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Tweet poems updated daily. An anthology available at https://t.co/w0sBlvQinV
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Joined August 2009
In Sept 2009, when Twitter was in its infancy, for a project I set myself, I began posting a tweet-sized poem on a daily basis for a year. When the year was up, I continued tweeting these poems. I still do. An anthology based on the tweets is available.
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@ae_stallings While you are probably thinking of the NFL professional football games in the USA, there is also Heaney's memories of playing Gaelic football in his youth, described in his poem "Markings":- We marked the pitch: four jackets for four goalposts...
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@MayaCPopa Heaney's gravestone is in the graveyard adjoining St Mary's parish church in Bellaghy, close to that of his parents and other members of the family.
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Two poems by Margaret Atwood …
Poetry: today the poem @poemtoday is “Memory” and at it is “Mushrooms”, both poems by Margaret Atwood (@MargaretAtwood).
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Gregory Orr and Lisa Barnett ...
Poetry: today the poem @poemtoday is “All Morning” by Gregory Orr and at it is “Kissing in Cars” by Lisa Barnett.
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RT @pacificraft: I wasn't actually thinking of the end of America when I wrote this, but words always go where they want to
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All Morning All morning the dream lingers. I am like thick grass in a meadow, still soaked with dew at noon. Gregory Orr Image courtesy @bloodsigns
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Irish poet Gerard Fanning ...
Poetry: today the poem @poemtoday is “Waking Tom” and at it is “Those Days”, both poems by Gerard Fanning.
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Waking Tom Just as in life, watching in his house. we have to agree to disagree, then he hums from the Irish, “I am asleep, do not wake me.” Gerard Fanning
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February poems from Sara Teasdale and Helen Hunt Jackson ...
Poetry: today the poem @poemtoday is “February Twilight” by Sara Teasdale and at it is “February” by Helen Hunt Jackson.
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February Twilight I stood beside a hill Smooth with new-laid snow, A single star looked out From the cold evening glow. There was no other creature That saw what I could see— I stood and watched the evening star As long as it watched me. Sara Teasdale Pic via @arealmofwonder
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@BMcGrewvy Many thanks, Bethel, for your very kind words. Terza rima is also hard, but you manage it beautifully.
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J-T Kelly and Diane Lockward ...
Poetry: today the poem @poemtoday is “Archimedes in the Garden” by J-T Kelly and at it is “My Husband Discovers Poetry” by Diane Lockward (@DianeLockward).
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Archimedes in the Garden Let -v be the fulcrum, -e and -e the lever. Lift and level the world. Revel in its evenness. J-T Kelly Image courtesy J-T Kelly
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RT @newversereview: Don't miss this set of David-Lynch inspired poems, edited and introduced by Ethan McGuire (@AHeavyMetalPen) and featuri…
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@ae_stallings I have posts on three Canadian poets on my Brief Poems blog: Nelson Ball, Suzanne Buffam and Alden Nowlan. Michael Lista, Molly Peacock and Alexandra Oliver are three more I would recommend.
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W. S. Merwin and Lawrence Raab ...
Poetry: today the poem @poemtoday is “Wish” by W. S. Merwin and at it is “Last Day on Earth” by Lawrence Raab.
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Wish Please one more kiss in the kitchen before we turn the lights off. W. S. Merwin Image courtesy @lenaozge
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