Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 27, 2011

Today's tweeted poem comes from Summer Beretsky of Phoenixville, Pa. Summer works as an analyst at a marketing company and blogs about anxiety and panic for PsychCentral.com.

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MARTIN: We've been hearing your poetic tweets on this program as part of our celebration of National Poetry Month. We've been asking you to send us poems that are no more than 140 characters through Twitter. We received more than 500 responses from all over the country. Today, a tweet from Summer Beretsky of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

Summer works as an analyst at a marketing company in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. She also blogs about anxiety and panic for PsychCentral.com. Here's her tweet. Now, remember, these are short. Only 140 characters each. So listen up.

Ms. SUMMER BERETSKY: This is Summer Beretsky. And this is my tweet.

(Reading) The itch on my sneakered soul, laces too tight to bother, I walk on.

MARTIN: Like we said, these are short. So let's play it again.

Ms. BERETSKY: (Reading) The itch on my sneakered soul, laces too tight to bother, I walk on.

MARTIN: That's a poetic tweet by Summer Beretsky.

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