Here's this week's roundup of micro-poetry for Twitter. There is no poem for Day 94: this was Sonnet Sunday and I was just too busy with sonnets to post a micropoem, but I did post two on Day 93. You may notice that my poems don't get a lot of love on Twitter. This is... Continue Reading →
This week's Twitter Poetry is a bit of a mixed bag. I think I started off well and after a few days just posted whatever sprung to mind, so there is no particular theme that I can see. I understand that April is #NaPoWriMo or 'National Poetry Writing Month,' where poets and bloggers take up... Continue Reading →
Looking back, it seems that this week's micropoems have been concerned with water, earth, air and fire. I have also been enjoying reading the poetry of others on Twitter: remember you can join in any time. Just write a poem in a single tweet, tag me @Experimentsinfc and use the hashtags #APoemADay and #poetryparty. As... Continue Reading →
I have noticed after doing this for 10 weeks that the poems seem to fall into different patterns, or 'themes,' every week. This has not been deliberate on my part, but it is interesting to note. Looking back, it appears that this week's theme was self-analysis, appropriately enough: https://twitter.com/Experimentsinfc/status/1367724220281724929 https://twitter.com/Experimentsinfc/status/1368145466135838722 https://twitter.com/Experimentsinfc/status/1368504281838592000 https://twitter.com/Experimentsinfc/status/1368877962670596096 https://twitter.com/Experimentsinfc/status/1369207238909394946 https://twitter.com/Experimentsinfc/status/1369574827980427266 https://twitter.com/Experimentsinfc/status/1370020031812100098... Continue Reading →
9 weeks in and finally I forgot to post a poem! This is why there is no day 57. I think my mind just needed a break. Luckily, I am accompanied by many talented poets, and I am gathering together a collection of poems which will make a fine anthology by the end of the... Continue Reading →
Another week, another seven micro-poems for Twitter! Unfortunately, PMDD hit me really hard this month, and sapped me of much of my poetic inspiration. You will notice a few poems about PMDD here. In including them, I hope to be able to reach other sufferers and raise awareness and understanding of the condition. I ended... Continue Reading →
This week I would like to give a special shout out to my blogging friend and fellow poet David Ben Alexander. He deserves a special mention because, like me, he has posted a poem every day for the past 7 weeks! We are the marathon runners of this challenge and if it's not always fun,... Continue Reading →
Regular readers may notice that a lot of these poems have already appeared in one form or another on this blog. Apologies for the repetition: some of the poems I have written this week fit nicely into a tweet so I decided to recycle. Do let me know your likes and dislikes: be honest, I... Continue Reading →
A whole four weeks of micro-poetry have flown by here at EIF! Once again, I have stuck mainly to the Tanka format for this week's Tweets. I may try some other forms or free verse next week. I am really enjoying the stunning contributions from other Twitter poets, and two who definitely deserve a mention... Continue Reading →
This week, I have mainly been writing tanka, as I've been trying to learn more about the form for the EIF Poetry Challenge. There are a few other forms in here too. Do let me know what you think; I'm always interested to know which micro-poems work best and why. This is a new style... Continue Reading →
