Twitter Poetry: Haiku Goes Viral at St Johnsbury Academy

Mrs. Mackenzie's Creative Writing students crafted "twaiku" this week -- including the kind that "chains" from one person to the next. Lots of fun! Here are some samples:

[by E.M.]

I went for a walk to Maine
just like that I go
I go along the grey beach

I walked down the path
to find a hidden river
I haven't found it yet

i searched endlessly,
awaiting the moment I find it

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[by J.O.]

Twaiku at Café at Gatto Nero, St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Great to gather yesterday with teen writers from St. Johnsbury Academy's "Writer's Block" - at the mellow Café at Gatto Nero. In the photo, teachers Conni Morse and Angela Drew move into "poet brain" as they explore what 17 syllables can do. The rest of the long table was crowded with student authors (and me!).

Here's a twaiku with its first line just one word -- a word discovered by one of the student authors. Fun!

Tredecillion
with forty-two open eyes
stop staring at me!

-- BK

It's National Poetry Month, All Month ... and Now, from Harman:

First Crocus

 

Tiny Flower with a Funny Name

When the first one appears

It Brings Joy

A Slow Spring We Had of It ...

It happens each year:

snows melt, leaves and buds emerge.

Bring me twigs of love.

-- BK

Ten Days into Spring (Harman Clark)

Ten Days into Spring

Snowflake Bentley is Alive

Taking Pictures

Away With March, April's Almost Open!

Last grainy March days, 

longing for the snow to leave, 

inner blossom smiles.

(Twaiku!)

Where's Your Poetry Bucket? APRIL Is Poetry Month ...

Seven and a half days to the start of National Poetry Month! St. Johnsbury, Vermont, is a PoemTown this April, and I'll be doing plenty of poetry events in the area. Meanwhile, to get us started, here's a Twitter poem from Rachel S., who works at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vermont:

Children
Sipping sweet sap
Bucket hanging, flowing over

Remember, keep your poem within 140 characters (or 131 if you want to add the hashtag #Vermont). Hope to see you on Twitter this season!