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Short answer: no. If anything, it does the opposite, according to a new survey. - Dave Bonta

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The ultimate library/cabinet of curiosities. - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta wrote on the wire of the group Micropoetry Interesting interview with Dylan about tiny words at Basho’s Road: http://bashosroad.outlawpoetry.com/d-f-twe... - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta wrote on the wire of the group Video Poetry @Henry – Very striking use of lighting, projection and props, and I liked the music. Couldn’t get a great sense of the text on first listen, but I’ll watch again. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. - Dave Bonta

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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive. - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta posted on the forum topic Got some news you want to share. Post a comment in this thread. in the group Read Write Poem News: @radames – My channel? Oh, you mean my YouTube channel? All my better stuff is actually at Vimeo, http://www.vimeo.com/davebonta but I do use the YouTube subscription feature to keep up with many of the videopoetry makers there. - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta commented on the blog post read write prompt #104: how to write the sex poem right, by nick carbó I’ve read it. But the Portuguese poet Eugenio de Andrade has a much more innocent and beautiful poem about his first love, a nanny goat. - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta posted on the forum topic Got some news you want to share. Post a comment in this thread. in the group Read Write Poem News: I like it! Especially the mannequin-hugging and the spiral clock. The only thing I would change is to up the volume of the reading a little bit. - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta commented on the blog post read write prompt #104: how to write the sex poem right, by nick carbó What a great prompt! This definitely makes me want to go out and buy some of Carbo’s work (hint to other celebrity poets to unwind a little, too). I might have to write that poem about how, as a farm boy of 6 or 7, I was aroused by a sheep. (That’s true.) - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta commented on the blog post read write interview: beth adams and dave bonta That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that reaction. I wonder if part of their objection might not stem from the fact that some chapbooks cost as much as a full-length paperback? - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta posted on the forum topic Found Poetry Tuesday -- Nov. 24 in the group Found Poetry: That’s weird. I had a word in brackets, as it appeared in the newspaper article, and it disappeared. Let’s try this again with the brackets removed. IN THE FOYER OF LIFEAhmed and Shereen (whose nameshave been changedat their request) sip teaacross from eachother. Shereen gigglesas Ahmed anxiously jiggleshis leg. In the foyer of Life,a marriage [...] - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta posted on the forum topic Found Poetry Tuesday -- Nov. 24 in the group Found Poetry: IN THE FOYER OF LIFEAhmed and Shereen (whose nameshave been changedat their request) sip teaacross from eachother. Shereen gigglesas Ahmed anxiously jiggleshis leg. In the foyer of Life,a marriage office in downtown Cairo,the young Egyptians are meetingfor the first time underthe watchful eye of Life’s secretary.Both are lookingfor a spouse. Sometimes [options] arevery limited. There [...] - Dave Bonta

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Dave Bonta wrote on Dana Guthrie Martin's wire: My “other” way is that you told me about it. But you told me because I had been a Poetry Thursday participant. I wonder what percentage of people here used to do PT prompts? - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta commented on the blog post read write prompt #102: memory recipes I fear I have become that uncle! (Well, at least I keep my nose hairs trimmed back.) - Dave Bonta

"That's awesome! Thanks for translating and sharing this." - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta commented on the blog post member dave bonta details his revision process on a his latest poem Hey, thanks for the link! (Looks like you’ve got an errant “a” in the post title, though.) - Dave Bonta

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Hilarious ass-backwards survival tips. - Dave Bonta

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Dave Bonta commented on the blog post considering the other: i hereby confer upon you the title of poet For an example of what can be done with high school English students using advanced web-based tools, check out what Peter’s been up to. - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta commented on the blog post considering the other: i hereby confer upon you the title of poet We like to think of poets as being a bit akin to shamans. (The Greek word “poetes” means “maker,” and had thaumaturgic overtones.) The problem with that is that true shamans almost never seek the role, but have it thrust upon them as the result of an extreme spiritual or existential crisis. And as Ren [...] - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta commented on the blog post the poetry ecard contest is just about to go into the judging phase I forgot to enter! Nuts. But I’d be happy to judge. I don’t have any relevant degrees, but I’ve seen a lot of red-tailed hawks at close range. (If it seems too incestuous to have the guy you name-dropped in your initial annoucement acting as one of the judges, though, no problem — I’m [...] - Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta commented on the blog post considering the other: i hereby confer upon you the title of poet Love this meditation, Ren — I feel I could’ve written it myself (though it probably wouldn’t have been as entertaining if i had). Thanks. - Dave Bonta

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The Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force (HETF), the environmental branch of the traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) government, issued a statement today calling on New York State to ban the permitting of natural gas drilling. - Dave Bonta

"Nice! Your Twitter link yields a 404, though." - Dave Bonta