Twitter poetry 2021: Week 39

My blogger-poet-friend Ingrid inspired me to create a Twitter account and start writing #APoemADay, which I began on January 1, 2021.

This week, I posted a series of Waltz waves to Twitter, which I wrote a while ago… Actually, I’m thrilled to say that I’ve completed my full year’s worth of micropoems for 2021, meaning that I no longer have to compose poems for this particular project. From here on out, I’ll only be posting these weekly compilations of micropoems on Fridays! Huzzah!

I hope you enjoy these Waltz waves!

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem,
David

A #WaltzWave:

I
have a
strong
cough that's
bothering
me a
lot.
I am
going to
take a sick day
and relax.
Mostly,
I'm
concerned
about not
getting
friends
sick at
work.

–#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #APoemADay #creativewriting #sickday #health #BeingSick @Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/8ioWBVlgeM
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) September 25, 2021

A #WaltzWave:

*Sigh*
Breathe in
and
breathe out.
It will be
okay.
You
feel that
your problems
are somehow u-
niquely in-
surmount-
a-
ble, but
they're not. And…
You are
not
a snow-
flake.

–#APoemADay @Experimentsinfc #poem #poetry #anxiety #creativewriting #perspective pic.twitter.com/mipt2a3UN5
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) September 26, 2021

A #WaltzWave:

Break~
ing eve~
ry
word in~
to syl~la~
bles forc~
es
one's read~
ers to de~
cel~er~ate be~
cause, oth~er~
wise, mean~
ing~
ful nu~
anc~es go
en~tire~
ly
un~no~
ticed.

–#APoemADay @Experimentsinfc #poem #poetry #creativewriting #meaning #language #poetrycommunity pic.twitter.com/5x3EEH6vZO
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) September 27, 2021

A #WaltzWave:

Chop-
py wat-
ers;
only
calm below
the sur-
face;
broken
planks drifting
high above sink-
ing, bluish
bodies;
can-
dela-
bra, wine bot-
tles rest
on
ocean
floor.

–#APoemADay #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity @Experimentsinfc #creativewriting #shipwreck #imagination pic.twitter.com/MzNHYpJM44
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) September 28, 2021

A #WaltzWave:

heav-
ing nau-
se-
a, head
spinning from
the booze,
he
slumped a-
gainst the stall,
retching onto
the toilet
lid and
his
loafers,
pulled himself
up and
slipped
on vom-
it

–#APoemADay @Experimentsinfc #poem #poetry #ComingOfAge #RiteOfPassage #Drunk #Alcohol pic.twitter.com/LFntiDZZ0x
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) September 29, 2021

cRR…
DAMN it!
Of-
ficer,
can.. Khhh khHH..
me? Come
in,
Offi-
CRR; ShZZTt; bzTztTT..
Suspect
is
in a..
kRRS; grkTZtt; zztt..
HEADING SOUTH on
Broad.. kRzt; ZTsRzt;
gRkt.. all
u-
nits, be
advised.. zKtt;
cRrt.. con-
sid-
ered.. Zkkkzk..
and..#APoemADay @Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/9TUZcO2mta
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) September 30, 2021

A #WaltzWave:

Rock-
a-bye,
ba-
by, on
the tree top,
when the
wind
blows, the
cradle will
rock… Yes, Dear, we're
right here with
you; don't
wor-
ry; close
your eyes… Hush,
little
ba-
by, don't
say…

–#APoemADay @Experimentsinfc #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #bedtime pic.twitter.com/rS22m0qdxx
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) October 1, 2021