On Twitter
after Kenneth Koch
Jokes on Twitter
Mostly
I am with
the man
who said:
‘Missed
the dawn chorus.
Please retweet.’
Mornings on Twitter
Are wasted mornings
Poetry on Twitter
You cannot find
Seamus Heaney
on Twitter
Multiple Identities on Twitter
Many people
Have several identities
on Twitter
but do not use them
Pictures on Twitter
Every one
is worth
one hundred and forty characters.
God on Twitter
God is everywhere
on Twitter.
He is everywhere
on Facebook
at the same time.
To My Stalkers on Twitter
Hello Fran!
Autumn Mornings on Twitter
A breeze
stoops
to kiss
my cheek
Self-Hatred on Twitter
Facebook
hates itself
for not being Twitter
Meeting Your Life Partner on Twitter
Many people
have met their
life partners
on Twitter.
This was before
they met
in real life.
Identity on Twitter
This is my username
̶ so use it!
Twitter in Bed
I’m not falling
for that one!
Racial Abuse on Twitter
It still exists
Stephen Fry on Twitter
Did you know,
Stephen Fry
invented
Twitter?
Surrealism on Twitter
This is an onion,
not a poem!
Hashtags on Twitter
One day soon
there will be
a hashtag
for everything
Footballers on Twitter
have many followers
Twitter vs Facebook
You need
to get out
more
Celebrities on Twitter
They use it
to parade
the minutiae
of their lives
like the rest of us
Onions on Twitter
The best onions
on Twitter
are Spanish onions
Sonnets on Twitter
will
not
fit
The End of the Affair on Twitter
You sitting there
a doe in mist
one shaft of sun with dust
in it life without you is bare
Profile Pictures on Twitter
Are preferable
to those
egg things
Favouritism on Twitter
I would like
to favourite
the world
The Stark Truth of Twitter
Twitter is a room
where everybody shouts
and nobody listens
Haiku on Twitter
Haiku
is much older
than Twitter
Shakespeare on Twitter
Somewhere, somebody is typing
the Complete Works of Shakespeare
into Twitter
Self-absorption on Twitter
But that’s enough about me
let’s talk about me
Pornography on Twitter
That got you interested
didn’t it?
How to leave Twitter
is the name of a book
not a set of instructions
Networking on Twitter
can be time-consuming
Self-Knowledge on Twitter
Another bloody writer.
Just what Twitter needs.
Just Checking Twitter When You Should Really Be Doing Something Else
fuels your insecurity
Canada on Twitter
I have been searching
for my favourite Canadian poet
on Twitter
but have had no luck
Philosophy on Twitter
There is even
more of this
on Twitter
than there is
pornography!
Fish on Twitter
Mostly
I am with
the woman
who said
she was curating
a subterranean
sanctuary
for freshwater fish
and called it
an underground carp ark
Kindness on Twitter
is underrated
Poem for the Lonely on Twitter
Hello
Mornings on Twitter
are energetic mornings
The New York School on Twitter 2
“The pattern that may carry the sense, but
stays hidden in the mysteries of
pagination.
(I am not John Ashbery.)”
is the profile of John Ashbery on Twitter.
Commuting on Twitter
Each day
young men and women
walk past my house
without thinking about Twitter
To My Love at the Close of Day
Without doubt
of all my life’s adventures
knowing you
was the best
Gossip on Twitter
The celebrity
at the end of our road
has got builders in
#justsayin
Wallace Stevens on Twitter
It was snowing
And it was going to snow.
Time Travel on Twitter
It is possible to be unfollowed
on Twitter
seconds before being followed
The New York School on Twitter
Frank O’Hara
is alive and well
on Twitter
James Schuyler
Hasn’t tweeted yet
The Love of My Life on Twitter
I would happily lose all of them
If it meant I could hold on to you
Comedy on Twitter
Twitter is a gift to comedians
not the other way round.
The Future on Twitter
Just imagine
what Spike Milligan
would have done
with Twitter
Pants on Twitter
Yes, even these.
Saved Searches on Twitter
I looked everywhere
on Twitter
but all I wanted
was you
Recommended People on Twitter
I would cross the street
to avoid them
Christopher Hitchens
did not bother with Twitter.
Multitasking on Twitter
It is perfectly possible
to be at one’s toilet
and on Twitter
at the same time
Poetry on Twitter
Kenneth Koch
lives in Atlanta
and is a leader
for KPMG’s
Forensic Technology Services.
In Twitter as in Life
We have to write better than we can.
Anthony Wilson is a poet, writing tutor and lecturer. He has just published his fourth collection of poems, Riddance (Worple Press). Love for Now, a prose memoir, was published last year by Impress books. He can be found online at www.anthonywilsonpoetry.com Twitter: @awilsonpoet