Twitter poetry 2021: Week 47

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 badger hexastitches 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!

P.S. badger hexastitches need not be written about badgers…

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem,
David

My 1st #Badger’s #hexastitch:

A form
that resembles
the snout of a badger
was brought into being
by a man named
Badger

–#badgers @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay #animals #nature #poem #poetry #creativewriting pic.twitter.com/MGTHWcDmzd
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) November 20, 2021

My 2nd #Badger’s #hexastitch:

long claws
digging down to
unsuspecting burrows;
determined rooting snout
seeking prey for
dinner

–#badgers @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay #animals #nature #poem #poetry #creativewriting pic.twitter.com/0YwbVskGOl
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) November 21, 2021

A #Badger’s #hexastitch:

scent glands
produce odors
during mating season
and send warning signals
when the clan's in
danger

–#badgers @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay #animals #nature #poem #poetry #creativewriting pic.twitter.com/FtIlUCCkaT
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) November 22, 2021

A #Badger’s #hexastitch:

living
together in
setts, their family homes,
some one hundred years old,
they nuzzle, groom,
and mate

–#badgers @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay #animals #nature #poem #poetry #creativewriting pic.twitter.com/xZ0rS8NW3a
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) November 23, 2021

A #Badger's #hexastitch:

nothing
to see here, no
badgers; please leave; humans,
coyotes, cougars, bears,
eagles are not
welcome

–#badgers #animals #nature @Experimentsinfc #apoemaday #poem #poetry #creativewriting pic.twitter.com/Snf8X6hLXw
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) November 24, 2021

A #Badger's #hexastitch:

we are
usually
nocturnal, we badgers,
but poetry readings
are uncommon
in cetes

(cete: https://t.co/uRwplHll17)

–#badgers #animals #nature @Experimentsinfc #apoemaday #poem #poetry #creativewriting pic.twitter.com/LXIpCymhNu
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) November 25, 2021

A #Badger's #hexastitch:

badger,
bageard, bauson,
or brock ~ they're all the same
omnivorous, aggressive, tree
climbing, tidy
creatures

–#badgers #animals #nature @Experimentsinfc #apoemaday #poem #poetry #creativewriting pic.twitter.com/OCss6EKQgO
— Skeptic's Kaddish (@kaddish_s) November 26, 2021

12 thoughts on “Twitter poetry 2021: Week 47”

An ode to badgers. I found them all wonderful. 🙂

ben Alexander December 5, 202120:26 Reply

❤ Terveen ❤

All these badger related poems made me think about a movie from a long time ago staring Weird Al Yankovic called UHF. https://youtu.be/gx6TBrfCW54 still makes me laugh!

ben Alexander November 27, 202117:54 Reply

💘 Muri 💘 – that’s such a classic!

😀
David

This is awesome! I’m glad you accomplished it ❤️ I don’t understand nor do Twitter, lol, but if the content would all be poetry I’d be on Twitter. Lovely Poems

ben Alexander November 27, 202117:53 Reply

💛 Rose 💛 – I don’t “do” Twitter either…. I only use it for my daily micropoems… although maybe I’ll become more active there after 2021 when my 365 poems have all been posted…

-David

Badgers..remember that dribble in the form of a badger’s hexastitch I asked you to write?

ben Alexander November 27, 202117:51 Reply

💙 Veera 💙 – yes, of course. I’ll be posting my seven dribbles next Friday, including that one, I think.

-David