Poets from the early part of the twentieth century easily identify themselves by their style: T.S. Eliot has his highly academic voice, while Ezra Pound writes in uncomprehendable allusions; Carl Sandburg provides a voice for the working class, and William Carlos Williams, one for the simple-minds. As the list of poets from the Modern Era goes on, one poet who is often an after thought, if that at all, is Kenneth Patchen. Patchen’s poetry, from his first book to his last, encompass themes of spirituality, social justice, and peace. Patchen speaks plainly and humbly, in common vernacular, conveying his message that the goodness of humankind must acknowledge and overcome the atrocities of the world, lest the demise of society if this goodness continues to be ignored for the sake of self interest. Through upholding righteousness and change, Patchen hopes for a society that will embrace peace, before doom and destruction consume our world.

With a magazine about tech, music, and culture that’s run in part by a man who makes his living programming the computer boxes, one would think we’d have been at South By Southwest. You’d be wrong however. SXSW is in Texas, which is somewhere we really, really don’t like to go. Instead, I’ve made a collection of the best things Twitterized from #SXSW.

For those of us in the northern hemisphere tonight, with the rooster’s crow comes the first day of spring and my personal favorite time of year. For me, nothing says spring like a dogwood tree. When I was growing up there was a dogwood tree outside my bedroom window and nowhere can be found an Easter picture of my family without a dogwood somewhere in the background. With the first day of spring on the horizon I have selected some handmade items, some photography, and a recipe for candied violets, all of which were inspired by the coming season.

Banksy was reportedly hanging around Park City – his presence can’t be confirmed, because no one ever actually sees him – for the premiere of the film “Exit Through the Giftshop,” which U.K. newspaper The Guardian describes as a “documentary about Banksy’s relationship with an impressionable French filmmaker/stalker.”

Tango Echo’s Justin Klugh interviews LEGO Hobbyists, filmmaker Jess Gibson, and master LEGO builder Jordan Schwartz.

Click the link below to find out how the LEGO hobby is surviving the digital era.