Tinywords
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tinywords, founded in October 2000 by D. F. Tweney (aka Dylan Tweney), is an online English language haiku
and micropoetry
journal that publishes one haiku or very small poem every weekday on its website.
From 2000 to 2008, tinywords focused exclusively on haiku and senryū
, publishing more than 1,500 haiku by more than 300 different authors. Recognized haiku poets whose work has appeared on tinywords include Michael Dylan Welch, William J. Higginson
, Jim Kacian
, George Swede
, Hortensia Anderson, Jeffrey Winke, Randy Brooks, Stanford Forrester, Patricia Prime and Aurora Antonovic. Novelist Rick Moody
has also appeared in the publication.
tinywords ceased publishing in June 2008 and resumed publishing in November 2009, with a new focus on micropoetry
as well as haiku.
There is a free mailing list
that sends each daily poem to subscribers, either by email or mobile phone
(including SMS
phones and pager
s, and smartphone
s). The daily haiku is also available as an RSS
web feed
.
channel version of the website that is specifically designed to display properly on internet-capable smartphones and PDA
s.
There is also an I-mode
version of the website for NTT DoCoMo
's I-mode service for mobile phones that is very popular in Japan and Europe.
Haiku in English
Haiku in English is a development of the Japanese haiku poetic form in the English language.Contemporary haiku are written in many languages, but most poets outside of Japan are concentrated in the English-speaking countries....
and micropoetry
Micropoetry
Micropoetry is a genre of poetic verse including twaiku and , which is characterized by its extreme brevity. The novelist W. G. Sebald may have been the first to use the term "micropoem," in reference to the poems of about 20 words in length that made up his 2004 work, ...
journal that publishes one haiku or very small poem every weekday on its website.
From 2000 to 2008, tinywords focused exclusively on haiku and senryū
Senryu
is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 or fewer total morae . Senryū tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious...
, publishing more than 1,500 haiku by more than 300 different authors. Recognized haiku poets whose work has appeared on tinywords include Michael Dylan Welch, William J. Higginson
William J. Higginson
William J. Higginson was an American poet, translator and author most notable for his work with haiku and renku, born in New York City...
, Jim Kacian
Jim Kacian
James Michael Kacian, an American haiku poet, editor, publisher, and public speaker was born on July 26, 1953, in Worcester, Massachusetts, then adopted and raised in Gardner, Massachusetts. He has lived in London, Nashville, Bridgton and now resides in Winchester, Virginia...
, George Swede
George Swede
George Swede , is a Canadian psychologist, poet and children's writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario...
, Hortensia Anderson, Jeffrey Winke, Randy Brooks, Stanford Forrester, Patricia Prime and Aurora Antonovic. Novelist Rick Moody
Rick Moody
Rick Moody is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm, a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought widespread acclaim, became a bestseller, and was made into a feature film of...
has also appeared in the publication.
tinywords ceased publishing in June 2008 and resumed publishing in November 2009, with a new focus on micropoetry
Micropoetry
Micropoetry is a genre of poetic verse including twaiku and , which is characterized by its extreme brevity. The novelist W. G. Sebald may have been the first to use the term "micropoem," in reference to the poems of about 20 words in length that made up his 2004 work, ...
as well as haiku.
There is a free mailing list
Electronic mailing list
An electronic mailing list is a special usage of email that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. It is similar to a traditional mailing list — a list of names and addresses — as might be kept by an organization for sending publications to...
that sends each daily poem to subscribers, either by email or mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
(including SMS
SMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
phones and pager
Pager
A pager is a simple personal telecommunications device for short messages. A one-way numeric pager can only receive a message consisting of a few digits, typically a phone number that the user is then requested to call...
s, and smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
s). The daily haiku is also available as an RSS
RSS (file format)
RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format...
web feed
Web feed
A web feed is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection of web feeds accessible in one spot is known as aggregation, which is performed by an aggregator...
.
SMS (Short message service) mobile phone subscriptions
Because haiku are so short, they can be messaged to cell phones and text pagers using SMS. The daily haiku from tinywords.com are designed to be under 160 characters, including headers, to fit the limits of most SMS devices, although messages are occasionally sent as links to longer poems. tinywords has subscription instructions for users of the major US cell phone carriers and SMS services. There is also a table that shows how to figure out your cell phone's email address based on its phone number.Smartphones and PDA subscriptions
There is an AvantGoAvantGo
AvantGo was a Web page / file synchronization service for personal digital assistants and smartphones. The system consisted of a browser client software running on the device, a synchronization server, and an Internet-connected PC to transfer Web pages into the mobile device...
channel version of the website that is specifically designed to display properly on internet-capable smartphones and PDA
Personal digital assistant
A personal digital assistant , also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Current PDAs often have the ability to connect to the Internet...
s.
There is also an I-mode
I-mode
NTT DoCoMo's i-mode is a mobile internet service popular in Japan. Unlike Wireless Application Protocol, i-mode encompasses a wider variety of internet standards, including web access, e-mail and the packet-switched network that delivers the data...
version of the website for NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo
is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, "do communications over the mobile network", and is also from a compound word dokomo, meaning "everywhere" in Japanese. Docomo provides phone, video phone , i-mode , and mail services...
's I-mode service for mobile phones that is very popular in Japan and Europe.