Twitter Poetry: Some Vain Attempt

Some vain attempt at #poetry / To gain some awkward notoriety/ Words wandering over the waste / Of the anarchy of post-modernity / Look at the Pale Blue Dot / Wandering in the vastness of space / Crawling with dust mites lost in their own vanity / Scurrying about in haste / Stop

Winter Slumber

Snow falls driven by bitter wind, shaking bare trees and green evergreens. Earth slumbers beneath a white blanket. The sky gray with cloud.

Days fall shorter.Trees shed their leafy glory. An expectation in the air. Subtle changes herald Autumn's reign. It's coming! It's coming!

As clouds gather ominously. The wind in uncertain gusts makes the leaves dance on the tree. The air hangs humid and hot. A soft rain falls.

Introducing Twitter Poetry

I recently set up a Twitter account. Twitter posts are limited to 140 spaces. Tonight I "invented" Twitter Poetry. The point is to write a meaningful poetic piece using all 140 spaces. here is my first Twitter poem.

The sun has set. The air is still. Sounds of night fill the air in the gloaming of the day. The earth turns. Stars twinkle. Dawn awaits..