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!

Cookery Seasonal Therapy

Uncertain weather, willful as a March menagerie,
tosses me from lion to lamb. I compensate,
anchoring love with chocolate and cherries.

-- BK

140-Character Poem from S. D.L.B.

4 lines of characters,

4 lines of meaningless chatter,

4 lines of jumbled words

That culminate in 1 line of laughter

Twitter poem from Q. B.

The snowy tongue stretches

Until the frigid land lies

Licked in winter defeat

Twaiku from J. F.

hummingbird draw near/whisper your secrets to me/show me the way home

 

April = Showers of Poetry: Let's Tweet Those Poems

Here's a start (remember, 140 characters max):

Eggs and toast at the local inn: rabbit in the yard. Spring will come! #Vermont #Nature