Language and Humor

Twitter Haiku

These are some of the haiku and senryu poems that I've written for Twitter posts (AKA Twitterku or Twiku).

They're more about initial creative bursts than crafting; many of them were written in fifteen minutes or so. They're all untitled with a word or words as a prompt (to the right). See also Twitter Poems.

driving sere season moisture mere condescension hide cracked dampened heart	[moisture]
surfeit left unsaid our verbal imbroglio shadow puppet talk	[imbroglio (=complicated situation or disagreement), verbal]
spring sun melts roof's cap dripping cleanses patio house purged of your things	[cleanse]
couple's fallow gaze vernal orb vanquishes snow thaw will never come	[thaw, snow]
vanguard drips fluid rear's fresh recruits sally forth lemming snow cascade	[recruit]
beaming state of grace cozy in padded chambers orphan clasps own hand	[clasp]

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marginal mambo peripheral pirouette clunky core comfort	[marginal]
your masterpiece carved all imperfections teased out please see me as I am	[tease, carved, masterpiece]
a tree gray and hunched branch bent from nourishing snow greets spry schoolchildren	[bent]
love's Chinese tonic high rapidly falls to low because it's fourth tone	[tonic] [Chinese tones]
retrenched affection wistful trough eyes waterline you mete me halfway	[halfway]
distance closes in whistle blows for the last time lilt gone, era done	[distance, lilt, whistle]
footprints on your heart frozen like your fingertips to the "Dear John" note	[footprints, frozen, fingertips]

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