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 (or photo) prompt:
photo prompt (#vsspic)
enraged, abandoned by bride, pianist dismissed, crumpled boutonniรจre
#presage
his Presidency was an ominous #presage of the State's decline
#bare
she bared her feelings as she lay there, waiting, #bare but he barely cared
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–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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Love all three of these, David. So individually distinct and thoughtful. ๐
๐๐ค Mike ๐ค๐
He continues to linger, like Covid. (K)
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I seem to think ๐ค
But i did write a comment to
Enraged
Presage
And Bared
Even in the title we find a microverse
๐๐ Abi ๐๐
Great haiku, David.
Air hugs,
D
๐๐ Dolly ๐๐
The photo and poem are certainly well matched. The last makes me sad – but that’s just me.
๐ฅฒ Muri ๐ฅฒ
David, this idea of micro-poetry is novel to me. I like it! This is a way to stem guilt from underusing my languishing Twitter account.
I can’t claim credit for the idea, but I’ve become a great fan of it, Bardie โฃ๏ธ
fab haiku David!๐
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Wonderful haiku, dear David!โค๏ธ
๐ค Jane ๐ค
Thanks, David! ๐ค