I was excited to receive a message this morning from Beth Wellington that more and more poets are starting to use Twitter.
@gracebauerpoet @_JoyCastro http://t.co/SNTpLtZMnj & @TellMeMoreNPR #tmmpoetry Poetry Month & @servantofchaos‘s @TwitterPoetry
— BethWellington (@BethWellington) August 3, 2013
This article, published in The Independent, talks about the way Twitter is allowing poets of all shapes and sizes, find new audiences and test out new technology at the same time.
Back in 2007 I setup an account called @TwitterPoetry where you could login and contribute a line to a collaborative poem. The last entry seems to have been 2010 – but perhaps it’s time to be collaboratively creative again. Here is how:
- Log into the TwitterPoetry account: Use the username TwitterPoetry and password wr1tetwitterpoetry and contribute a line to the growing poem (note there is a 1 in the password).
- Follow TwitterPoetry: Become a “follower” of TwitterPoetry and see how the poem grows as and when someone else contributes to it.
To see the whole poem, go here.
Let your creative juices flow … I look forward to reading your/our work!