Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 6, 2011 As part of Tell Me More's celebration of National Poetry Month, host Michel Martin has been inviting listeners to send in poetic tweets. That is, poems no longer than 140 characters that are posted via Twitter. The call has generated hundreds of responses and today, Martin shares a tweeted verse from 25-year-old Caitlin Cowan of Washington, D.C.

Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 6, 2011

Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 6, 2011

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By @darlingaesthete:

La Callas! Mouth like a wooden box! Imperfect viola with the neck cut off. Biding time til the hard spots, swallowing eggs, time.