TweetSpeak Poetry Gets Famous

4 Comments 14 January 2011

Marcus Goodyear has written an article for Christianity Today’s Books & Culture on TweetSpeak Poetry – how it started, what it evolved into, and where it may be headed.

Key events in the creation: Bradley Moore (aka Shrinking Camel) didn’t understand hashtags, and L.L. Barkat and Glynn Young had begun to rediscover poetry via Twitter. Eric Swalberg joined in, and the first Twitter poetry jam was born on Sept. 9. 2009.

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L. L. Barkat says:

January 14, 2011 at 7:53 pm

Well, I say Brad got fame on the sly. Seeing as he went to a Youth Group thing that night.

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Glynn says:

January 14, 2011 at 7:56 pm

Well, you know those camels – spit at you, get ornery, stick their noses under the tent – and get all the recognition.

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Maureen Doallas says:

January 14, 2011 at 9:55 pm

So well explained. And there are rules!

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