Poetry Society

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Poetry, I too, like it | The nation's oldest poetry non-profit. | Elsbeth Pancrazi, Poetry Society's Development Director, does the tweeting.

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140 characters of advice for a new user?

if you have to wait for it to roar out of /you, /then wait patiently. / if it never does roar out of you, / do something else.- Bukowski

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What do you wish people would do more of on Twitter?

Interact with @Poetry_Society. We love to talk poetry!

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What's the most interesting connection you've made through Twitter?

One of our tote-bag winners, who turned out to be an amazingly kind person, and even wrote us a thank you note for holding the raffle!

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How do you use Twitter in your professional life?

To connect to fans of the written form from right here in NYC to across the globe!

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Is there someone you want to follow you who doesn't already? If so, who?

@StephenColbert for integrating poetry on his show, @YokoOno because reading her twitter is like reading her book 'Grapefruit,' and @Shaq.

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What question are we not asking here that we should?

"Why does your organization use twitter?"

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What inspires you to tweet?

Poetry events, poems we find stirring, and anything we want to share with our followers.

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How do you make your tweets unique?

With sass and intelligence.

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Has Twitter changed your life? If yes, how?

It's changed our relationship with members through more open and direct forms of feedback.

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What are six things you could never do without?

Collected poems of Wallace Stevens, coffee, library card, our members, tote bags, Daisy (the office dog)

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Why'd you start tweeting?

To connect to fans of poetry and language across the world.

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Who do you admire most for his or her use of Twitter?

The average citizen putting twitter to use by raising money and helping various relief organizations in times of crisis.

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What are some big Twitter faux pas?

Tweeting publicly what should be sent as a DM.

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What's your best tweet?

"and may you in your innocence / sail through this to that." - blessing the boats, Lucille Clifton. http://tr.im/Kj1v #Haiti

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