I’ll be back on this. Yes, I believe you can use Tweets in a ’slow way’. And actually, through the tweets of others, we can find ourselves (back). More on this blog in a few days!

I don’t follow anyone’s Twitter feed. The last thing I need is another stream of electronic interruptions. That said, I registered with Twitter because a friend suggested I reserve my name before someone else did. The funny thing is that lots of people, many I don’t even know, have signed up to receive my feeds. And now I feel like I’m letting them down by not tweeting!

Like every new technology, Twitter is probably a double-edged sword. The 140 character limit can restrict communication to quick- fire banalities. But maybe it can also focus the mind, forcing people to think hard about how they use the space, to polish their short missives until they shine.

This is exactly what writers and especially poets have always done.