A Poem About Tweeting: Twitter Is The New Poetry

I had read in my recent tweets that "twitter is the new poetry," and this quote inspired me to write this poem.

I don't know where the quote is from and if anyone knows, I would be glad to credit that person. But it does make sense.

Twitter, in case you don't know, is a social medium where people can send short messages of no more than 140 characters. These messages appear on what is called a "feed" to everyone who is on their list.

It's only been around since 2006. Twitter "success" depends on your ability to condense thoughts into small packages: the opposite of rambling, as it were.

I just started tweeting this year and I must admit I love it. The quickness of it and the randomness of it. It's a mini-universe of ideas and quips. The online experience of a very clever and very crowded party.

So this is my ode to Twitter. A little poem with short lines.

Tweet it if you want to. I know I will! And follow me, @prairienomad, if you care to. I'll be there. On Twitter.

Twitter is
The new poetry
They say.

140 characters
Like a haiku
With #tags

We tweet out
The minutiae
Of our days.

And blurt out
The wisdom
Of our times.

An never-ending
Stream of nothing
With small

Pieces of random
Relevance.
Twitter ...

Is the new poetry
We the new
Troubadours.

Instant publication.
Immediate gratification.
140 characters of satisfaction.

Twitter
Tweets like treats
Eaten quickly.

Forgotten tomorrow
Never printed
Nor cemented.

Temporary amusement
Ever-changing
Kaleidoscope of words

Twitter you are
Our poetry.
Twitter you are our times.