National Poetry Day: Twitter's Funniest Reactions And Rhymes

If you think that being limited to 140 characters means you can't write a poem, be funny, or do both, then you don't know Twitter.



Today is National Poetry Day, and the funny tweeters have been out in force. Because as @TechnicallyRon pointed out, Twitter is the perfect medium for poetry:

Just remember

That you can make

Anything look like a poem

If you keep pressing return

In a sentence

#NationalPoetryDay

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) October 2, 2014

There were poems about animals:

"My one regret"

The hedgehog said,

"Is purchasing

this water bed".

#NationalPoetryDay

— T'Other Simon (@TOther_Simon) October 2, 2014

Went for a walk

Saw a hawk

Squeezed its nork

Made it squawk

Saw a crow

Flying low

Where did it go?

I don't know



#NationalPoetryDay

— Trouteyes (@trouteyes) October 2, 2014

Variations on a classic:

Roses are red.

Violets are red.

Everything's red.

Oh my God! There's so much blood!



#NationalPoetryDay

— @nd®é™ (@AndreTheViking) October 2, 2014

Roses are red / Foxgloves are purple / I appear to have trapped myself / In a linguistic corner #nationalpoetryday

— Dave Turner (@mrdaveturner) October 2, 2014

Poems about the everyday:

#NationalPoetryDay



My dearest paracetamol,

A mystery to me

Why sometimes you cost £1.10

But sometimes 20p

— Craig Deeley (@craiguito) October 2, 2014

Hot water, and a sponge,

With a bit of Cif on it,

Is a good way,

To clean up vomit.

#nationalpoetryday

— TittyBiscuits. (@dawneywawney) October 2, 2014

And poems about the surreal:

On #nationalpoetryday

I'd just like to say

It doesn't have to rhyme

Or scan properly

Really

Or even make much sense

I can taste toast

— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) October 2, 2014

Indeed, toast was something of a theme:

I wish I was a piece of toast,

A wholesome granary fella.

I'd flirt a bit with the Lurpak

Then I'd smother myself with Nutella.



#toast

— MmmmDowling (@MarionDowling) August 30, 2014

There were lots of poems that didn't rhyme:

Why do you lot follow me?

I'll never understand,

All my puns are terrible,

And I can't do poems.



#NationalPoetryDay

— Marty Lawrence (@TeaAndCopy) October 2, 2014

You didn’t like poetry this much yesterday.

This isn’t a poem either.

Don’t let the spacing fool you.

What?



#NationalPoetryDay

— symmetrical (@jayckb) October 2, 2014

And ones that did:

If you have a thought that isn't smart

Just make it rhyme to sound like art



#NationalPoetryDay

— Adam Hess (@adamhess1) October 2, 2014

Including a reminder of this pure pop poetry (again, featuring toast):

I don't want to see a ghost

It's a sight that I fear most

I'd rather have a piece of toast

And watch the evening news



#NationalPoetryDay

— McMmns (@Danny_McMoomins) October 2, 2014

There were political poems:

In the election of 2015

I trust Cameron will have been

Soundly beaten

(like he was at Eton).

#clerihew #NationalPoetryDay

— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) October 2, 2014

And puns:

On National Poetry Day, someone may come to your house to read your Metre. #NationalPoetryDay

— James Martin (@Pundamentalism) October 2, 2014

There were even tweets that appealed for us to think of others:

On this, National Poetry Day, please spare a thought for the people of Nantucket. #NationalPoetryDay

— Ross Lawson (@Ross_Lawson) October 2, 2014

On #NationalPoetryDay one suspects Jeremy Hunt is feeling a little vulnerable @HuffPostUKCom

— James Martin (@ByJamesMartin) October 2, 2014

But in the end, it wasn't always as easy as it looked:

Today is #nationalpoetryday,

Everyone tries to be a Bard.

With only 140 characters to write a verse that makes sense,

it's really bloody har

— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) October 2, 2014

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