In my last post I introduced you to Dave Bonta, a poet and literary magazine editor from the eastern edge of western Pennsylvania, and his must-read blog Via Negativa, which posts poems, photos, essays, etc. I also mentioned that there is microblog companion site called The Morning Porch. Here Dave posts short (140 character) descriptions and poems; these in turn have been used as prompts by master poet Luisa A. Igloria who writes a poem every day mostly in response to … [Read more...]
Dave Bonta “Ode to Scythes”
I met Dave Bonta at the AWP Conference in March. He was working the Motion Poems booth, which was next to my table. We swapped books and talked a little poetry. We became FB friends, and I got to learn more about him through his posts, most of which are about Via Negativa, a site I encourage you to investigate. Dave describes it as a “personal web log with delusions of grandeur,” and also as a “mélange” in which he posts poems, photos, essays and videos, the occasional … [Read more...]