#FollowReader Transcript
Friday, November 6, 2009
Guests: Dominique Raccah (@draccah) of SourceBooks and PoetrySpeaks.com, and Guy LeCharles Gonzales (@glecharles) of LoudPoet.comFriday, November 6, 2009
Topic: Poetry in the DigitalAge
Posted by draccah on Fri Nov 6th at 2:07:12 PM (msg id: 5488989902)
#followreader @KatMeyer Poetry renaissance? Not yet, but I think people are more receptive to poetry than they have been in a while.
#followreader Of course, @draccah and @sourcebooks have had some surprising success with poetry, so something's happening.
Part of @poetryspeaks' mission is 2 make poetry more discoverable + less intimidating. What's the response from users so far? #followreader
...because we're all becoming more engaged in producing art on web. so you're seeing more writing (suspect explosively more) #followreader
#followreader @KatMeyer As a user, I think @poetryspeaks is a leap forward in discoverability, not just of the canon, but new voices, too.
the response to @poetryspeaks has been incredible. Incredible enthusiasm and real wanting to participate. #followreader
@draccah Did you start @poetryspeaks because of the business opp. or your own interest? Most pubs treat poetry like pro bono. #followreader
@5fishesjournal RT @KatMeyer: 2day we'll be talking abt POETRY + abt the web's impact on poetry, poets, and lovers of poetry. #followreader
@gregpincus RT @KatMeyer: 2day we'll be talking abt POETRY + abt the web's impact on poetry, poets, and lovers of poetry. #followreader
So, the audience for poetry is changing? How so? #followreader
@susanwrites @WorldClassPoet RT @KatMeyer: 2day talking abt POETRY + abt web impact on poetry, poets, & poetry lovers. #followreader
I agree with @glecharles that you're going to see a lot of new things on @poetryspeaks including lots of new voices #followreader
With more opportunity for creating + discoverability - is there any grumbling from the more traditional poetry world? #followreader
#followreader @KayMeyer The audience is expanding as people realize there's much more than the handful of poems they learned in school.
RT @TomThompson: @draccah Did u start @poetryspeaks 4 business opp. or your own interest? #followreader
RT @KatMeyer 2day we'll be talking about POETRY + about the web's impact on poetry, poets, and lovers of poetry. #followreader
I haven't got a lot of time today, but I'm listening with interest. #followreader
TomThompson Did you start @poetryspeaks cuz business opp. or own interest? I think as publishers we have 2 find new biz models #followreader
Just a little FYI. I've started a poetry link-up every Wednesday called FreeVerse. http://ow.ly/zY3p #followreader I'm easing people into it
note: tweetchat/twitter apps seem to be slow today. patience everyone! #followreader
#followreader @KatMeyer Who cares what "the traditional poetry world" thinks? They haven't done the best job of making poetry relevant.
...and that means models that aren't "I print the book". we're not printers. so @poetryspeaks is an attempt at 1 new model #followreader
@glecharles How do you think @poetryspeaks works across perceived camps in poetry community: spkn wrd, old school, avants etc. #followreader
RT @glecharles: Who cares what "the traditional poetry world" thinks? They havent done the best job of making poetry relevant. #followreader
#followreader "it would also / cost them / their wives / their automobiles / their girlfriends / their University jobs." Bukowski
RT@glecharles: #followreader Who cares what "the traditional poetry world" thinks? They haven't done the best job of making poetry relevant.
As a small press that publishes much poetry, both in print and online, we could only subsist as a not for profit corporation. #followreader
#followreader OK so I'm hoping to create a space where everyone is included and I think the traditional poets will buy into it
RT @draccah: Im hoping to create a space where everyone is included and I think the traditional poets will buy into it #followreader
@draccah Were you looking for a model & thought "poetry." Or were you looking at poetry & thought "new model"? #followreader
@TomThompson @poetryspeaks puts a value on poetry; it's not archival or preservationist. What poet can logically find fault? #followreader
RT @glecharles #followreader "it would also /cost them / their wives /their automobiles /their girlfriends / their University jobs."Bukowski
book publishers have 2 change. At 1 point I said to someone: we're all start-ups now; just some of us don't know it yet #followreader
#followreader RT @draccah: I'm hoping to create a space where everyone is included and I think the traditional poets will buy into it.
@glecharles #followreader trad poetry world is Poetry Foundation. As a perf poet, I'd think you'd be tickled with http://poetryoutloud.org/
.@poetryspeaks' mix of community/content/creation/ + commerce seems ideal. also luv that u make discoverability contextual... #followreader
#followreader RT @draccah: book pubs have 2 change. "we're all start-ups now; just some of us don't know it yet" (A-to-the-MEN!)
...how did u come up with the search categories + tagging 4 the content? do publishers/poets decide this, or do u? #followreader
@TomThompson You're right that this whole endeavor is driving by my personal passion for poetry. so yes, I thought poetry 1st #followreader
@glecharles @draccah What does a city of relevant poetry look like? What does relevance look like to you? #followreader
@glecharles #followreader Trad. poetry world also created http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/. Ruth Lilly $ is going far 4 poetry IMHO...
what's interesting is that when you r passionately trying 2 communicate about something u love, that's when you rock the world #followreader
@ChrisKubica Yes, things are changing, but it's taken traditionalists a long time to change approach and catch up. #followreader
poetry is a vertical w/ real potential to go horizontal - anyone CAN enjoy SOME poetry. r u hoping to expand beyond vertical? #followreader
I think the internet is ruining poetry. I guess it makes it more accessible though. Not sure that's good. #followreader
<3 this: RT @draccah: when u r passionately trying 2 communicate about something u love, thats when u rock the world #followreader
@wordwill Relevance is subjective; poetry didn't click with me until I heard Willie Perdomo read "Nigger Reecan Blues". #followreader
@KatMeyer @glencharles Re: bad poetry marketing. Lib budgets 4 poetry are pretty much nonexistent. Need 'em back on shelves! #followreader
.@KatMeyer so what Poetry Speaks the books showed was that the audience for poetry was actually a lot larger than we thought #followreader
@draccah #followreader It'd be cool if on @poetryspeaks u could buy a la carte poem via a content server or POD collections via (like) lulu.
RT @draccah: when you r passionately trying 2 communicate about something u love, thats when you rock the world #followreader
.@PagestoPixels can u share more of your thoughts about this? #followreader
So that's exactly what we're trying to do with PoetrySpeaks.com We want to expand the reach & readership of poets (like books) #followreader
RT @hmccormack: Re: bad poetry marketing. Lib budgets 4 poetry are pretty much nonexistent. Need em back on shelves! #followreader
@KatMeyer Poetry IS horizontal, but it's traditionally been verticalized as "ivory tower". @poetryspeaks is horizontal, IMO. #followreader
@glecharles I still remember 1st time I heard TS Eliot read on CD. HUGE, especially the Hindustani bits. #followreader
Yes & IMPORTANCE of poetry needs 2 be promoted in general.. RT @hmccormack: Re: bad poetry marketing. Need em back on shelves! #followreader
.@ChrisKubica #followreader so that's coming. we're actually working on that now. right now, we're reformatting YourMic #followreader
@the_author_ reminds me - #followreader is poetry, today! check it out!
RT @draccah: With http://PoetrySpeaks.com we want to expand the reach & readership of poets (like books) #followreader
Totally agree RT @glecharles:Poetry IS horizontal, but it's traditionally been verticalized @poetryspeaks is horizontal, IMO. #followreader
@draccah Do you have plans for children's poetry on the site? Or is it still the black sheep o' the poetry world? :-) #followreader
.@draccah so at some point, readers can create their own poetry anthology so to speak (choose poems + have bound + printed)? #followreader
RT @gregpincus: @draccah Do u have plans for childrens poetry on the site? Or is it still the black sheep o poetry world? :-) #followreader
curious: @glecharles @draccah @PoetrySpeaks - are u differentiating between published and un-published poets? is it important? #followreader
@hmccormack #followreader I'd love to buy more poetry for the library, but it doesn't circulate.
@glecharles I thought it was that poets were too often horizontal and we're trying to get them vertical! #followreader
.@KatMeyer: Yes, we expect to add that functionality. And some others that are interestingly different (lol) #followreader
@KatMeyer Some e-poetry sites are glitzy and ridiculous. It's good to get people interested, but there's oversaturation. #followreader
re: poetry suffering from bad mktg - do u think it's a branding problem? HipHop/spoken word/slam="cool" - poetry="stuffy" #followreader
RT @lindseylochner: @glecharles are u differentiating between published and un-published poets? is it important / relevant? #followreader
Aaarghh.. had to choose between #litchat and #followreader. Will go with this group 2day as it's more relevant to me #litchat
@draccah i am huge believer in "interestingly different" - and i pay premium for it! #followreader
very cool idea! RT: so at some point, readers can create their own poetry antholog (choose poems + have bound + printed)? #followreader
#followreader Poetry as a business is vertical. Poetry as an art form is horizontal; something for every taste. @tempsfuturs @gregpincus
How are we defining "published" for that matter? :) #followreader
.@KatMeyer @gregpincus: we publish a lot of kid's poetry so yes we'll add but it's complex #followreader
The internet brings over-gentrification of many mediums. I don't like to see it happening to poetry. Not to be pretentious. #followreader
#followreader @draccah @poetryspeaks should have a marketing campaign: "There's a poem for that." ;-)
YES. RT @KatMeyer: re: poetry + bad mktg - do u think its a branding problem? HipHop/spoken word/slam="cool" poetry="stuffy" #followreader
@PagestoPixels ah, so similar 2 proliferation problems in overall book/lit world. 2 much content can b a bad thing 4 poetry? #followreader
RT @glecharles: #followreader Poetry as a business is vertical. Poetry as an art form is horizontal; something for every taste.
RT @glecharles #followreader @draccah @poetryspeaks should have a marketing campaign: "There's a poem for that." ;-)
luv it! RT @glecharles: #followreader @draccah @poetryspeaks should have a marketing campaign: "Theres a poem for that." ;-) #followreader
RT @Writing_Is_Fun: Aaarghh.. had to choose betwn #litchat & #followreader. Will go with this group 2day as it's morerelevant to me #litchat
@glecharles Is poetry business only vertical? No collaborative work is possible? Or mix (Lessig)? #followreader
@KatMeyer Yes, I believe so. If everyone attempts poetry I think it decentralizes the art to a point of stagnation. #followreader
I think need 2 find balance b/w commercialism of iphone + "stuffy-ness" of trad poetry RT @draccah: "Theres a poem for that." #followreader
There's a lot of bad poetry, just as a lot of bad of every category in book world. so how do we curate cuz have to choose #followreader
@tempsfuturs @lindseylochner Published doesn't mean much, IMO; I know many unpubbed poets w/big audiences and chapbook sales. #followreader
@KatMeyer Problem is cultural. Poetry should be "oral." No1 has a good memory anymore. Thou maybe if we think of it as music! #followreader
@draccah If there is a new aud for poems, how do you segment it. What segments are selling? How do classic poets do versus mod #followreader
ABC News did a vicious hit piece on me today, when two impostors showed up. http://tinyurl.com/yfkmwxq Darn you, @thenote !! #followreader
Digital poetry does have similarities with antique and medieval forms of popular poetry. @glecharles #followreader
@tempsfuturs I mean vertical in terms of publishing niche. It's not a commercial fiction or self-help blockbuster category. #followreader
RT: Theres a lot of bad poetry, just as a lot of bad of every category in book world. so how do we curate cuz have to choose #followreader
Same here. So difficult to chose! RT @Writing_Is_Fun: Aaarghh.. had to choose between #litchat and #followreader.
#followreader I got hooked on poetry via the Nuyorican Poets Cafe slams, and Flippin' the Script: Rap Meets Poetry shows; mid-to-late 90s.
Posted by glecharles on Fri Nov 6th at 2:44:49 PM (msg id: 5489819814)
@draccah Sadly, with mass-comm you can't curate. Anyone can be a published author with a computer. The uniquness is going. #followreader
RT @glecharles #followreader @draccah @poetryspeaks should have a marketing campaign: "There's a poem for that." ;-) (Luv it!)
RT @hmccormack:P roblem is cultural. Poetry should be "oral." No1 has good memory anymore. maybe if we think of it as music! #followreader
RT @tempsfuturs: Digital poetry does have similarities with antique and medieval forms of popular poetry. #followreader (Expand on that?)
RT @roncharles: @draccah Try reading Poet's Choice column. Every wk we introduce a wonderful poet: http://tinyurl.com/ydeopy2 #followreader
@glecharles But some do turn to it for 'self-help' & some for 'entertainment' etc. As you sd it's a pretty horizontal vert. #followreader
@PagestoPixels #followreader You can't curate with self-pub chapbooks or zines either, but that's where the innovation comes from.
@mariblaser if you're up to it, you can follow both #litchat and #followreader on Tweetdeck columns (a test of the mind!)
RT @glecharles: I know many unpubbed poets w/big audiences and chapbook sales. Very similiar to antique and medieval times. #followreader
@PagestoPixels @draccah - actually, digital means ability to tag content + thereby curate the heck out of it. (metadatapoetry) #followreader
One of choices 4 poetryspeaks.com 2 separate spoken word poets into own section; so trad'l, spoken word & YourMic (open 2 all) #followreader
@KatMeyer @hmccormack Oral poetry never went away, but traditionalists preferred the book. Now, "slam" poets publish, too. #followreader
Digital poetry success is not depending as much on pub. As in antique/med times. Popularity trumps marketing. #followreader
RT @lifeinthegalaxy: if ur up to it, you can follow both #litchat + #followreader on Tweetdeck columns (a test of the mind!) #followreader
@glecharles @draccah Late to #followreader, but could you name a few poets emerging as trendsetters in this "renaissance" of digital poetry?
I love that @poetryspeaks makes room for 'print', audio and vis. Room for poems anyway they're made & experienced. #followreader
poetry seems ideal for transmedia - poem, to performance, to film/animation/to audio/music. #followreader
@TomThompson Oh, indeed! And I'm sure there will be the occasional breakthrough bestseller; but as a pub category, it's niche. #followreader
IMO @PoetrySpeaks and similar projects are expanding the popular vs. published digital poetry duality. #followreader
RT @KatMeyer - actually, digital means ability to tag content + thereby curate the heck out of it. (metadatapoetry) #followreader
RT @mitaliperkins: @glecharles @draccah could u name a few poets emerging as trendsetters in "renaissance" of digital poetry? #followreader
#followreader @PagestoPixels Lots of people were writing before, it just wasn't visible to everyone. Distinction still emerges online.
RT @lifeinthegalaxy @mariblaser if UR up to it U can follow both #litchat and #followreader on Tweetdeck<-but my head will explode #litchat
RT @glecharles: @KatMeyer @hmccormack Oral poetry never went away, but traditionalists preferred the book. #followreader
RT@TomThompson: I love that @poetryspeaks makes room for print, audio & vis. Room for poems anyway theyre made & experienced. #followreader
RT @KatMeyer: poetry seems ideal for transmedia - poem, to performance, to film/animation/to audio/music. #followreader
YES! Precisely idea-->RT @KatMeyer poetry seems ideal for transmedia - poem, to performance, to film/animation/to audio/music. #followreader
@mitaliperkins "Digital" just a channel; trendsetters are coming out of the spoken word scene where they've built a following. #followreader
@KatMeyer Touché. But tags can be over applied. There's only so many tags you can apply before they're uselessly specific. #followreader
.@wordwill which is why @poetryspeaks is so appealing - noncommercial does not = no value, just smaller market. #followreader
RT @KatMeyer - actually, digital means ability to tag content + thereby curate the heck out of it. (metadatapoetry) #followreader (YES!!!(
RT @KatMeyer: poetry seems ideal for transmedia — poem, to performance, to film/animation/to audio/music. #followreader Much agreed!
but there r real problems w poetry books (part of why sales r small). People r intimidated by poetry; don't know how 2 read it #followreader
@draccah @glecharles Is digital poetry a way for poetry to get back in bed with music? So to speak... #followreader
@draccah re: digital trendsetters, very much enjoying Kevin Coval's work #followreader
#followreader "Most people ignore most poetry / because / most poetry ignores most people." Adrian Mitchell (The reader isn't the problem.)
RT @draccah: there r real problems w poetry books (why sales r small): People r intimidated by poetry; dont know how 2 read it #followreader
...and don't know how to interpret. so adding add'l media help people to enjoy more and go deeper (just as oral tradition did) #followreader
Well, then there's a problem with the poetry. But, I'm not sure that making everyone a poet is a solution. #followreader
RT @draccah: but there r problems w poetry books (pt of why sales sml). People intimidated by poetry; dont know how 2 read it #followreader
Actually, what strikes me is that -- if there's the market -- shorter, lyric. poems are ideal for small mobile devices #followreader
@glecharles Do they use youtube? Could you recommend a few to watch? #followreader
RT @draccah: ...& dont know how to interpret. adding addl media help people to enjoy more & go deeper (as oral tradition did) #followreader
RT @glecharles: #followreader (The reader isn't the problem.) Maybe the book was the problem?
#followreader Too many poets write for themselves, or worse, for other poets. Some are AFRAID of an audience and choose obscurity.
You don't think the potency of poetry will be affected as people type out haikus on their cell phones b/t meetings?? #followreader
Love Poetry Fdn's Poetry "Poetry Everywhere" videos for introducing people to poetry. #followreader
(trendsetters) a name that always comes up when you ask spoken word poets who their fav poet is - Patricia Smith #followreader
@draccah I think when someone reads a poem they can understand, it helps them imagine there might be others. :) #followreader
@PagestoPixels Everyone can't be a poet. People deny themselves any talent pretty well when it comes to real art. #followreader
I disagree. You write for yourself and your passions first. If you write for an audience it becomes banal. #followreader.
@mitaliperkins Falling Star Magazine has a page with vids. #followreader
@draccah there r not many natural opportunities2 interact w/ poetry in everyday life. as culture, we don't read much poetry. #followreader
I actually think we're going to have a lot more poetry readers and listeners and mobile is absolutely part of the solution #followreader
@PagestoPixels I used to. But if X% of poetry = gold, more poets maybe =more gold. How many poems before you're a poet anyway? #followreader
RT @PagestoPixels: the potency of poetry will be affected...on cell phones? | I do. The reading of it anyway #followreader
@mitaliperkins Poets are a savvy bunch; use every tool they can to reach an audience. A lot of them are on MySpace. #followreader
RT @littlefluffycat: I think when someone reads a poem they can understand, it helps them imagine there might be others. :) #followreader
@PagestoPixels why is that different from scratching with a charcoal stick on clay? it's what we have. #followreader
RT @AZpress: Love Poetry Fdns Poetry "Poetry Everywhere" videos for introducing people to poetry. #followreader
@PagestoPixels there's a difference b/w helping more people to read/experience poetry & making more poets. #followreader
hey kids - fyi, we're coming up on the hour. want to thank our fantastic guests @draccah + @glecharles. #followreader
Barbara Holland, Poet http://bit.ly/1i952l HIGH ON 3 CUPS OF TEA #followreader
@glecharles also think sometimes poets don't supporting each other well. Online helps. #followreader.
the small screen of an iphone makes a small book and teeny poem almost too small to comprehend, (how's that fer poetry?) ;) #followreader
RT @KatMeyer: there r not many natural opportunities2 interact w/ poetry in evryday life. as culture we dont read much poetry. #followreader
@tempsfuturs I agree- but it doesn't stop everyone from trying. That's the problem. Unless I'm misunderstanding you. #followreader
if anyone needs to leave, feel free - and thanks for joining us today. the rest of us will be chatting for a little while. #followreader
@PagestoPixels It's an individual choice for all, but if you're too insular, then you'll likely have an audience of one. #followreader
and, i'll post summary and transcript of this poetry convo next week at www.followthereader.wordpress.com #followreader
RT @glecharles: Poets are a savvy bunch; use every tool they can to reach an audience. A lot of them are on MySpace. #followreader
@littlefluffycat Could you send a link to Falling Star Magazine's page of poet videos? #followreader
.@KatMeyer I think that's part of what interests me. I'm interested in how do we bring poetry deeper into the culture #followreader
@PagestoPixels the number of people trying is less than we think in fact. People are more intersted in copying/mixing. #followreader
@PagestoPixels How does one know if they've got the go-ahead to try writing poetry? #followreader
@glecharles How might I find the most accomplished and/or appreciated poets on MySpace? #followreader
@glecharles Is audience an issue when it comes to poetry? Tough question! #followreader
@littlefluffycat I think it's different because the medium itself is limiting the art. To fit the age, our poetry suffers. #followreader
@AZpress Community is essential for poets. I came up in a strong scene here in NYC; founded my series in same spirit. #followreader
and - everyone on the chat today - please feel free: post the name of your favorite poet or poem. links are lovely! #followreader
@AZpress I agree with you! something about online seems to really help w/writing community on all fronts, I think. #followreader
@wordwill Yes, everyone should try writing poetry. But, as with many things on the web, it's not usually a serious effort. #followreader
@tempsfuturs Audience is an issue only if you care about reaching an audience. "Obscurity is a choice" has become my mantra. #followreader
any suggestions from followreader crowd? RT @draccah: how do we bring poetry deeper into the culture? #followreader
#followreader Thoughtful discussion, all. Thanks for this. Thank you @glecharles, @draccah, @KatMeyer.
@glecharles Yes, I suppose that's true about insularity. #followreader
who is the one poet to go read today? check out So Edgar Allen Poe was in this car by Terry Jacobus http://bit.ly/2YV1h7 #followreader
RT @glecharles:Audience is an issue only if you care about reaching an audience. "Obscurity is a choice" has become my mantra. #followreader
@PagestoPixels but how does it limit it? I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it. :) #followreader
RT @glecharles: Audience is an issue only if u care about reaching an audience. "Obscurity is a choice" has become my mantra. #followreader
#followreader I recommend starting with an anthology. My faves include ALOUD, UNSETTLING AMERICA and SPOKEN WORD REVOLUTION (I & II).
@wordwill thanks for joining us today! #followreader
RT @draccah: one poet to go read today? check out So Edgar Allen Poe was in this car by Terry Jacobus http://bit.ly/2YV1h7 #followreader
@wordwill E.g. the internet as a medium implies a level of nonchalance which I don't think should be synonymous with the art. #followreader
RT @glecharles: i rec starting w/ anthology. My faves include ALOUD, UNSETTLING AMERICA and SPOKEN WORD REVOLUTION (I & II). #followreader
@Glecharles Be fair, some poems are obscure out of laziness -- but some serious lit just takes skill and practice to read. #followreader
rec Robert Pinsky's ESSENTIAL PLEASURES - huge volume! Saw him perform/read w/a sax & percussion players at #BostonBookFest #followReader
Posted by toofondofbooks on Fri Nov 6th at 3:08:33 PM (msg id: 5490359208)
@KatMeyer Capitalize on the coolness of the go-local movement and make indie booksellers communal centers of spoken poetry? #followreader
#followreader I also recommend checking out poetry readings. In NYC, http://louderarts.com and http://bowerypoetry.com
@KatMeyer @draccah re: poetry deeper into culture? wish we could create link w/ music industry which is poetry set to music #followreader
@draccah How do we bring poetry deeper into the culture? Poet digital communities is one answer. #followreader
RT @draccah: one poet to go read today? check out So Edgar Allen Poe was in this car by Terry Jacobus http://bit.ly/2YV1h7 #followreader
Thank you @KatMeyer and @glecharles. This was a blast. Thank you everyone who was on #followreader. Totally GREAT!!
@KatMeyer Get t-eens hooked on poetry's cool by connecting it to their culture through creative video shorts and social media? #followreader
Thank you @glecharles @DRaccah @PoetrySpeaks! Great chat, good to be talking poetry! :) #followreader
RT @mitaliperkins: @KatMeyer Capitalize on cool of go-local movemnt & make indie booksellrs communal centers of spoken poetry? #followreader
@mitaliperkins excellent idea. + i think @poetryspeaks doing something along those lines (online tix sales 2 poetry events) #followreader
@BillGlass250 Exactly my point. Whether out of laziness or intent, obscurity is a choice. #followreader
Just don't make me read it on an effin iPhone. ;) #followreader
@draccah @glecharles @KatMeyer Thx for bringing this rare subject up in the light of digital media. Again very interesting. #followreader
RT @mitaliperkins: Get teens hooked on poetry by connecting it to their culture thru creative video shorts and social media? #followreader
RT @mitaliperkins Get teens hooked on poetry's cool by connecting 2 their culture thru creative video shorts and social media? #followreader
RT @mikecane: Quote Of The Day: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://tinyurl.com/yzuv9rw (LOL!) #followreader
RT @susanmpls: poetry deeper into culture? wish we could create link w/ music industry which is poetry set to music #followreader
@tempsfuturs thanks for hanging w/ us today! always nice to have your input #followreader
RT @mikecane: Quote Of The Day: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://tinyurl.com/yzuv9rw (LOL!) #followreader: RT @mik.. http://bit.ly/1P4euB
Poems about Mike Ditka, Jack Nicholson, and Edgar Allan Poe driving a car. Love it. http://bit.ly/2YV1h7 (via @draccah) #followreader
B4 I go, does anyone know why #followreader and #litchat are both on Fridays at 4PM? #litchat
@littlefluffycat But the tool supplies the user with the means to publish with absolutely no understanding of their mission. #followreader
@susanmpls omigarsh - the nick cave "bunny munro iphone app: he composed a score to go w/ reading the book. it's awesome. #followreader
@mitaliperkins re: teens, it's about relevance. Check Urban Word http://bit.ly/7YEeY | Community Word http://bit.ly/1hmAqi #followreader
@KatMeyer U're welcome. I am the one learning here. Thx. #followreader
I'm just sad that this is considered poetry now: http://bit.ly/1f4c1X #followreader
@Writing_Is_Fun b/c when it started out, #followreader was on fri, + #litchat was only 2 days/wk. we went 2 thurs cuz of... #followreader
@KatMeyer there's apparently a few guerilla poetry outlets, those are interesting. #followreader
@Writing_Is_Fun nyc summer hours (1/2 day friday). returned to fri sched in the fall, + #litchat is now doing mwf. :( #followreader
"You have nothing to fear from the poet . . ." Ted Joans, poet http://bit.ly/FeEgS #followreader
#followreader Side note: The "digital renaissance" is not unlike poetry slams in the 90s; increased noise, but hidden signals will emerge.
@PagestoPixels shouldn't we be more concerned with helping people learn how to fill that need? #followreader
RT @MartyEisenstadt ABC did vicious hit piece on me #followreader http://tinyurl.com/yfkmwxq // guy w/ glasses looks nothing like you
RT @glecharles: The "digital renaissance" not unlike poetry slams in the 90s; increased noise, but hidden signals will emerge. #followreader
RT @tenpennyplayers: "You have nothing to fear from the poet . . ." Ted Joans, poet http://bit.ly/FeEgS #followreader
Have to go back to work. Thank YOU for having me! Any chance to talk poetry. Brilliant!! Guy & Kat, you r the best!! #followreader
@littlefluffycat gorilla poetry?! what rhymes with gorilla? #followreader
RT @glecharles: The "digital renaissance" not unlike poetry slams in the 90s; increased noise, but hidden signals will emerge. #followreader
@littlefluffycat If you want guerilla poetry, check out http://www.ubu.com It's the biggest web resource 4 experimental poems #followreader
Thanks, again to everyone! have a great weekend! #followreader
@littlefluffycat Indeed we should. But that's the problem. I don't think you can manage to teach at this rate of expansion. #followreader.
RT @TomThompson: If u want guerilla poetry, check out http://www.ubu.com biggest web resource 4 experimental poems #followreader
RT @glecharles t-eens and poetry; it's about relevance: Urban Word http://bit.ly/7YEeY | Community Word http://bit.ly/1hmAqi #followreader
RT @glecharles: #followreader @draccah @poetryspeaks should have a marketing campaign: "There's a poem for that." ;-)
@TomThompson Thanks! I've been fascinated by them, when I've found them-distribution methods are so interesting. :) #followreader
Frank O'Hara is Having a Coke With You http://bit.ly/jQLmU #followreader
@PagestoPixels but isn't the very practice of poetry, & interaction, a form of teaching? #followreader
RT @roncharles: We've run our weekly Poet's Choice column for more than 10 years! http://tinyurl.com/ydeopy2 #followreader (poetryrox)
@PagestoPixels Poetry can be nonchalant. Bad poems don't diminish good ones, do they? But I appreciate your wariness. #followreader I'm out.
RT @glecharles #followreader "Most people ignore most poetry / because / most poetry ignores most people." Adrian Mitchell
RT @bitchell: RT @glecharles "Most people ignore most poetry / because / most poetry ignores most people." Adrian Mitchell #followreader
@PagestoPixels Considered by whom? It *does* have one good point, it communicates belief. Meaning not obscure, at all. #followreader
@KatMeyer "Mozilla" -- now THERE's a digital tie for you! ha! #followreader
RT @LevyInnovation: Mike Ditka, Jack Nicholson, and Edgar Allan Poe poems driving a car. http://bit.ly/2YV1h7 (via @draccah) #followreader
@littlefluffycat LOL! perfect. #followreader
@littlefluffycat True, I'm not worried about drivel becoming too popular. Maybe I just like poetry being obscure. Hmm... #followreader
Dodge Poetry Festival on YouTube. Great readings http://bit.ly/3nw1j0 #followreader #followreader
I need some introspection, clearly. #followreader
RT @susanmpls: My fave poet is Tom Lux. #followreader
@mitaliperkins RT @JHammons: Dodge Poetry Festival on YouTube. Great readings http://bit.ly/3nw1j0 #followreader
RT @CypherBooks on SPD's bestseller list: http://tinyurl.com/yd37nen (Hammad's "breaking poems" & McKibbens' "Pink Elephant") #followreader
Walt Whitman. Wasn't crazy about Levi's use of "Pioneers, O Pioneers" but then teen son, says, "Wow, what's that from?" #followreader
RT @cdeminski: Mine is Gerard Manley Hopkins. RT @KatMeyer: RT @susanmpls: My fave poet is Tom Lux. #followreader
But it's truly hard to choose: Yeats, Elliot, Whitman and so many others. @KatMeyer: fave poet #followreader
@KatMeyer LOVE Anne Carson ----> http://is.gd/4P9Ze & http://is.gd/4P9ZS #amazing #poetry #followreader
RT @bsandusky: @KatMeyer LOVE Anne Carson ----> http://is.gd/4P9Ze & http://is.gd/4P9ZS #amazing #poetry #followreader
Favorite new poet (new to me) Gabrielle Calvocoressi "The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart" http://bit.ly/3AnN2p #followreader
RT @kalenski: Love Nikki Giovanni and Michael Blumenthal. #followreader #poetry
@KatMeyer Thx for the RT. I wasn't in the whole convo, but wanted to namedrop regardless. #followreader
@KatMeyer Michael Ondaatje isn't well known for his poetry, but it's remarkable. THE CINNAMON PEELER is a fine place to start. #followreader
Michael Ondaatje's The Collected Works of Billy the Kid a fave book & Anne Carson--everything esp Glass, Irony and God. #followreader
RT @changinghands: Michael Ondaatje isn't well known for his poetry, but it's remarkable. CINNAMON PEELER fine place 2start. #followreader
AZpress: Love Poetry Fdn's Poetry "Poetry Everywhere" videos for introducing people to poetry. #followreader http://ff.im/-b6uaz
AZpress: @glecharles also think sometimes poets don't supporting each other well. Online helps. #followreader. http://ff.im/-b6uat
RT @JHammons: Dodge Poetry Festival on YouTube. Great readings http://bit.ly/3nw1j0 #followreader #followreader
RT @DonLinn: @KatMeyer T.S. Eliot, W.S. Merwin, Hayden Caruth, Pablo Neruda, Carolyn Kizer #followreader #poetry
@KatMeyer Much of my fav poetry now happens outside English. 20th c: Cesar Vallejo. 21st c: Valzhyna Mort FACTORY OF TEARS #followreader
compiling everyone's poet shoutouts for the #followreader summary is going to be fun! (i'll try to add links) :)
RT @PagestoPixels: I'm just sad that this is considered poetry now: http://bit.ly/1f4c1X #followreader
RT @glecharles: #followreader I also recommend checking out poetry readings. In NYC, http://louderarts.com and http://bowerypoetry.com
@hmccormack Shake's isn't relevant; self-expression is: Urban Word http://bit.ly/7YEeY | Community Word http://bit.ly/1hmAqi #followreader
Emily Dickinson, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Louise Gluck, Diane di Prima, Anne Waldman, Diane Wakowski and Kay Ryan. #followreader
Anne Waldman puts "Makeup on Empty Space" http://bit.ly/1jEut8 #followreader
@TomThompson is it translated into English? #followreader
@KatMeyer I love Nikki Giovanni. #followreader
RT @mitaliperkins Get teens hooked on poetry's cool by connecting 2 their culture thru creative video shorts and social media? #followreader
Favorite living poet: Louise Glück, after a friend read me a poem from the New Yorker over the phone and my world changed #followreader
My favorite living poet is W. S. Merwin, and favorite volume of his is The Lice (1967). #followreader
via @glecharles: #followreader The "digital renaissance" not unlike poetry slams in 90s; increased noise, but hidden signals will emerge.
RT: @wordwill: RT @KatMeyer: poetry seems ideal for transmedia — poem, to performance, to film/animation/to audio/music. #followreader
missed today's #followreader, but catching up with hashtag. @poetryspeaks and poetry in general being discussed. thought provoking.
Langston Hughes http://bit.ly/10hEqz & my fave & far too often overshadowed Paul Laurence Dunbar http://bit.ly/7rLRm #followreader #poetry
@hmccormack yo, Heather. am sending questions sunday 4 #followreader intervu (finally) 2 run Wed. easy questions. won't take 2 much time.
RT @james3neal: How much has social media changed the way major book reviewers discover new titles? - #FollowReader - http://j.mp/DYRQg
Speaking/signing "I Am Martin Eisenstadt" tonight @AtomicBooks in Baltimore. 7-9pm http://bit.ly/3pguEF #followreader #booktour #book
@katmeyer Want to qt you frm Fri's #followreader re digital poetry being anything w/metadata to make it findable. But can't find what u sd!
@TomThompson oh - i'm slow, but i'll be getting that transcript up soon. #followreader
