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Human Rights Poet “Twoems” Declaration of Human
Rights Making Human Rights One of Twitter’s
Top Trending Topics
International Award-winning Poet,
Larry Jaffe, began his foray into Twitter’s poetry
world last Monday, promising to twoem each of the 30
articles of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and interestingly enough, Human Rights became
one of the top trending topics on Twitter that day.
Clearwater, FL, August 3, 2009 -- Is Human Rights a
known fact in America? Not according to Poet Larry
Jaffe who started a 30 week campaign last Monday to
educate Americans on their human rights through
poetry. But Jaffe’s new poetry medium is not the
usual form that he has been poetizing throughout his
40-year career. Jaffe recently started creating his
poems on Twitter, using 140 characters or less, and
has vowed to help others understand their human
rights one “twoem” at a time.
By last Monday afternoon, whether coincidence or
not, Human Rights became one of the top-trending
topics on Twitter to the surprise of Twitterans
everywhere:
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@cheritatweets:
Human Rights is trending on right now...
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@trisha_chokshi:
It's so
great to see Human Rights as a
trending topic on Twitter!
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@weareart: I'm
very glad that Human Rights is a
trending topic. It's a topic that
never seriously discussed enough.
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@arfasiddiqi:
I was darn surprised && happy to know Human
Rights was a trending topic.
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@cheritatweets:
Not that I'm knocking it, but what in the world is
going on that Human Rights is a
trending topic? Anyone? I'm curious...
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@TheLastOptimist:
I love that human rights is a
trending topic! Follow @hrw for HR
updates. The more you know, the more you can help.
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@joeychopra:
@joellewoodruff yes indeed, so happy to see
that! RT @joellewoodruff Finally! Love to see
that "Human Rights" is a Trending
Topic!!!
Jaffe said he was thrilled about the Twitter
awareness. He also said violations of Human Rights
are not just the ones that glare you in the
face…many can be very covert. “If people become
more aware of what inherent rights they have,
statistics show they’ll be less likely to be tricked
and more likely to stand up for others,” says
Jaffe. "Tell the world about the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and make everyone you
know aware of them. Get these rights taught to our
children so they know their birthright."
Even though Twitter is Larry’s new artistic outlet,
Larry still loves to read in a variety of
bookstores, coffeehouses and bars to keep his roots
intact. He says his Twitter tweets will be no
different than his usual poetry and will always
integrate a strong sense of humor along with a tough
stand on human rights and freedom. Follow Larry via
his poetic tweets on Twitter @larryjaffe.
About Poet Larry Jaffe:
From the
sensually romantic to humor and social commentary,
Larry Jaffe impacts audiences with a rich emotional
range, masterfully crafted. His poetry appears in
numerous anthologies, magazines, and on the Internet
where he has pioneered poetry web sites. Passionate
about his purpose to bring Human Rights to the
forefront of our youth’s minds, Jaffe said, "Every
day I read about various human rights violations and
in my heart I know we can make a better world. It is
my great hope that we as poets lead the way to a new
and better civilization." His poem OWNED has
been adopted as the official poem on human slave
trafficking. In addition to his Poet Laureate
status for the Youth for Human Rights International,
Jaffe is also the co-founder of Poets for Human
Rights, an international coalition of poets and
human rights advocates. Visit Larry at
www.reverbnation.com/larryjaffe
and @larryjaffe on Twitter.
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