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David M. Perkins

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Poet. NEW: IN FROM FOREVER Now available: POST-MODERN BLUES and I MAY OR MAY NOT LOVE YOU from icecubepress.com Bertrand Russell/Oscar Wilde Socialist - Owned by cats. https://bit.ly/DMPerkins

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · Nov 16

The poem on the back cover of my most recent collection, IN FROM FOREVER ...

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 1d

#poetry
#Philadelphia
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A New Life - Luminaura Magazine

A New Life BY DAVID M. PERKINS Photo by Arda E. Genc | From Unsplash It was a new life, washed clean of the dust and debris of Colorado into Philadelphia, affordable then even in the heart of Center C...

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 1d

"Today is yesterday's tomorrow."
~ Ned Rorem
#poetry
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Something New - Luminaura Magazine

Something New BY DAVID M. PERKINS Photo by OC Gonzalez | From Unsplash Today is yesterday’s tomorrow. — Ned Rorem Every day I do something new until it becomes something ended tomorrow—I bear them no ...

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 2d

Tends to happen when you know there's no future.

"Among adolescents and young adults, the largest increase in deaths over the past decade or so was among those ages 20 to 39 in high-income North America, mainly due to suicide, drug overdose and high quantities of alcohol"

Global life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, but deaths among teens and young adults are rising | CNN

Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and territories studied reporting declines in their mortality rates since then. But vast ineq...

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 2d

Israel’s top officials are openly declaring that they intend to terminate the Gaza ceasefire after they get their hostages back.

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israeli-of...

Israeli Officials Are Openly Saying They Plan To Resume Attacks On Gaza

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

www.caitlinjohnst.one

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micchiato 🍉 @micchiato.bsky.social · 2d

This happened over a year before the October 7 Hamas attack.

“April 2022 – Jerusalem:
Israeli occupation forces assault a Palestinian father in front of his child inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.

A painful glimpse into the daily brutality Palestinians endure, even in one of the holiest sites on earth.”

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2d

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Newsom just vetoed California bills meant to make the grid reliable and tackle high costs

They were largely "unopposed," proponents say—except by powerful utilities.

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micchiato 🍉 @micchiato.bsky.social · 2d

“The National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the United States, has sent its roughly three million members an email that contains a map of historic Palestine, with no mention of Israel, New York Post reports.”

mastodon.neometropolis.net/@QudsNen/115...

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micchiato 🍉 @micchiato.bsky.social · 2d

This happened 6 months before the October 7 Hamas attack.

“With children sleeping inside, lsraeli colonial settlers torch a Palestinian-owned house in Sinjil village, north of Ramallah.”

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 2d

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

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Jamie Dyer ☸️ @jamiedcville.bsky.social · 2d

Lowkey on the lies of Israel and the US. We can't believe anything they say about Gaza.

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Kyle Ruggles 🇨🇦 @kyleruggles.bsky.social · 2d

"America is like the Titanic. Too big to turn, too slow to react, in denial about sinking, and there aren't enough life boats for everyone." - A commenter on YT

Inverted Totalitarianism: The Slow Death of American Democracy

YouTube video by 1Dime

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 6d

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 13d

Two poems in the debut issue of LUMINAURA Magazine: "A New Life" luminauramag.com/vol1/poetry/... and "Something New" luminauramag.com/vol1/poetry/... — both on the magazine's theme: "Genesis." The editors did a bang-up job.

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 7d

This might be unkind to say, but lit magazines demand "nothing by AI," when the poetry they choose all too often reads like AI hallucinating. Poetry should communicate, not bewilder.

David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you so much!

David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 13d

A New Life - Luminaura Magazine

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 23d

This works ...

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RWLATSTETTER ♿🍉😉🤦‍♂️😜 @rwlatstetter.bsky.social · 23d

AMERICA WE CANNOT LET THIS SHIT KEEP HAPPENING AND NOT DOING A DAMNED THING! DEMOCRATS ARE A TOTALLY LOST CAUSE AS ARE THE REPUBLICANS!

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23d

I suspect a lot of the ceremony around Kirk is an attempt to leverage Christian nationalist symbology in order to convey the messianic fervor of MAGA from Trump to Vance.

Jake Lahut ®
@JakeLahut
Chants of "President Vance" at the Kirk memorial as JD comes up to speak
4:33 PM • 9/21/25 • 141 Views

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 23d

My poem, "Dot," has been published in PROSETRICS: THE LITERARY MAGAZINE out of Amsterdam. The theme was "whelve," which means, "to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something."

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 23d

Saving America from Trump and preserving our democracy explicitly requires that people who voted for Trump change their mind. Which in turn requires that those who didn’t vote for Trump show grace and empathy to those whose change of heart came from being hurt by the guy they voted for…

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Karim @kwalker.bsky.social · Jun 4

UAW President Shawn Fain Throws Weight Behind NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani www.commondreams.org/news/uaw-zoh...

UAW President Shawn Fain Throws Weight Behind NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani | Common Dreams

United Auto Workers denounces Andrew Cuomo in NYC mayoral race. Zohran Mamdani endorsed as top pick.

www.commondreams.org

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banned ˃̶͈̀(ᗜ`👅’ᗜ)˂̶͈́ 🩸 @banneduser.space · Jun 3

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Yeah im goin to
Consider this a Called Shot

Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · Jun 3

They been itching to welcome back the nazi, how long you think this was saved as a draft?

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Roxanne Styx @roxannestyx.bsky.social · Jun 2

I'm old enough
to remember

when the lOF
crushed 23-year old U.S. citizen
Rachel Corrie
to death
with a bulldozer,

then celebrated with pancakes that had her face on them.

Not a single
U.S. legislator acknowledged
Israel's murder
of Rachel Corrie,
or agreed to
meet her parents.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jun 2

"Musk is a greedy kleptocrat whose life’s work boils down to stealing from the poor to pad his own bottom line. That’s his legacy. He could’ve changed the world for the better; he had every resource available to him to do so. Instead, he made it markedly worse."

Elon leaves with reputation in tatters

As Musk's time in the White House comes to an end, let's be clear about his legacy.

plus.briantylercohen.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Jun 2

Why aren’t Dems on everything talking about the Joni Ernst “you can die” bill?

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · Jun 1

A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.

A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.

Does that sound fair to you?

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · May 22

After 7+ weeks in hospital incarceration, I'm finally going home to see Wystan, who will not give a fig, I suspect. But I'm looking forward to seeing him anyway.

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · May 15

www.wired.com/story/cfpb-q...

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

www.wired.com

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · May 13

The DNC cares more about stopping David Hogg than stopping Andrew Cuomo right now. People are finally opening their eyes and seeing this party serves the parasite class, just like the Republicans. It's an irredeemable outfit that will commit genocide and then blame us for losing.

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