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