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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 20h

“Bring out your dad!”
Just one letter makes such a difference

David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 20h

poemakontsa @poemakontsa.bsky.social · 1d

The Red Poppy
Louise Glück (in memoriam)

Did you
permit yourselves
to open once, who would never
open again? Because in truth
I am speaking now
the way you do. I speak
because I am shattered

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 20h

Hahahaha, well, I never liked that brother anyway . . .

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 20h

Well, the OP asked for our most unhinged take, that’s mine. And yes, I agree, context always matters. I am happy to blame sloppy writers, but I can equally blame sloppy, if well intentioned teachers who use that three-word sentence indiscriminately.

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 20h

“Be willing to” is a very different command than “Kill.” It’s wildly taken out of context and in my opinion, is dangerous as such.

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, absolutely. Like any tidbit of advice outside of its original context, in this case who it was written for and why.

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 21h

The MYD mantra has led to a lot of soulless, though technically exact poetry.

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 21h

“Murder your darlings” is rubbish advice unless you are a new writer, and only then within the context of loving something you wrote because you like the idea, not because it was well executed. Often darlings are darlings because they’re good. They just need to find the right reader.

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Shouty person @clacksee.bsky.social · 21h

Last year, I re-read A Christmas Carol. I was struck by the idea that Scrooge was in love with Marley. His grief for his lost love is the whole reason he’s as rotten as he is.

I will not be taking questions.

a black and white photo of a man with the word humbug written in yellow

Alt: a black and white photo of a man with the word humbug written in yellow

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Julia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 2d

“for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in” — Matthew 25:35

NPR @npr.org · 3d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · 1d

Have you signed up yet? It's this Tuesday!

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 24d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Promo graphic with author photos of Donna Vorreyer, Chris Butler, and Mitchell Nobis. And the NAWP ostrich, of course.
The text says:
A NAWP Reading
Chris L. Butler
Mitch Nobis
Donna Vorreyer
Hosted by
Jared Beloff
October 14, 2025
7:00-8:00PM EST

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! This!

Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 1d

"imagine if we allowed people to engage w poetry the way we expect people to engage w music. Nobody plays you a song they love or sends you a playlist & then says, get back to me w meanings of all of these songs."

@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social on our 50th episode of This Mama Is Lit!

Maggie Smith: My Work is Play

Holly and Amanda chat with Maggie Smith, author of Dear Writer, about applying poetic license to writing and beyond, embracing the beginner's mind, and aging in reverse through creativity.

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Michelle Cozens @measureofcalm.bsky.social · 2d

“So, if you are too
tired to speak,
sit next to me
because I,
too,
am fluent in
silence.”
- R. Arnold
#imageandverse #eastcoastkin #birds

Two great egrets stand in a salt marsh, facing right. In the foreground and along the left side of image are marsh grasses, which have turned a golden brown color.

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 3d

NEW POEM #273: "After Camping With Jeff in the Dismal Swamp I Consider Companionship" by Dustin King

"But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles"

stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/

#Poem #Poetry

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 2d

Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 2d

From Ada Limón's book, The Hurting Kind: bit.ly/hurtingkind

#poem #books #writing

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 2d

Amen

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 2d

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social · 2d

Now is an excellent time to register for this:

David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social · 3d

Less than a month away!!!!

Listen to live Lit and raise funds for @translifeline.org.

Register now at:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

Bearded Bards
Of BlueSky

Online readings to raise funds for Tans Lifeline.

November 8, 2025
Featuring:
Todd Dillard
Brian Spears
Matthew E. Henry
James McConachie
David J. Bauman
Jonathan Everitt

https://beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 2d

Does he even know how Wikipedia works?

David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 2d

The last couple of weeks, yes

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Trace Peterson @tracepeterson.bsky.social · 2d

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 2d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social · 2d

I could have sworn it was Amazon

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Democracy's Anger Translator @lostmydisguise.bsky.social · 3d

Antifa frogs unite.

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