Twitter Poetry Week 5

Day 29:

True poetic North lies
somewhere South of the head
for sure,
way out West of the rational
East of the intellect,
yet still within the compass
of the heart.#APoemADay #poetryparty @Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/LoFogtK4wY

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) January 29, 2021

Day 30:

When inspiration comes
let it come;
When inspiration flees
let it fly;
that thing you seek is fleeting,
insubstantial as a dream,
but oh God, how beautiful
anyway.#APoemADay #poetryparty @Experimentsinfc
The last line is from Margaret Atwood:https://t.co/39AVTSVJaw

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) January 30, 2021

Day 31:

Another grey day in lockdown
clouds swell to bursting
I’m happy
expanding my inner kingdom
of ever grander cloud-defying castles in the sky.#APoemADay #poetryparty @Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/RXujtlD7FR

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) January 31, 2021

Day 32:

February’s a fine month
of snowdrops and crocuses, the
first whisperings of early spring:
can you hear them
fighting for breath
beneath the sleeping earth?
Place your ear to the ground
through the dust
you may just
hear them sing.#APoemADay #poetryparty @Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/S60Z6rCnwC

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 1, 2021

Day 33:

After the clouds of sleep have blown away
and when the coffee smell is in the air
in that revealing light of waking day
I find you, bid you chase away despair
and stay, sweet fleeting breath of poetry
a moment with me#APoemADay #poetryparty @Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/qc3v6o9cq2

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 2, 2021

Day 34:

Fish-mouth⁰she had⁰trout-pout⁰because she thought it better
to look plastic than look old
so she became a waxwork of herself
forgetting that⁰ageing is nought but
beauty’s story told.#APoemADay #poetryparty @Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/C10Hu9fMVz

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 3, 2021

Day 35:

Something just caught in my throat
and I fear it is my love for you:
I have tried to swallow it
but still it will not go away.
Fetch me a glass of water.#APoemADay #poetryparty @Experimentsinfc pic.twitter.com/01jd2Im4E9

— Experimentsinfiction (@Experimentsinfc) February 4, 2021