POETWEET WITH THE MAYOR

"I think that I shall never meet / A poem lovely as a Tweet..."

Who knows? If he had been around today, perhaps that’s what Joyce Kilmer would have scribbled in his notebook (or typed on his smartphone) Instead, we can only imagine Kilmer’s attempts at composing verse on Twitter - and give it our own shot.

To celebrate National Poetry Month, the Mayor’s Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) is holding its third annual Twitter poetry "Poetweet" contest starting on Friday, April 6. So start scribbling, and tweet us your best rhymes, verses, and haikus using #NYCpoetweet. Submissions received by April 20 will be considered for publication in Metro New York on Poem In Your Pocket day (April 26), but Poetweet to your heart's content throughout the month!

The rules of the contest are simple: keep it clean and keep it to one Tweet. Here are the winning “poetweets" that were published in Metro last year (note the new hashtag this year - don’t forget to make it #NYCpoetweet):

@Guruoftheues Pizzafalafel/corndogwaffle/reubenroti/porkbaupierogi/Can’t make my mind up/what to have for lunch? #NYCpoetweet

@meeses Huddledmasses yearning 2Bfree/sound the depths beneath NYC/alonetogether togetheralone/only in motion R we @ home #NYCpoetweet

@fairsister Rush hour commute. / Searching a hundred faces / for traces of yours. #NYCpoetweet

@ecafypah Red LED hand tells me no. Won't let lights control my life. 2 steps, no cars. 14 steps, relax near curb. Oops! Forgot bike lane. #NYCpoetweet

@pondpoet Brown water towers against grey clouds/Thatched hydrohuts spindle legged/toads perched atop tenements #NYCpoetweet

PIYP TWEETS FROM THE STREET
Across the U.S., all non-poetweet PIYP activities will use #pocketpoem for messages on Twitter. So when you find yourself at an impromptu sidewalk poetry slam, use #pocketpoem in your tweet to alert your friends and join the conversation!

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