David Rosenthal
@davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social
Poet and Teacher (he/him)
Berkeley, CA (Ohlone territory)
You can read some poems here:
https://davidrosenthal.weebly.com/
Berkeley, CA (Ohlone territory)
You can read some poems here:
https://davidrosenthal.weebly.com/
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The Bearded Bards of BlueSky are back!!!!
Join us online for two readings featuring stellar lineups of amazing poets and writers to raise funds for @translifeline.org.
Check out the website for details (including zoom registration link):
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Join us online for two readings featuring stellar lineups of amazing poets and writers to raise funds for @translifeline.org.
Check out the website for details (including zoom registration link):
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Reposted by David Rosenthal
TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!!
Just look at that lineup!!!!
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Just look at that lineup!!!!
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!!
Just look at that lineup!!!!
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Just look at that lineup!!!!
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
My new “Neo Soul/Retro Soul/Alt R&B” playlist is really good, but I know the contents and exclusions would be controversial to many.
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
My new “Neo Soul/Retro Soul/Alt R&B” playlist is really good, but I know the contents and exclusions would be controversial to many.
Reposted by David Rosenthal
From the very beginning, the thing that has redeemed Stranger Things from being cringey and dumb is that it’s cringey and dumb.
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
From the very beginning, the thing that has redeemed Stranger Things from being cringey and dumb is that it’s cringey and dumb.
Reposted by David Rosenthal
I ate a lot of leftovers for lunch and dinner. I’m going to eat some leftover pie now. Before the night is over, I’ll probably have a sandwich made of leftovers. I’m neither proud nor ashamed of this, it is just the way things are. 🤷♂️
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I ate a lot of leftovers for lunch and dinner. I’m going to eat some leftover pie now. Before the night is over, I’ll probably have a sandwich made of leftovers. I’m neither proud nor ashamed of this, it is just the way things are. 🤷♂️
I ate a lot of leftovers for lunch and dinner. I’m going to eat some leftover pie now. Before the night is over, I’ll probably have a sandwich made of leftovers. I’m neither proud nor ashamed of this, it is just the way things are. 🤷♂️
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I ate a lot of leftovers for lunch and dinner. I’m going to eat some leftover pie now. Before the night is over, I’ll probably have a sandwich made of leftovers. I’m neither proud nor ashamed of this, it is just the way things are. 🤷♂️
From the very beginning, the thing that has redeemed Stranger Things from being cringey and dumb is that it’s cringey and dumb.
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
From the very beginning, the thing that has redeemed Stranger Things from being cringey and dumb is that it’s cringey and dumb.
Reposted by David Rosenthal
Berkeley Police Chief Withholds Evidence of “ICE” Search of City Camera Data
Berkeley Police Chief Withholds Evidence of “ICE” Search of City Camera Data
Copwatch Calls for Ban on Mass Surveillance
www.indybay.org
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Berkeley Police Chief Withholds Evidence of “ICE” Search of City Camera Data
Reposted by David Rosenthal
I am so excited to share this poem and join the many many other Icarus poets. Here is my speculative ekphrastic "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" which imagines Breughel's landscape altered by climate change.
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
One Poem by Jared Beloff - Terrain.org
New from Jared Beloff: "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," a gorgeous, haunting poem.
www.terrain.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am so excited to share this poem and join the many many other Icarus poets. Here is my speculative ekphrastic "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" which imagines Breughel's landscape altered by climate change.
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!!
Just look at that lineup!!!!
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Just look at that lineup!!!!
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!!
Just look at that lineup!!!!
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Just look at that lineup!!!!
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Reposted by David Rosenthal
Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
Reposted by David Rosenthal
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
Reposted by David Rosenthal
Think for a moment about how many things we now consider hobbies are connected to older forms of production people once needed just to live: gardening, fabric arts, woodworking, music and written creation. The list is massive.
There’s a reason we hold onto these things. It’s part of our humanity.
There’s a reason we hold onto these things. It’s part of our humanity.
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Think for a moment about how many things we now consider hobbies are connected to older forms of production people once needed just to live: gardening, fabric arts, woodworking, music and written creation. The list is massive.
There’s a reason we hold onto these things. It’s part of our humanity.
There’s a reason we hold onto these things. It’s part of our humanity.
Well, we did it. We cooked all the things. We ate all the things. We had all the people over. We talked about all the things. We did all the dishes. It’s done.
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Well, we did it. We cooked all the things. We ate all the things. We had all the people over. We talked about all the things. We did all the dishes. It’s done.
Funny thing. My Mom always opted out of Thanksgiving. She preferred to spend the day alone. So I don’t really associate her with the day. And yet, today I find myself thinking of her more than usual. 🤷♂️
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Funny thing. My Mom always opted out of Thanksgiving. She preferred to spend the day alone. So I don’t really associate her with the day. And yet, today I find myself thinking of her more than usual. 🤷♂️
Update: I did it. 🤷♂️
do it ...DO IT!
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Update: I did it. 🤷♂️
It’s ok to feel sad today. 😞
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s ok to feel sad today. 😞
Today’s do list seems manageable at this point.
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today’s do list seems manageable at this point.
Reposted by David Rosenthal
This is brilliant! Please share. So many people are afraid and need help. Libraries have the answers.
#library #libraries #askforhelp #answers #books #reading #read #booksky #answers #knowledge #knowledgeispower 📚
#library #libraries #askforhelp #answers #books #reading #read #booksky #answers #knowledge #knowledgeispower 📚
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is brilliant! Please share. So many people are afraid and need help. Libraries have the answers.
#library #libraries #askforhelp #answers #books #reading #read #booksky #answers #knowledge #knowledgeispower 📚
#library #libraries #askforhelp #answers #books #reading #read #booksky #answers #knowledge #knowledgeispower 📚
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Reposted by David Rosenthal
LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Reposted by David Rosenthal
Are there any journals that publish original song lyrics?
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Are there any journals that publish original song lyrics?
Are there any journals that publish original song lyrics?
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Are there any journals that publish original song lyrics?
UPDATE: Picked up the turkey.
Today we got the pork shoulder butt, the potatoes, the sweet potatoes, the cranberries, the green beans, the Brussels sprouts, the stuffing ingredients, and all the stuff for the apple and pecan pies. Tomorrow we’ll pick up the Turkey.
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
UPDATE: Picked up the turkey.
Reposted by David Rosenthal
New from Jared Beloff: "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," a gorgeous, haunting poem.
https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/jared-beloff/
#poem #poetry #poet #water #coast #swimming
https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/jared-beloff/
#poem #poetry #poet #water #coast #swimming
One Poem by Jared Beloff - Terrain.org
New from Jared Beloff: “Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus,” a gorgeous, haunting poem.
www.terrain.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today we got the pork shoulder butt, the potatoes, the sweet potatoes, the cranberries, the green beans, the Brussels sprouts, the stuffing ingredients, and all the stuff for the apple and pecan pies. Tomorrow we’ll pick up the Turkey.
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Today we got the pork shoulder butt, the potatoes, the sweet potatoes, the cranberries, the green beans, the Brussels sprouts, the stuffing ingredients, and all the stuff for the apple and pecan pies. Tomorrow we’ll pick up the Turkey.