Miniature poetry
tinywords got its start with a simple inspiration: Haiku are perfectly suited to the 160-character limit imposed by SMS text messaging.
Now, a similar notion has
Author: d. f. tweney
d. f. tweney is the publisher of tinywords.com. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, two children, two dogs, and a cat. He tries to write haiku every day, but he doesn't always succeed.
How tinywords will work
This is how I hope to publish the new tinywords:
I will arrange collections of short poetry into issues. There may also be art and essays, perhaps even a review or two.
blue light
from the laptop’s screen–
a break in the clouds
Haibun for Bill Higginson
over the bay
a jet banks into the haze
(haibun for Bill Higginson)
Issue 10.1 Now Available in Print
Issue 10.1 is now complete, and I’m pleased to be able to offer it as a printed book.
This is something I’ve wanted to do with tinywords for a long time. There
Venus appears,
a sharp curl of light
planed off
the gone sun