Claude Bouchard, via @ceebee308 on Twitter told me today to lose the question mark after “Twitter poet” in my bio. I’ve been fighting it, being labeled as a poet. I am a serious writer, damnit! And poetry is so… Serious. Yes, poetry is serious. So I’ll aim to take it that way. Well, most of the time. 😉 The question mark lives no longer — thank you, again, Claude Bouchard. 🙂
Please enjoy some examples of my Twitter poetry. 140 chars or less.
Jan 13/14
Winter’s cold.
Streets are slick.
Walks from the bus stop – tricky.
Loaded down with beer,
Looking forward to home.
And, perhaps, a Twinkie.
Jan 13/14
Twinkies are good,
But pizza is best.
The cheaper the better,
I say.
Cheep smokes are good.
Cheap beer is better.
Cheap men the best,
I say.
Jan 14/14
There is a guy I feel for,
And want to feel up, forgive me.
He’s spectacular, believe me!
His assets make me dreamy.
My dreams leave me..
Jan 15/14
Oh, words so fail me!
Loving you with my support.
Wish it was enough.
Oh, my love fails me!
Never giving you enough.
Why can’t I be more?
Jan 15/14
Know I have your back.
Even when you don’t have mine.
Hashtag Still Love You
Jan 18/14
When will I be enough?
Isn’t it enough that I try?
Is this my cue, is it yours,
That we should say goodbye?
Jan 18/14
I give my all,
When Love I’ve found,
To lift high and regale!
But when love falls low,
And is often lost.
I’m left with empty sails.
Jan 18/14
I’ll drink my lot
And think of naught,
Find comfort in comfortabilities.
Play Midnight Club,
Aye, there’s the rub!
Delight in nonsenisbilities.
Jan 18/14
Victoria Flair,
Writer of so much drivel,
Invites you to read.
VictoriaFlair.net
Jan 19/14
Nothing to offer you,
Not even my love.
Merely words to comfort,
That do no real good.
I want you, my friend
To find what you seek.
The Best.
Jan 19/14
You’re breaking a heart
That has no right to break.
You’re giving to me
What I have no right to take.
I’m sorry.
Jan 20/14
Few words were exchanged,
Yet enough to spark a flame,
“trespass sweetly urged!”
#Shakespeare #haiku
Jan 20/14
Notwithstanding doubt,
Desire will always win out.
Flames turn to a blaze.
#haiku
Jan 20/14
Heat engulfs, swallows,
Fills the aching emptiness.
Searing with relief.
#haiku
Jan 20/14
Conflagration reached!
Brilliant sparks shatter the night!
A roaring release!
#haiku
Jan 20/14
Flames recede in waves.
Quiet, blissful aftermath.
Coals still burning bright.
Until the next Good Night.
#haiku
Jan 21/14
Wish I was the one,
Your all encompassing sun.
Revolve around me?
bit.ly/1hcEiQM
Jan 21/14
I’m done. Disconnect.
I can only give so much.
Can’t do this alone.
=/
#haiku
Jan 22/14
Loneliness, old friend,
Come to torment me again?
Fuck you, not this time!
bit.ly/1fZ4v8H
Jan 22/14
Put your faith in me.
Please know I’ll never hurt you.
You are part of me.
#haiku
Jan 22/14
Fuck, I can’t help it!
Can’t erase you from my mind.
I saw that picture…
And damn.
#haiku #still want you #sorrynotsorry
Jan 23/14
If I must be at the
Vanguard
at the Vanguard I
Shall be.
If arrows should pierce anyone
I would that it were me.
bit.ly/1bXkpNj
Jan 23/14
Your arrows cannot
stop me.
Not even stall my step!
I will always keep on
fighting.
Dare me.
I won’t be kept.
bit.ly/1bXkpNj
Jan 23/14
Cute boy, it won’t be.
You’re a thousand miles away!
Fantasy – can’t be.
Jan 23/14
Too much fantasy,
Too much dreaming, isn’t good.
Always a let-down.
Jan 23/14
When dreams meet real life,
Magic can explode, take flight!
Till then, only dreams.
And dreams are lonely.
Jan 23/14
My heart is not mine.
It belongs to another.
Though I deny it…
Jan 23/14
I deny my heart,
For he is not mine to love.
Only to care for..
Long for..
Jan 23/14
It seems hardly fair,
That I lay my heart so bare,
Only on Twitter…
Thru #haiku
Jan 24/14
Snot pours from my nose,
Eyes cloud with a salty fog.
Need to be in bed.
#sick #haiku
Jan 24/14
Gusts rattle windows,
Trees flais and twist, try to flee.
Loose shingles flying.
I hate windy days.
#haiku
Jan 26/14
Bad night, can’t take it.
My emotionas are too raw.
I’m feeling confused.
#haiku
Jan 26/14
Bad night, can’t fake it.
Wondering what I am to you.
Friend, ally, or more?
#haiku
Jan 26/14
Bad night, can’t make it.
Can’t take not knowing – Why me?
Please, what do you want?
#haiku
Jan 27/14
A cold walk, in snow.
A pain that would alter worlds.
These are my stories.
wp.me/p4eeun-2f
#haiku
Jan 27/14
@jay_suqires
Jay Squires, writer, friend,
And septuagenarian!
Dream big, never flush.
😉 bit.ly/1ed2KSt
Jan 27/14
@webofloneliness
Web of Loneliness,
All my words are yours to use.
You helped me find them.
❤ bit.ly/1dKhbJ0
Jan 27/14
@Teresa_Cypher
Teresa Cypher,
Weekend Writing Warrior.
And Inspiration.
Thanks! bit.;y/1b3Dhq0
Jan 27/14
@CaballoFrances
Frances Caballo,
Friend to writers great and small!
Thanks for all you do.
Seriously, TY. bit.ly/19YmTvM
Jan 27/14
@ItsReklezzMane
For It’s Rekless Mane,
I have nothing but support.
This guy is awesome.
Wish ya’ll could hear his music. Cuz damn. ❤
Jan 28/14
I’m depressed.
Words won’t come.
No matter how had I call.
I got nothing.
‘Cept this.
bit.ly/1d5CAwc
#micropoetry #depression
Jan 28/14
You’ll never know how deep
And shallow
I am.
#micropoetry
Jan 28/14
Watching Teen Mom 2,
I know I should be writing!
Damn guilty pleasures…
#haiku #lazy @MTV
Jan 28/14
Just because
I’m not sitting around
Waiting for you to call…
Doesn’t mean I’m not.
#micropoetry #disappointment
Jan 28/14
Don’t trust my “=P” and “lol,”
Sometimes my emotes lie.
I may be lauthing to you, when
On my side of the screen,
I just want to cry.
Jan 28/14
Fuck!
Can I just tell you that I love you,
And be done with it already?
I know it won’t mean much,
Except to me…
#micropoetry #whining
Jan 28/14
He gives me the love you won’t.
I can give him the love he wants.
It’s not a perfect world.
We all have our boundaries.
#micropoetry
Jan 29/14
What have I gotten myself into?
What have I become?
I can’t, I won’t
Be a woman I despise-
How did I let myself get here?
How?
Jan 29/14
I want to sleep
To be unconscious
To forget about you,
Not dream about you.
What are the chances?
I hate that I love you.
#micropoetry
Jan 29/14
Dust on furniture
Ling and leaves on the floor
Give my life meaning
How sad is that?
#micropoetry
Jan 29/14
Sometimes, when i read them,
My words sound like a lie.
Is sincerity so rare,
I can’t even believe myself?
#micropoetry #disbelief
Jan 30/14
I still don’t know
If I’ll find a love
That meets up to
The best.
Who can possibly
Stand
That
Test?
bit.ly/1b9q0MD
#life
Jan 30/14
Too many thoughts in my head
at once.
Each clamoring to be heard,
set free.
It’s painful to keep track.
Seriously, it hurts
#micropoetry
Jan 30/14
My life, at times
Feels overwhelming.
Though to others it would
Seem simple.
Guess it’s all about
Perspective.
Jan 30/14
When I want to say
“I love you,”
And it’s implicit that I not
Where does that leave me?
Babe, tell me
What am I supposed to do?
Jan 30/14
And, fuck.
I’ve forgotten what I was saying
And to whom.
Guess that’s my signal
To say G’night.
Though I might Tweet from bed.
Jan 30/14
To write through the night
Or catch up in the morning
Always a dilemma
‘Round midnight.
I’m sleepy.
#micropoetry
Jan 31/14
Car doors slam
Voices raise
An alarm is sounding.
Or is that my head
pounding?
Damn you 4:30 AM.
This girl needs sleep.
#micropoetry #tired.
Jan 31/14
You are my moon-
Inconstant
Changeable
Variable.
Always a present force.
#micropoetry #CrazyAboutYou
Jan 31/14
You are the penny on the tracks
That derails my train of thought.
#micropoetry
Jan 31/14
My six tin soldiers
Now no longer my best friends.
Time to take a break?
wp.me/p4eeun-30
#micropoetry #TrueStory #MyBlog
Jan 31/14
Too tired
To write
Too much more
To you
Tonight
#micropoetry #yawn