Monday Morning Muse: National Poetry Month Twitter Wrap-Up from @JadeBlackwater

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 2^nd

salamander season

surprise morning snow

safe in the ash white world

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———-11:35 PM Apr 6^th

cold wheelbarrow

rests in slivered light

beneath watchful moon

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———-10:14 AM Apr 8^th

Ariolimax columbianus poetess

sentences congeal in sticky opalescence

while she explores the shady sweetness

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———-10:25 AM Apr 9^th

twitter and flutter at sunrise

pluck juicy jewels from willing boughs

connect puddle to balsam breath

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———-10:04 AM Apr 12^th

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 13^th

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 15^th

palms open skyward

broadcast gratitude

“cheer-up, cheerily!”

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———-2:01 AM Apr 20^th

this fine rain

my silver lining

bring me the wet word

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———-6:45 PM Apr 20^th

visceral papillon inspiration

wing across green seas from distant gold shores

when desperation sings “Hurry, flurry!”

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———-1:32 PM Apr 21^st

sacred grey showers

answer the hedge call

to-wheeeee! meewww?

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———-3:35 PM Apr 22^nd

twist your wrists with the Balsam cottonwood

dance in rhythm with Douglas squirrel chatter

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———-11:51 AM Apr 23^rd

cool garden beckons

branches all whisper

sweet huckleberry perfume

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———-9:05 AM Apr 24^th

two-stroke engine growls

breathfuls of dust bite the air

cut grass flickers past

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———-7:03 AM Apr 26^th

full moon approaches

earth groans and ripples

tickled and provoked

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———-10:50 AM Apr 27^th

Thunderheads hasten

wrap rainy arms ’round the world

squeeze the sparking sky

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———-8:03 PM Apr 28^th

reassuring shick-shick

of your rake

reminder

of presence

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