Poetic License: Sweet tweets greet #WorldPoetryDay
It’s World Poetry Day and the Twitter hashtag has been trending across the globe as the creatively minded among us try their hand at crafting a poetic masterpiece in 140 characters or less.
Here are just some of those attempts at poetic expression you can find under #WorldPoetryDay today.
Happy #WorldPoetryDay!
— 50 Nerds of Grey (@50NerdsofGrey) March 21, 2016
Robots are red,
Mutants are blue,
Tribbles are sweet,
So is R2-D2.
We may be small
— TheCoastguardTeam (@CoastguardTeam) March 21, 2016
And our uniform is blue
If you get lost at the coast
We will come and find you#WorldPoetryDaypic.twitter.com/fAnx8YBNKc
Anything
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) March 21, 2016
can be a poem
if you just
keep hitting enter
whilst writing
a sentence#WorldPoetryDay
A love poem #WorldPoetryDaypic.twitter.com/TLvBGtI1nj
— TwistedDoodles (@twisteddoodles) March 21, 2016
Even to the eyes
— R.K. Gold (@RKGold91) March 21, 2016
of a statue
the ambition
of some
stands still#WorldPoetryDaypic.twitter.com/vruSqfcSYl
Other poetry lovers are simply showing off their knowledge of great lyricism by quoting lines and verses from some of the greats.
From Maya Angelou on #WorldPoetryDay - To all that love liberty & long for peace..."I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" pic.twitter.com/TLtysoc8O4
— Doug Wheelock (@Astro_Wheels) March 21, 2015
"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."
— Penguin Books UK (@PenguinUKBooks) March 21, 2016
― Robert Frost#WorldPoetryDay
Feel the difference: 'I walked by myself and suddenly saw a lot of yellow flowers' Celebrate #WorldPoetryDaypic.twitter.com/cpf3hfZmMr
— Ros Asquith (@RosAsquith) March 21, 2016
This 3,000-year-old papyrus features a popular poem from ancient Egypt https://t.co/Xmujmkg4On#WorldPoetryDaypic.twitter.com/ETiau0OP28
— British Museum (@britishmuseum) March 21, 2016
March 21 was declared World Poetry Day during UNESCO’s 30th session in Paris in 1999.
The aim of the international event is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression.
Poetry helps to promote linguistic diversity & freedom of expression -@UNESCO@IrinaBokova on #WorldPoetryDayhttps://t.co/J3UV6tle63
— UNIC Pakistan (@UNIC_Pakistan) March 21, 2016
Happy #WorldPoetryDay ! Which poem is your favorite? https://t.co/fEqaH8wTTapic.twitter.com/zM4VjUxIjF
— UNESCO (@UNESCO) March 21, 2016
Poets willing to share their work in public also have the chance to be rewarded with what every writer craves - caffeine. The #PayWithAPoem initiative was created by Austrian coffee company Julius Meinl to coincide with World Poetry Day.
I'm loving this at @BalansLondon; for #WorldPoetryDay, buy your coffee with a poem!#PayWithAPoem#PoetryForChangepic.twitter.com/R0kmRUO5GG
— Richard Delaney (@RichardDDelaney) March 21, 2016
Cafes around the world are allowing customers to pay for their coffee with a written or spoken poem.
#WorldPoetryDay paying for my coffee this morning with an ode to the dearly departed Punk n Donuts #PayWithAPoempic.twitter.com/L2f8k3Vf3j
— Aamer Madhani (@AamerISmad) March 21, 2016
