hours, I will be scheduling two poems to be posted here at ‘The Skeptic’s Kaddish’ – on Saturday at 2:00 AM and 2:00 PM [GMT+2:00]. I do hope you enjoy them!

Below is my 10^th week of Twitter poems:

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem,
David

masculine mouth smiles
that smooth sensuous mustache
more symbol than style
sexy face a mystery
poet dude's alluring ode

–@Experimentsinfc #APoemADay pic.twitter.com/BuUEUTSnL9
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) March 6, 2021

withdraw projection
of our shadows on others
easier said than

–@Experimentsinfc #APoemADay pic.twitter.com/UFcv6CtRLG
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) March 7, 2021

smooth operator
she is cool, hot, alluring
rockin' out with style
confident and impressive
lady believes her power

–@Experimentsinfc #APoemADay #IWD2021 #ChooseToChallenge #ChooseToChallenge2021 #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2021 pic.twitter.com/NHSlSMLLJ5
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) March 8, 2021

Through & through ever feeling strange
Parts confused not to be arranged
Chasing an illusion of change
Something defiant at my core
Demanding utter acceptance
Chasing an illusion of change
Parts confused not to be arranged
Through & through ever feeling strange@Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/vfhkzLQzkk
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) March 9, 2021

create your content
interface with the source code
dragon within you
through her living loving flames
the star fire streams out of you

– @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay pic.twitter.com/GwSJ5Uf2v2
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) March 10, 2021

Oh, Poet, Dear, I feel thou there, near
Crafting mine every rhyming word
Wondering, dost thou write me for thyself
That thou shan't expire unheard?

– @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay pic.twitter.com/Jlynq0Wy1F
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) March 11, 2021

Sitting on hard chair I hear
turbulent loud wind;
nothing for it, but to heed
tough forceful pounding;
Tapping upon keys,
imagination now thin;
versing? Such folly.

– #APoemADay @Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/p4EUlMULVo
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) March 12, 2021

19 thoughts on “Twitter poetry 2021: Week 10”

Excellent idea David! Bravo!

ben Alexander March 13, 202122:08 Reply

Thanks so much, Filipa, but ALL the credit goes to Ingrid – it was her idea – not mine 😀

Yours,
David
1. donmatthewspoetry March 17, 202115:54 Reply
  
  Ingrid is a specialist in Twittering David. She encouraged me to become a Twitterer shortly after she joined but I got lost in the fog. Have you ever felt like a lost bird in a fog? Not nice…..
  1. ben Alexander March 17, 202116:36 Reply
    
    Don,
    
    Yeah, I was never into Twitter at all – I only created this account in order to do the “poem a day” challenge that Ingrid came up with!
    
    I’ve been a fog before, so I know what being a lost human being in a fog feels like!
    
    😀
    David

David, I enjoyed your poems. The March 7 poem about not projecting our shadow onto others especially spoke to me! I reflected on my relationships with my adult children. ❤ All the best!

ben Alexander March 13, 202118:46 Reply

Yeah – it’s a toughy, Cheryl. I think about this in terms of raising my six-year-old a lot.

❤
David

I’d love to do this. No idea how to jump on? Is it allowed?

ben Alexander March 13, 202118:44 Reply

Ren ~

Of course!

Ingrid is @experimentsinfc on Twitter – you can tag her and also use the #APoemADay hashtag – and Ingrid will re-Tweet all of your poems! Anyone can join us ❤

Yours,
David

The scheduled post is how I manage my world!

ben Alexander March 13, 202118:42 Reply

I’d never really considered it before, Muri. Not sure why. Do you schedule all of your posts?

Yours,
David