[2] A subsequent notice linked to an example of micropoetry by another user, which was clearly lyrical but didn't appear to fit any preexistent form such as haiku or tanka.
While short poems are most associated with the haiku, the emergence of microblogging sites in the 21st century created a modern venue for epigrammatic verse.
A famous early example of this was Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin's Twitter feed, which comedian Conan O'Brien and actor William Shatner spoofed as poetry.
[5] In order to fit the most meaning into few characters, micropoetry often breaks traditional rules of grammar and lexicon[citation needed], as in this example: evrywhr:i c mmnts crl'd back like lips frm ancnt teeth;evrywhr:i C the bones,their shapes ntwined in2 the flowrs of gd's infnite spirogrph[6] The form is also often characterized by spontaneous and rapid production and dissemination, as in the King's Place Twitter contest, judged by Yoko Ono.
The winning poem from that May 2009 contest was written by Simon Brake:[7] beneath the Morning Sun, The city is painted gold, People move like bees through honey[8]