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By: Twitter has destroyed my writing… (Sommer Browning) « Cosmopoetica

Twitter has destroyed my writing… (Sommer Browning) « Cosmopoetica — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:00:07 +0000

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herbalecstacy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:37:11 +0000

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HTMLGIANT / How about a rousing game of literary-cultural high-low? — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:21:51 +0000

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By: Melissa Broder Online » Oscar Wilde Would Have Twittered

Melissa Broder Online » Oscar Wilde Would Have Twittered — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:19:00 +0000

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By: David Grove

David Grove — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:43:10 +0000

“I think writers, for many reasons, have time management issues.”

I hate that kind of middle-class language. It’s redolent of office cubicles. It makes me feel like throwing up. When did poets start using language like that?

I don’t even know what Twitter is, and I don’t want to know. Sounds like stupid shit. I came here to read about Richard Hugo.

By: JEN

JEN — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:36:13 +0000

Twitter=haiku superhighway

By: D.W. Lichtenberg

D.W. Lichtenberg — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:07:06 +0000

I’m pretty sure if it wasn’t for twitter poetry would be dead now. Just gonna throw that out there.

By: Joseph Riippi

Joseph Riippi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:56:15 +0000

You can’t twitter Richard Hugo’s “Death At the Kapowsin Tavern,” which is a good argument against, I think.

By: Jhon Baker

Jhon Baker — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:08:14 +0000

Twitter is most certainly not a normal medium for writers but I think a few things can be gleaned from it. 1. having to edit down what we say to be as succinct as possible. 2. Haiku is making a comeback.
the things inherently wrong with it are 1. Haiku is making a comeback in the hands of idiots. 2. it has already been used as a medium for poetry so once done and it is no longer art or interesting. 3. the continued death of proper language creates a gulf inbetween intention and understood meaning. 4. I have NEVER twittered as I am not a twit. 5. it’s a fad that will hopefully pass like roman candle.