Twitter Poetry

If you’re like me Twitter made you realize how little you care about what the hundreds of people in your social networks actually do during their day.

I joined twitter back in December and I have to admit it made me realize how little I care about other people’s current status. If I ever really wanted to know when someone 500 miles away is getting coffee I think it would make me very depressed, I barely look at the updates from the people I know. So I’ve turned off most of phone notifications I receive ( except from Inner Twitter, and some choice friends)

Today I got inspired. If you can’t read the text to the left it goes as follows:I don’t want a love you have to put on a clothes line. I need at least a low heat tumble dry love, a favorite t-shirt kind of love This was my latest notification, and with it I decided to band together every poet I could to start tweeting short poems to each other.

How it works:

1. First commit to writing 140 character poems/stanzas. I’m asking that no one slam our cellphones with a 20 post poem, so focus on keeping it short, though longer submissions are fine as long as you parse them out to one or two a day. My personal goal is one poem a day.
   1. There are no hard and fast rules here, write however you want.
   2. If you want some direction I suggest using mundane everyday occurences as inspiration, you know like what people are tweeting only make it poetry, that could lead to some beautiful relevations
2. Find and follow fellow poets. Opt for cellphone notifications from your favorite poets, and give your gold stars to the best twitted poems you find.
3. Check in here for lists of new tweeting poets I find, good blog posts, and my favorite poems. I’ll also post new project ideas as I find them, and tips for building your own audience.

I’m open to ideas and suggestions, for projects, and I’m making it my personal mission to market this to the online communities.