As usual, my mind works in mysterious ways.
I was thinking about Twitter and how, as a poet or an author or a blogger, you can only tweet very short posts that say very little (unless, of course, you post your thoughts in a blog and reference the blog post from Twitter). It is always a challenge to condense a thought into 140 characters or less.
On the same day I had that thought about Twitter I received a poetry prompt to write a Pleiades. A Pleiades is a short poem of seven lines and a title all starting with the same letter. It is named after the constellation Pleiades, a grouping of seven stars also known as the seven sisters.
So, I wrote a Pleiades about Twitter and posted it in my blog so that I could reference it on Twitter. A complete circle.
Twitter
The little bird speaks in short tweets
Telling the world about life in 140 characters or less
Trying to condense love to brief bursts of energy
Tweet a little song, reply, then re-tweet another’s song
The act of conversing disappears into the ether
Time and distance are shortened but
Then nothing much is said
January 29, 2013 at 2:46 am
🙂 I like.
Your poem made me think that Twitter is akin to the Siren’s song.
January 29, 2013 at 8:19 am
Thanks, Carmen!
February 9, 2013 at 8:16 am
Cute poem! I should try a twitter poem myself.. one decorated with hashtags =P. Keep up the nice blog!
February 9, 2013 at 9:58 am
yes, do write a poem / decorate it with hashtags / feed it to the bird(s) 🙂
Thanks for the comment!
September 11, 2015 at 2:58 pm
flitter
flighty in the air-o-space sense
fleece-feathered foraying
flamboyant buoyance
following fragrances
faring well up above
flurrying forth and
flouting facebook
September 12, 2015 at 5:27 pm
Fun!
September 13, 2015 at 10:42 am
Fanks!