Twitter Limerick Fit
Not only does dVerse’s Sam Peralta ask us to write poetry on Twitter, he wants our poems to be precisely 140 characters. So here goes — a Twitter limerick, 140 characters on the nose:
It’s hard to fit lim’ricks on Twitter,
A wonderful haiku transmitter.
When I try to write short
I’m forced to abort
& verses alas lose their
And here it is on my @Madkane Twitter account.
Tags: DVerse, Sam Peralta, Social Media Poetry, Twitter Humor, Twitter Verse
hahah….so good madeleine – yeah – limericks on twitter are a bit of a challenge…smiles
lose their….fill int he blank…ha…
yes i imagine it would be hard
there are some pretty amazing twitter poets out there that do it one line at a time though…bjorn is pretty amazing at it…
very cute.
i’m ok. just takes so long to post a poem. sometimes, just not in the mood. thanks for caring. i do appreciate it!!!
a tweet of a poem
PRICELESS!
Ha ham, such a good one!
No no, not ham – ha ha.
When I first read through the poem, I spilled my coffee laughing. This poem on Twitter – an ars twitterica, if you will – is so full of self-referential wit, and points out why reading you is so fulfilling. Bravo!
Ha, great one… used to do limericks on twitter (my first efforts on poetry). Biggest problem was to fit it within 140 chararacters and a hastag of 11 characters… :-)
LIkes shape of twitter verse flows to it.
It to flows..Verse Twitter of shape likES
LIkes shape of twitter verse..flows to it.
It to flows..Verse Twitter of shape likES
okaay Microsoft word tells me that’s 140
characters but what the hell is a Limerick!
I think I’ll look it up on Google to find out!
It is the least I can do for coming here and
breaking the Limerick Rules!
LOve your/you friend enjoyed your words
here as
much it shows… Hehe1!
Glitter.
HA! Adored this. I had the same feeling…Jason
Thanks so much everyone for your lovely comments!