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:
#solitude
weary muse seeking
some solace in #solitude
slowly soldiers on
#sandstorm
brown daytime skyline
Jerusalem's windows shut
eye-burning #sandstorm
#young
I act #young at heart
laughing away challenges
but my clown face weeps
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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My clown face is having a field day these days. Ouch! ๐
๐คก๐ฅฐ Terveen ๐ฅฐ๐คก
Masterful wordsmithing, good sir! These are brilliant! ๐
Takes one to know one โฃ๏ธ
I can see why you are fond of these haikus, David! Nice work. ๐ The photo of the sandstorm in Jerusalem is painful to look at, but the poem is well done. Take care, David!
๐๐ Cheryl ๐๐
Lovely poetry, David. โค๏ธ
๐๐ Jeff ๐๐
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These are all excellent David. You are a wonderful poet.
๐๐งก LaDonna ๐งก๐
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I’m happy you found a new poet’s home.
I see other poets are also moving on.
Do you prefer Twitter?
Twitter? No
I don’t engage much there.
I just noticed that you and everyone else are engaging more there.
it does seem like some people engage more there… maybe even most people… but I still consider my blog to be my “home base”… Twitter is kinda like stepping out through the front door and onto the street ๐
Gorgeous share on WP
๐บI act #young at heart laughing away challenges but my clown face weeps๐บ
Oh, this one hurts ๐ข so much
๐ Abi ๐
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Lol , reminds me of the time i was on google and Facebook.
But you know i always have to shed my tears.
I’m happy i could retrieve this post. Our power is gone for almost three hours now ๐ซ
My battery is low.
Have a lovely evening
I’m particularly fond of alliteration and the first on solitude delivers a sibilant punch!
๐๐ Muri ๐๐
The last one is especially poignant. (K)
๐ฅฐ Kerfe ๐ฅฐ