In celebration of National Poetry Month this April I included an assortment of micropoetry @JadeBlackwater on Twitter. Throughout the month I also added the #STpoem hashtag in order to share my poetry with the Seattle Times Twitter Poetry Contest.
Below is a complete reprint of the micropoetry from @JadeBlackwater for April 2010. Line breaks have been restored where ‘ / ‘ was used in the feed.
What I enjoyed most about tweeting micropoetry for NaPoMo was the excuse to share a poetic response to my day. Unlike my usual tweets—which are mostly prepared and scheduled in advance—the poems I tweeted in April were sent as soon as composed. Like all journal entries, these poems each keep a story.
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———-7:29 AM Apr 2nd
salamander season
surprise morning snow
safe in the ash white world
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———-11:35 PM Apr 6th
cold wheelbarrow
rests in slivered light
beneath watchful moon
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———-10:14 AM Apr 8th
Ariolimax columbianus poetess
sentences congeal in sticky opalescence
while she explores the shady sweetness
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———-10:25 AM Apr 9th
twitter and flutter at sunrise
pluck juicy jewels from willing boughs
connect puddle to balsam breath
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———-10:04 AM Apr 12th
New Moon rain licks the waiting Earth
awakens old dust and fresh oil
whispers sweet darkness in waiting
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———-2:55 PM Apr 13th
Crack open the wriggling mass
scoop your brains with a seafood fork
then fling the meat into the fire!
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———-9:26 AM Apr 15th
palms open skyward
broadcast gratitude
“cheer-up, cheerily!”
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———-2:01 AM Apr 20th
this fine rain
my silver lining
bring me the wet word
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———-6:45 PM Apr 20th
visceral papillon inspiration
wing across green seas from distant gold shores
when desperation sings “Hurry, flurry!”
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———-1:32 PM Apr 21st
sacred grey showers
answer the hedge call
to-wheeeee! meewww?
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———-3:35 PM Apr 22nd
twist your wrists with the Balsam cottonwood
dance in rhythm with Douglas squirrel chatter
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———-11:51 AM Apr 23rd
cool garden beckons
branches all whisper
sweet huckleberry perfume
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———-9:05 AM Apr 24th
two-stroke engine growls
breathfuls of dust bite the air
cut grass flickers past
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———-7:03 AM Apr 26th
full moon approaches
earth groans and ripples
tickled and provoked
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———-10:50 AM Apr 27th
Thunderheads hasten
wrap rainy arms ’round the world
squeeze the sparking sky
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———-8:03 PM Apr 28th
reassuring shick-shick
of your rake
reminder
of presence
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