Warm up those poetry engines

He said my heart was a refrigerator: cold, retaining, not easy to clean.

I guess Meg’s on a roll, because she had another “love is hell” entry:

I want to witness the homecoming of jellyfish / who know about love / who wear poison like scarves.

These are tweets, so they have to be short. Some are even about books or libraries, like this from Jody Winer:

THE WATER-STAINED LIBRARY BOOK/ What other woman bathing/ cradled these pages/ her laughter splashing?

Note: I do not condone reading library books near splashing water. But it’s fun imagery.

I’ve mostly skipped social media to date, so I have to ask: have there been a lot of Twitter poetry contests? Is it a useful format for poetry? Meanwhile, I adore libraries so I’m happy to see different efforts at engaging the public with library anything.

Of course there’s a thriving mini-literary scene at right here at NCPR. And it’s about time to turn some thought toward those spring haikus!

You can revisit 2006-2010 gems here.

I can’t wait to read this year’s poems, emerging like spring bulbs from the melting snow.