Poetweet is an enormously fun website, developed by the b_arco cultural centre in Sao Paolo, which transforms a user’s tweets into poems. The scary thing is that most of the poems it generates seem well, quite good. We thought we’d see what happened when we used the Twitter accounts of some of real-life UK-based poets to generate new poems through Poetweet. What happens next will...etc etc. Be sure to have a look at the real poets’ websites for the real thing. Oh and try Poetweet.
Ian McMillan is (literally) one of the best-known voices in British poetry, thanks to frequent radio appearances. Read more about Ian here and follow him at @IMcMillan.
Room next door lighting cigarettes.
Postmodernism in action
Podcast on Viral litotes!
Of species: heaveolution.
Looked like his dad in the mirror.
Station, Platform Severe.
Squashed quiff horror
Same here!
A Hirst's pork pie in Knaresborough
Me soon
Getting lighter though!
Pearson, lighting up the afternoon!
Never enough
Sabrina Mahfouz is a poet, playwright and performer. Her latest book is The Clean Collection: Play And Poems. Follow her at @SabrinaMahfouz.
- the Arabic 'faded' illegible
No judgement on you at all x love
On domestic violence is terrible:
Parliament yesterday via bad move
At best, terrifying at times...
An event to put hope in my heart.
Thanks James!
Ur way to for with music comedy art
Isn't online/in print yet but soon!
As boys to remove that signage'
For with at on sat afternoon:
Equality Illusion / Living Dolls.
Again because you chose the sand'
Flesh, far far too many smells.
Salena Godden’s memoir Springfield Road was published in October 2014. Read more of her musings at www.SalenaGodden.com and follow her at @salenagodden.
Clay pots in the Thames tide...
LET US ALL BE TOO BRAVE TOGETHER!
I realised I was going inside...
So much, can you adopt me please!
Follow for a good place to start!
Cheese and cheese just in case
Support this brilliant crowd fund!
W/ UK kids & refugee children
Chris McCabe is Chief Librarian at the Poetry Library (which you should visit to see its amazing shelving system. And all the poems, obviously). His latest collection is Speculatrix. He blogs at chris-mccabe.blogspot.co.uk and you can follow him on Twitter at @mccabio.
Declan Ryan for at this evening:
Died the year of Beatles Revolver
I'm going!
For everything, even a hangover
Of what I get up to at night!
To make an appearance possible!
And then also bought
Tour, places still available:
Round-of-applause for May though
As the curry improves with age...
Crate of Budweiser will be enough
You're taking part in the event!
With the best drinking companions!
In 170AD history would be different
Amy Key’s first collection was Luxe, a "magnificent spree in a bric-a-brac shop”. Most recently, she edited Best Friends Forever for the Emma Press (which produces very beautiful books). Read more at www.amyvkey.com, and follow Amy at @msamykey.
& I was grateful for that
ahhh that's what she said...
Got a legend of Zelda beanie hat
In a little castle brick is laid
My notes on poem 'Hello beautiful'
Glad they're a good place to start
Last year <3 I am very grateful
Put a lovely lightness in my heart
Can't afford submittable
Fully endorsed
Incredible
Like I need them to stay closed?
Match 'yellow Formica table'"
Sarah Hesketh’s most recent collection is The Hard Word Box, the result of acting as poet-in-residence in a care home for people with dementia. Read more of Sarah’s work here, and follow her on twitter at @slhesketh.
Thanks for sharing Alice!
Bit of Martin's work with Bettine.
Love to actually hear her voice.
From frozen bread you were raised.
I spoke to the about and
That's why it has self organised.'
Sid it was in a furniture shop.
Bag stuffing for in progress
Kate Tempest is probably the best known young performance poet in the UK today, having both won the Ted Hughes Prize and been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Read more about Kate at katetempest.co.uk and follow her at @katetempest.
On at 7.30 us on at 8.50 tonight
And I've loved every minute
John snow on c4 news last night
Nice one guys. Salute
From but if u only want parables
This will be dope...
Up to mailing list to get presales!
Gonna love this record :) I hope
WOLVES out tomorrow anditsFREE!
Tho, it will speak for itself
A lot get a copy see if u agree?
THERE? you should definitely come
Nice photo ”
Love coming home
Katy Evans-Bush was born in New York and now lives in east London. As well as being a poet, Katy is on Orwell-Prize shortlisted blogger, who writes at Baroque In Hackney. Follow her at @KatyEvansBush.
Thank you, any updates?
He writes, and hs poetry advice.
Thanks for the favourites,
Turns out to be really obnoxious.
We think. Wider picture Sheenagh.
David Starkey is so hilarious
To Stamford Hill. I'm dripping...
2015. We shall see. #passionplanner
Tom Chivers is a poet and producer, and runs publishing house Penned In The Margins. His most recent collection is Flood Drain. He has never worked for the Daily Telegraph or Buzzfeed. Follow him at @thisisyogic.
& I can play my music loud.
Your bedside). #corollaries
Again, a few years older SO PROUD!
Merry Christmas my dears
Been informed it ain't by her!
For me, to shame the little beggars
Glossy locks, such tactical flair
Have responded. Shame, many duped!
George Szirtes was born in Hungary in 1948. He was one the TS Eliot Prize, the Faber Prize and “some Hungarian ones”. He blogs at georgeszirtes.blogspot.co.uk. Follow George on twitter at @george_szirtes.
It's Still Raining, read aloud...
A la Licorne. (Simple conventions?)
Yes, the night and the wind loud.
Welcome and congratulations
Theodore Roethke reading his...
The arms, the hands. The fingers.
The 2nd RT - the one before this.
I haven't. Your father's?
The chance. Please remain seated.
Far he had failed to be himself.
Business, a villanelle redrafted
They claimed to have the clout...
What mortal ever heard...
I'll search them out.
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