SN140Poems

Poetic tweets in 140 characters for the Swindon Festival of Poetry: 3 to 6 October. Competition to win £70 sponsored by @swindonlink closes 26 September

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Remember, the best ones will be read at the 'Poetry Aloud' event at the central @SwindonLibrary on thursday at 10am. Do join us!

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We've been reading all your lovely tweet poems. Picking winners has not been easy...

[Paul Garratt @PaulG258]

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I'm looking back/
remembering how/
we used to look forward

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@Su1bailey
We're sooo excited!
I'm so sorry...
But you can always try again?

[Swindon Heritage @SwindonHeritage]

Well done to organisers of #Swindon Festival of Poetry, doing a great job putting the town on the cultural map. @SN140Poems

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Not quite a Twitter poem, but catch this poem with video about the Swindon bird murmuration by @johnrichards http://t.co/V9IjXT7pyZ

[Dr Kerry S Richards @KerrySRichards]

Between my fingers
and my thumb, the squat iPhone
rests; snug as a gun.

#HeaneyHaiku #Heaney #Haiku

@SN140Poems

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@AlexCoppocBunce Should I responded from @SN140Poems address. Tweet your haiku today. Check out http://t.co/n1lgw7DVpA

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The great poet Seamus Heaney has passed on. I wonder if he could have composed in 140 characters. Send us a Seamus Heaney style tweet.

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End of summer challenge, could you write a poem on the theme of 'back to school' in 140 characters?

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You have left me standing here
alone to cry
broken hearted I slowly wait to die
but I know, yes I know, I'm still in love with you : Mark

[Kristine Hughes @euphonioushoney]

@SN140Poems I know but I should not remember but I forgot to let it go now its in me and leaving you is never easy, never easy to let it go

[Fay Howard 🇺🇦 @FayHoward67]

@SN140Poems
Beautiful & graceful,
with a freedom unknown to man,
Vulnerable yet adventurous
a welcome garden friend
#butterflies

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Today's Twitter poem challenge to celebrate the profusion of butterflies. Send us 140 characters about them. You could win a prize

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When I think of Florence it's not of the Ponte Vecchio but narrow singing streets where we went looking for a laundrette holding hands :MegC

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The pink smell of candy floss, the tide rising under the pier, pebbles and cold sand slimy groynes, Punch & Judy Bank Holidays in Brighton

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Banks -booo; holiday - yay! Could you write a Twitter poem on the theme of bank holidays?

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Remember when people would talk about their feelings instead of publishing them online?

I guess nowadays its easier not to find the time