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For ⁦TopTweetTuesday⁩ and our host, ⁦Regine Ebner⁩ By some fluke this is exactly the specified number of words so it had to be the one I chose. Thanks to ⁦Matthew M C Smith⁩ for his interest and energy.

Ellie Rees TopTweetTuesday Matthew M C Smith Ellie, this quietly tempered piece about the passing of time is so moving and elegant, the echo of its roar swallowed whole. A lovely reverie and contemplation.

Thanks ⁦Matthew M C Smith⁩ and ⁦Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu⁩ for setting this. I enjoyed the arithmetic (all are 14 words long) but I left no time for the poetry! ⁦⁦TopTweetTuesday⁩

Ellie Rees Matthew M C Smith Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu A unique take on the brief!

The nights are drawing in and the cowslips are over but we have ⁦TopTweetTuesday⁩, a kind host, ⁦marcelle newbold poems⁩ and ⁦Matthew M C Smith⁩ Hope this makes you smile!

The nights are drawing in, the cowslips are over but we have ⁦TopTweetTuesday⁩ kind host ⁦marcelle newbold poems⁩ and ⁦Matthew M C Smith⁩ !

Ellie Rees TopTweetTuesday marcelle newbold poems Matthew M C Smith Dearest Ellie a wonderful whimsical delight & thank you for teaching the meaning of slyppe Really enjoyed reading this

Ellie Rees TopTweetTuesday marcelle newbold poems Matthew M C Smith An absolute delight - the combination of styles in the diction is joyous from the formal to the fanciful to the bathos in the hilarious image of ‘ladies’ bloomers’. And the ending, reworked in the second poem, is wonderful. Smiles all round

A late (and too long) ⁦TopTweetTuesday⁩ but hopefully ⁦Sue Finch (she/her)⁩ will be kind to this snapshot from my past. Thanks to ⁦Matthew M C Smith⁩

For ⁦TopTweetTuesday⁩ and host ⁦sandra noel⁩ Just realised that my imagist poem (120 words) has been tweeted before! So in a rush, here is another, probably not the best.

Ellie Rees TopTweetTuesday Great title Ellie, i love the description of the old woman hobbling at speed. I can see her holding the scents to her face, and the dismay at the loss of their perfume. Love the nettles at the end and just the memory of the woman. 🌱

Ellie Rees TopTweetTuesday sandra noel A gentle sadness pervades this - all the highly scented plants and herbs you mention, yet ‘I sniff my hands in vain’ - and the last line is so poignant. But there’s defiance, too- ‘I refuse to be confined’ - and an urgency as she hobbles ‘at speed’, ‘snatching at leaves’. Lovely

Ellie Rees TopTweetTuesday sandra noel Well, I like it Ellie😍. Nice Shakespeare reference in the title. I felt the sense of loss and losing things throughout. That last line got me... 😳

Great to have Kim Russell in the hosting chair this week for the quadrill challenge containing unruly. This is ‘Home Economics’ Will read and respond later my TopTweetTuesday friends. Thanks Matthew M C Smith for the space

I like the way you dived straight into your quadrille with ‘Our bodies are unruly’, Ian, a timely reminder for me, which is why I am shortly off to aqua aerobics, which makes me ‘as unassailable as steel’ for 45 minutes! The ‘unwellbeing…clawing to be free’ resonated with me.

Here’s my 44 word poem, stemming from time in Texas. Have a great day hosting, Kim. ⁦TopTweetTuesday⁩ ⁦Kim Russell⁩

⁦TopTweetTuesday⁩ always squeezes at least an attempt of a poem out of me. This one is adapted from the final poem in ‘Modest Raptures’ Have a good day Kim Russell and ⁦Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu⁩

Here’s my poem for today’s theme. TopTweetTuesday Carol Sheppard

Well that was fun ⁦Carol Sheppard⁩! Passion ⁦TopTweetTuesday⁩ but grey and wet and passionless outside. 61 words. Thanks to ⁦Matthew M C Smith⁩

Ellie Rees TopTweetTuesday Carol Sheppard Matthew M C Smith Love this Ellie. The sudden added dimension given to a parent and preserved right before your eyes. I can imagine it really could feel a betrayal to see such tenderness shared elsewhere!