{"id":12087,"date":"2012-08-27T00:13:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T04:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streampunks.org\/?p=42"},"modified":"2017-07-10T02:08:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T06:08:07","slug":"whatsasyllableamongfriends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/2012\/08\/27\/whatsasyllableamongfriends\/","title":{"rendered":"#whatsasyllableamongfriends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Sunday in Canada and Monday in Australia. It was Friday morning (in Canada) and Friday evening (in Australia) when Jess (in Australia) and I (in Canada) first collaborated on a poem.<\/p>\n<p>The poem was a simple <strong>#twHaiku<\/strong>. (<a title=\"#twHaiku\" href=\"http:\/\/streampunks.org\/twhaiku\/\">Read about the specifics of #twHaiku<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>We were having a conversation via Direct Messages on Twitter, and were getting quite excited about a collaborative poetry project, when Jess replied to my public #twHaiku with one of her own:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Tucked in bed for sleep<br \/>Thinking about words that<br \/>will join across seas&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aforgrave<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twHaiku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twHaiku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jess McCulloch (@jessmcculloch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch\/status\/238955820774207488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, to the public eye, Jess&#8217; #twHaiku seemed to pass the muster. I continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Sharing electrons,&#13;Round the world our syllables,&#13;Create poetry.&quot;&#13;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twHaiku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twHaiku<\/a> @myen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jessmcculloch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ? Andrew Forgrave (@aforgrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave\/status\/238955013773336576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But then, in the public sphere, suddenly this appeared:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aforgrave<\/a> @myen <br \/>&quot;All will survive well<br \/>If you just admit you&#39;re wrong<br \/>Then we can move on.&quot; ;-D <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twHaiku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twHaiku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jess McCulloch (@jessmcculloch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch\/status\/238960188915322880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, (ignoring, for the moment, my extra syllable in each of the 2nd and 3rd lines there), what had happened in the DM backchannel in the interim, was this:<\/p>\n<p>Back in the public sphere, our conversation continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aforgrave<\/a> so now it&#39;s 5-6-5? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jess McCulloch (@jessmcculloch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch\/status\/238959777017917440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And while that was going on, friend and colleague @mbteach from Philly shared:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carrots &amp; sticks are for donkeys, not for professionals. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/mDBffiW2\">http:\/\/t.co\/mDBffiW2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kindle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kindle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mary Beth Hertz (@mbteach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbteach\/status\/238959012836687873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>which, given the #twHaiku mood I was in, was a perfect setup for a <strong>RT as #twHaiku<\/strong> opportunity:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbteach?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mbteach<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twHaiku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twHaiku<\/a> &quot;Carrots &amp; rude sticks, Are meant for moving donkeys, Not professionals.&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/yWvxukNE\">http:\/\/t.co\/yWvxukNE<\/a> @myen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jessmcculloch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ? Andrew Forgrave (@aforgrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave\/status\/238960079871819776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The discussion continued backchannel, with considerable confusion on both sides:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/streampunks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Collaborative-CorrectionsSMALL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81\" title=\"Collaborative-CorrectionsSMALL\" src=\"http:\/\/streampunks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Collaborative-CorrectionsSMALL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"631\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and then it was decided:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aforgrave<\/a> you&#39;re quick on these! good one!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jess McCulloch (@jessmcculloch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch\/status\/238961545990782976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aforgrave<\/a> @myen <br \/>&quot;One <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twHaiku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twHaiku<\/a> is done<br \/>Leaving room for many more<br \/>Syllables to count. &quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jess McCulloch (@jessmcculloch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch\/status\/238963130632392704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Each one, so precious.&#13;Gems on verbal images:&#13;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twHaiku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twHaiku<\/a> Syllables.&quot;&#13;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twHaiku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twHaiku<\/a> @myen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jessmcculloch<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/extrasmakeitbetter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#extrasmakeitbetter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ? Andrew Forgrave (@aforgrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave\/status\/238964060010467329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>and the final acknowledgement:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aforgrave<\/a> @myen I concede! :<br \/>&quot;Tucked in bed for sleep<br \/>Thinking about words that will<br \/>Join across the seas.&quot; <br \/>There! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twHaiku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twHaiku<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jess McCulloch (@jessmcculloch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch\/status\/238961263701544961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then, just when it looked as if the friction was over, attention was focused onto Jess&#8217; second #twHaiku:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;In such a small space<br \/>Much can really be said<br \/>When time is taken&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/twHaiku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#twHaiku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jess McCulloch (@jessmcculloch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch\/status\/238957941548544000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aforgrave?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aforgrave<\/a> I know I know! fixing that too. damn you&#39;re picky!!! thought the count was 6 to start with &#8211; counted from one of yours&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jess McCulloch (@jessmcculloch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessmcculloch\/status\/238963321934598144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; which brings me to the title of this post, and a #tag introduced early in the converation, \u00a0<strong>#whatsasyllableamongfriends<\/strong> ?<\/p>\n<p>For more on syllable count, see my entry under the #twHaiku poetic form page, <a title=\"Syllable Count in #twHaiku\" href=\"http:\/\/streampunks.org\/twhaiku\/#syllablecount \">Syllable Count in the #twHaiku Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>(STORY CONTINUES, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>BUT FIRST, I MUST TAKE SOME SLEEP.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>IT&#8217;S LATE. I AM TIRED.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>8\/27\/2012 1:14 am (Canada)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Sunday in Canada and Monday in Australia. 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