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Twittle in a Nutshell

What’s a twittle? — A twittle is a nutty poem in the class of a quatrain exactly one hundred alphabet letters a perfect workout for your brain © Carolyn Hastings 2022 And that’s a twittle in a nutshell! …

Poetry

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Poetry

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Published in Engage

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Make Your Twittle Count

We’re making twittle history — Hi, I am the curator of twittles among many roles and titles I’m everyone’s twittle inspector and a pedantic letter counter I love reading others’ twittles But watch out! I scan them like a hawk One letter off the magic score Excuse me, we need to talk! If you’re the…

Twittle

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Twittle

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Published in Paper Poetry

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The Makeover

Fizz-crackle let your poetry dreams ignite — Another notch in the circuitry the fattening of time December fades into the sunset fizz-crackle as dreams ignite there’s spirit still in spent tea-leaves whosoever cedes butterfly wings bestow grace upon our tongues and pay homage to the muse Welcome to 2023! Thank you for joining us here at Paper…

Poetry Prompt

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Poetry Prompt

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Published in Paper Poetry

·Jan 20

I Saw Her Today of All Days

The unfinished business of grief — If you’ve been reading my more recent stories, you’d have noticed grief, death and dying have been recurring themes. It’s not what I like writing about, but the truth is I need a way to process the events of the past few weeks. A lot has happened. It was a…

The Makeover

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The Makeover

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Published in The Lark

·Jan 16

Angel Feather

A twittle for Josie — A downy feather floats to heaven pure white and light as snow with it goes a sweet little girl an angel on a forever rainbow © Carolyn Hastings 2023 Dedicated to my great-great niece, Josie, who died yesterday (Jan 15, 2023), aged 2 years 7 months. A little girl who…

Grief

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Grief

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Jan 10

Vale Susannah MacKinnie

And her music man — Grateful for the time we had your friendship and inspiration I’ll miss the brilliance that was you Susannah Appalachian My heartfelt sympathies and condolences to Susannah and Steve’s family and to all who knew and loved them, including her many friends here on Medium. 🙏 💙 💛 Susannah, for those…

Tribute

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Tribute

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Published in Paper Poetry

·Jan 1

Paper Poetry Memo — January Poetry Prompt Alert

Timeline: January 1–31, 2023 — ✨ Come and join us for our first writing prompt for 2023! ✨ Turn over a new leaf (or click here) and get set for a change!

Poetry Prompt

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Poetry Prompt

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Paper Poetry Memo — January Poetry Prompt Alert

Timeline: January 1–31, 2023

Assembled in Canva using image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

✨ Come and join us for our first writing prompt for 2023! ✨

Turn over a new leaf (or click here) and get set for a change!

Published in Paper Poetry

·Dec 27, 2022

Post-Christmas Brain Fuzz

A lazy twittle — Post-Christmas laziness sets in It’s so damn hard to begin A twittle? What’s that? I can’t remember! LOL!! It’s decidedly December! © Carolyn Hastings 2022 It must be the brandy cream on the Christmas pudding that sets off the brain fuzz because every year around mid-afternoon on Christmas Day it…

Decidedly December

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Decidedly December

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Published in Everything Fun

·Dec 20, 2022

Benny and Bo on the Go-Go! 🎄

A Christmas twittle 🎄 — Benny and Bo, bear-muso bros boppin’ ’n’ rockin’ to ’n’ fro they sing and they jig in the mistletoe cheery Christmas joy on the go-go! © Carolyn Hastings 2022 Benny and Bo have been part of our family for decades. Every year they break out of their box, get fresh…

Christmas

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Christmas

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Published in Hope * Healing * Humour

·Dec 18, 2022

The Dragonfly

A huitain poem and a fable retold — I saw a dragonfly today It whizzed by my kitchen window, reminding me of our sorrow I watched it zig-zag on its way It gave me cause to stop and pray for those who have been left behind from cancer death or suicide I pray, Be blessed this Christmas Day. …

Grief

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Grief

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