David Shook - poet, editor, translator, publisher, genius - is looking to fundraise $6,500--now tax deductible through his fiscal sponsor--to buy a drone--specifically the SteadiDrone H6X RTF, made in South Africa--that he will then drop poems from. He has commissioned a wide range of poets from around the world, as he is also planning to publish an anthology of the poems he drops. Here is a piece he wrote about the project for Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-shook/the-poetry-drone_b_3456221.html Here are the basics: The Poetry Drone re-appropriates Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology to drop poem-bombs, featuring specially commissioned poems by leading US and world poets, in an effort bring the US military's covert drone operations into the spotlight to promote discussion, humanize its victims, and explore the political responsibility of poets, artists, and citizens. Now that the breeze has learnt to write She can choose to rewrite autumn as spring...
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