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).

April–June 2010
wood winds tickle strings symphony symbols clashing spider must rebuild	[symphony]
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]
poem's ambrosial flight soul's ethereal music simplified to words	[ethereal, flight, soul]
ripples on surface oysters march to own music no purls of wisdom	[ripple, music]

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March 2010
foliage bystands bullets of hail pierce snow cloak shrubbery shrapnel	[foliage, bullet, snow]
released from dense woods glade serenely seduces ephemeral rest	[release, ephemeral, glade]
spring sun melts roof's cap dripping cleanses patio house purged of your things	[cleanse]
massive mountain lake chides pond for jealous feelings longs to be ocean	[lake]
walkers' spring in step picnics and making merry cherry blossoms smile	[blossom]
lives ever entwined feelings never on display hearts escaping snarls	[display]
stars paint streaky charms envelop enchant enrich damage bleakest night	[paint, stars, damage]
noble sun returns limbs shake off dun frigidness better days ahead	[better]
bouncy breeze ferries fresh leaf floats to resting place embroiders tombstone	[breeze]
she his Earth's sunrise warm multihued commencements effect and affect	[sunrise]
dryer clothes battle dynasty comes out on top one sock MIA	[dynasty]
Indecision wins Self-derision rears, simpers gate forever shut	[indecision, derision, gate]
ever together living incontiguous gossamer partners	[incontiguous]
couple's fallow gaze vernal orb vanquishes snow thaw will never come	[thaw, snow]
your ninja enters surreptitiously steals it Cupid's courier	[surreptitiously]
couple walks down street senescence symbiosis who's supporting whom?	[symbiosis]
slipped coat on shoulders so many coats they'd slip off now too many pegs	[peg]
vanguard drips fluid rear's fresh recruits sally forth lemming snow cascade	[recruit]
gold-star leader back involuntary recruits snow suicide squad	[recruit]

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February 2010
foot never in mouth fate requires two entire limbs utter silliness	[fate, silliness, limbs]
cedars share secrets snow snuggles in to eavesdrop but it's not aloud	[aloud]
beaming state of grace cozy in padded chambers orphan clasps own hand	[clasp]
marginal mambo peripheral pirouette clunky core comfort	[marginal]
sapped earthbound body pen and paper liberate soul soaring upward	[pen, body, upward]
your masterpiece carved all imperfections teased out please see me as I am	[tease, carved, masterpiece]
enter down to cave dank raven stygian depths spring burbles welcome	[spring, enter, down]
a tree gray and hunched branch bent from nourishing snow greets spry schoolchildren	[bent]
khaki-coat meerkat unflinching upright sentry buries elsewhere-dreams	[elsewhere]
their candid words curbed Pusillanimous simpers marks another win	[pusillanimous (=cowardly)]
flutter foolishly waiting for awakening wasted energy	[flutter, energy, awakening]
love's Chinese tonic high rapidly falls to low because it's fourth tone	[tonic] [Chinese tones]
immense sanctity deliverance from vermin mother pigeon's pride	[deliverance, immense, sanctity]
retrenched affection wistful trough eyes waterline you mete me halfway	[halfway]
reckon, assay, gauge insecurity measures tally, calibrate . . .	[measure]
hushed dulcet strummings carry me to forever serenade of bliss	[forever, serenade, carry]
forever carries serenade on pitch-dark wings death knell haunts my heart	[forever, serenade, carry]
incense in distance lilts and gushes on zephyr namesake whistle puffs	[distance, lilt, whistle]
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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