The Failure of Richie Miller
Richie Miller is a Twitter based novel that I began writing on April 7th, 2009 while I was “studying for exams” during my second-last semester at the University of Waterloo. The idea spawned from an article I read about a poet who released his most recent poem through Twitter updates. Neat, I thought. It’s great to see writers and artists experiment with social media. Then I thought; I’m going to write a book via Twitter updates, one tweet per day.
An Old Man Watches the Farmer Break
I couldn’t help but watch from the deck.
The day unrolling properly.
The earth still pushing the grass from it’s skin, so
the blades stood tall as the neighbour’s mower cut them down.
Love
A man of good stature leaves the CEO’s office, closing the door behind him to end the day. In a fine suit, younger than his newborn daughter, he makes his way out of the office building and to his car.
“Going home to meet the flowers,” he sings to himself.
The flowers in tune are the multi-coloured roses that were delivered to his wife this morning.
Roving for Chisos: A Journey Into
The dogs struggle initially, kicking sand into my face with little productivity, but soon they pull together and the sleigh picks up speed. In no time I am being transported across the granular terrain at about twenty kilometers per hour.
