This year, I am attempting to become active on Twitter after having created an account last year to post 365 micropoems. Among other things, this means I will be responding to Twitter poetry prompts. Initially, I wasn’t planning on x-posting those here, but then I realized: if I don’t save my Twitter poems elsewhere, I’ll never again be able to find all of them.
Of course, I have written and will write plenty more Twitter poems that I’m not especially attached to, but I don’t want to lose the ones that speak to me. Below, I’m sharing three recent senryus I’m fond of. Each was a response to a one-word prompt:
#fall
backwards; unbounded;
frightening; familiar;
#fall in love again
#mountain
I call out to it
in desperation, but know
the #mountain won't come
#beacon
peoples are peoples
~ every nation a #beacon
~ ~ unlike the others
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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I’ve also recently been writing on Twitter. I look forward to the writing prompts every day, though I don’t always have time to write. I’ll look for you and give you a follow ๐
Please do. What’s your handle?
@aeporterfield
That first one is really a great one โ my favorite of the 3โฆ
๐ค๐ Muri ๐๐ค
I really enjoy little snippets of poetry like this, David. How did I not know that you were on Twitter? You have a new follower now.
๐ค๐ Tina ๐๐ค ~ well, I only recently became active there!
-David
Iโm looking forward to seeing more of your tweets!
๐ค Tina ๐ค
Lovely. Itโs like cross pollination. Youโre amazing. Keep going. All the best. xo
๐๐ Selma ๐๐
I am glad you like them, David, and shared them here.
Much love,
D
๐ค๐ Dolly ๐๐ค
Oh man, that mountain senryu doesn’t just speak to me, it shouts to me. These are so good, David. ๐
๐งก๐ Mike ๐๐งก
I loved them all!
๐๐ Pragalbha ๐๐
I enjoyed these. Thank you for sharing.
โฅ๏ธ๐ Molly ๐โฅ๏ธ
๐Unlike the others๐
Who are they.
Happy that you posted them on your blog as well.
I love all three
Falling in love, all over again
This is a good thing.
well – I think they’re all “unalike” in the sense that they all have their own identities and their own gifts to offer the rest of humanity ๐
Oh unalike is a different way of reading ๐ ๐ ๐๐
Some great ones! โฃ๏ธ
๐ค๐ Tricia ๐๐ค