- ONE HOUR till #okscbwichat w/author & poet Ben Myers @OKPoetLaureate. Join us! pic.twitter.com/ZNxPK1MVu2
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Tue, Sep 27 2016 23:00:07 - Hi everyone! It's time for another great night of #okscbwichat! I'll be your solo host this evening. Who's ready to get started?
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:01:12 - I'm here and ready for #okscbwichat Please be patient with my lack of twitter skill.
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Tue, Sep 27 2016 23:56:04 - Questions about poetry? Rhyming? Meter? #okscbwichat
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Tue, Sep 27 2016 23:57:37 - @OKPoetLaureate Welcome to #okscbwichat Ben! Thanks so much for being with us this evening. Would you like to start by introducing yourself?
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:02:18 - @litbeing #okscbwichat I'm late, but I'm here and ready to hear poetry wisdom.
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— Helen Dunlap Newton (@helendnewton)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:03:52 - @helendnewton Welcome, Helen! Glad to have you with us. #okscbwichat
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:05:45 - Hi, everyone. Ben Myers here, Oklahoma's poet laureate for 2015-2016. You may also know me as Anna Myers' son.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/780920992059142144 …
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:04:07 https://twitter.com/litbeing/status/780921300856426497
— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:05:21- I suppose I could also answer questions about growing up with an author mother. #okscbwichat
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:06:40 - @OKPoetLaureate Ha! Yes, we'd love to hear YOUR side of the stories. #okscbwichat
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:07:21 - @OKPoetLaureate Could you give us a brief history on your background as a poet? How you got into writing, etc. #okscbwichat?
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:06:21 - I think I fell in love w/poetry in middle school, browsing through textbooks in mom's classroom after school. Frost… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/780921905712734208 …
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:07:45 https://twitter.com/helendnewton/status/780921557837230080
— Helen Dunlap Newton (@helendnewton)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:06:22- #okscbwichat The first good poem I wrote was for the woman who is now my wife. After that, I just figured that poet… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/780922112563306496 …
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:08:35 - @OKPoetLaureate Wow! It certainly didn't hurt. Well done. #okscbwichat
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:09:14 - #okscbwichat But a couple of summer's at the Oklahoma Arts Institute, along with guidance from my poet father were… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/780922343056998400 …
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:09:30 - @OKPoetLaureate Writing influence from both parents, so writing really is a part of your family tradition, wouldn't you say? #okscbwichat
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:10:45 - Absolutely! My parents didn't push it, though. Mainly they just didn't squelch it, the way some parents might.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/780923134811570177 …
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:12:38 - "Why don't you get a REAL job?" was not a sentence uttered in the Myers house. #okscbwichat https://twitter.com/litbeing/status/780922657315237888 …
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:13:33 - @OKPoetLaureate So fantastic to have that kind of support! #okscbwichat
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:14:09 - @OKPoetLaureate @litbeing #okscbwichat I've been to the Oklahoma Arts Institute as an educator several times. What an amazing experience.
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— Helen Dunlap Newton (@helendnewton)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:13:54 - It changed my life. Such an important experience for Okie kids, especially those not gifted in sports. A place to s… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/780924536950693888 …
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:18:13 - @OKPoetLaureate You are the current Oklahoma Poet Laureate, what's been the best thing about this experience so far? #okscbwichat?
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— Valerie Lawson (@litbeing)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:12:39 - The best part = traveling around, visiting communities to talk about writing: everyone from 2nd grade classes to re… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/780923807825399809 …
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— Benjamin Myers (@OKPoetLaureate)Wed, Sep 28 2016 00:15:19
