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If you are an avid and frequent Twitter user – as most journalists these days are – you may have noticed new site Poetweet , created by the Brazilian Contemporary Art centre.

The concept is simple: type a Twitter handle into the text box, choose what type of poem you want then let the software crunch your carefully written tweets into, erm, art?

Ok, Poetweet won't be winning any awards for literature but it gives an entertaining insight into the rhythm and rhyme of each account's output.

So we tried it for UK national newspaper accounts, because journalism. And because Friday.

"Muslim Rebels" – a rondel by @MailOnline
mail poem
"Kids vomit" – a rondel by @TheSunNewspaper
sun poem
"Roger Federer" – a sonnet by @Guardian
gdn poem
"Lady bits" – a rondel by @Daily_Star
star poem
"Polar bears" – a sonnet by @Independent
indy poem
"Rory Bremner" – a sonnet by @TheTimes
times poem
"Important speeches" – a rondel by @Telegraph
telegraph poem
"Google Earth" – a rondel by @DailyMirror
mirror poem
"Private service" – a sonnet by @Daily_Express
express poem

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Alastair Reid

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