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Rebecca Broke My Heart

Rebecca, if you see this, your voice is still amazing.
My heart is heavy with the time we have been apart and
life had other plans and
it was always too dark to see over the horizon.

It’s all lies, Rebecca, all lies.

We used to go together and she used to cheat.
Rebecca broke her tooth off
but she did a fantastic job on my boudoir photos.

It’s all lies, Rebecca, all lies.

The last person that broke my heart?
I only refer to her
by the name
I invented after:
Barfy McVomitron.

-Andrew in Ohio (search phrase “Rebecca broke my heart”)

The Universe Waits

Take action to understand love.
Ask expectantly;
move boldly.
Search portals,
walls of flame,
gates of scarlet,
openings to a new dimension.
Discover the most powerful force in the universe-
infinite existence-
God

-Randy & Trena in Nebraska (search phrase “the universe waits”)

On the 869

I culled down to one fruit on the 869
Seems everybody is asking about “why”
Creamed turkey on toast, ice cream and beer
Do Not Use 885 Coffee.

-Sam in Houston (search phrase “on the 869″)

Throughout the discussion, Muldoon demonstrated how poetry incorporates scientific concepts. “The word ‘poem,’ in fact, means nothing more than ‘a construct,’ ” he explained, “a piece of structural engineering that is subject to the laws of physics.”

Muldoon also linked poetry to chemistry, comparing poetic elements, like the components of a simile or metaphor, to the materials in a scientific experiment.

More at the Daily Princetonian

Rather then killing it off, modern technologies like email, social networking sites such as Facebook and online media players are helping poets reach new audiences.

The grassroots scene is now growing, with live poetry readings becoming more popular and more poets getting their own pamphlets published.

Competitions are also booming: the number of entries for the Foyle Young Poets Award more than doubling from 2003 to 2008 to almost 12,000.

More at the UK Telegraph

Google Explains Watery Mystery of Atlantis

Poetry Bench Stolen From Bethesda

Brain Hub Links Music, Memory and Emotion

RIP Christopher Nolan

Don’t miss your chance to get paid for producing poetic search results.  More information here.

“In another study reported in the article, the researchers wanted to explore how dreams might influence people’s waking behavior. They surveyed 182 commuters at a Boston train station, asking them to imagine that one of four possible scenarios had happened the night before a scheduled airline trip: The national threat level was raised to orange, indicating a high risk of terrorist attack; they consciously thought about their plane crashing; they dreamed about a plane crash; or a real plane crash occurred on the route they planned to take. A dream of a plane crash was more likely to affect travel plans than either thinking about a crash or a government warning, and the dream of a plane crash produced a similar level of anxiety as did an actual crash.”

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Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby stumbles on stars
in the evening
an exhibition on images
of the child
in this short sight of life

Look around, Pretty Baby,
is it everything you hoped it’d be
in the house of prostitution?
Worthy of strong consideration -
artwork of the sun

-Jessi (search phrase “pretty baby”)

6,473 Texts a Month, But at What Cost?

….”But some experts say there are downsides, starting with declines in spelling, word choice and writing complexity. Some suggest too much texting is related to an inability to focus.”

….”‘The mode of communication among young people is changing so rapidly that I can’t help but surmise that it will change the way they think,’ said John Palfrey, a Harvard University law professor and co-author of ‘Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives.’ The big question is how.”

An Important Archaeological Find

Keep anything you find safe by having the right materials with you.
Know how to recognise a settlement.
Reject the path of the new motorway.

Most archaeologists are willing to risk to lose everything they personally own.

Uncover centuries-old graves.
Preserve the abundance of numerous bone artifacts lying in the path.
Discover lost treasures as you travel.

What years of anticipation and persistence had produced was accidentally discovered.

-Megan in NYC (“search phrase “an important archaeological find”)

Magnifisyncopathological

1.
She the rusty swan
slinked around the walled city
always on the wrong side
of whatever side there was.

The portrait of a pin-up,
in shades of rose
a little starved, no longer

afraid of Patti Smith,
the Hindenburg disaster,
fast easy love, or some
comparable horrific accident.

I liked the way her face looked-
red-deemed feral-
How, as she moved to speak,
there was nothing but bonfires
wasted on air.

2.
Crash and burn
behavior became her
own style. Out of an envy
I can’t articulate exactly-

I gave her
home, to make it up to her
a bath, a quietly staged sunset,
a piano.

I followed her
right into the storm drain
to save her with my antidotes
for deployment. My ropes of sand.
Slouching towards Bethlehem
and stamping disapproval.

3.
How does this always happen to us?
These symptoms of eye,
these morbid fascinations?

You can’t see
a train wreck once it has burned.
View it here.
You can’t look away.

4.
“At least I know I’m a sinner,”
she shouted back,
“You ain’t gotta chance.”

-Caroline in Richmond (search phrase “kitten” + “trainwreck”)

“Self-control is one of our most cherished values. We applaud those with the discipline to regulate their appetites and actions, and we try hard to instill this virtue in our children. We celebrate the power of the mind to make hard choices and keep us on course. But is it possible that willpower can sometimes be an obstacle rather than a means to happiness and harmony?

“Tufts University psychologists Evan Apfelbaum and Samuel Sommers were intrigued by the notion that too much self-control may indeed have a downside – and that relinquishing some power might be paradoxically tonic, both for individuals and for society.”

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An explanation for why a glass or two of wine is so therapeutic?

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