Nick Allison
@nickallison80.bsky.social
Sometimes I write stuff. Sometimes it doesn’t totally suck. But I suppose that’s subjective. Essays: TCS, HuffPost, CounterPunch, The Fulcrum, elsewhere. Editor: TheChaosSectionPoetryProject.com
Other stuff: TheTruthAboutTigers.com #GoStros
Other stuff: TheTruthAboutTigers.com #GoStros
My daughter Phoebe and I had a poem published at Collaborature this week. We wrote it together when she was 9, using those little magnets you arrange to form sentences on the fridge, which of course makes it my favorite poem ever!
"Mad Dark Winter Sky" collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/12/mad-...
"Mad Dark Winter Sky" collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/12/mad-...
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My daughter Phoebe and I had a poem published at Collaborature this week. We wrote it together when she was 9, using those little magnets you arrange to form sentences on the fridge, which of course makes it my favorite poem ever!
"Mad Dark Winter Sky" collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/12/mad-...
"Mad Dark Winter Sky" collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/12/mad-...
Huge thanks to Melissa at Collaborature for the chance to guest-judge the November contest. Judging poetry is never easy, but The Carpenter at St. Ignatius by Chiwenite Onyekwelu stood out to me: collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/meet...
collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/meet...
November Contest Winning Entry
Collaborature poetry and fiction journal, contest, November, winning entry, Chiwenite Onyekwelu
collaborature.blogspot.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Huge thanks to Melissa at Collaborature for the chance to guest-judge the November contest. Judging poetry is never easy, but The Carpenter at St. Ignatius by Chiwenite Onyekwelu stood out to me: collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/meet...
collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/meet...
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Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
Sometimes, to fight the system, one must make temporary peace with its distribution channels. "Record of Dissent" on sale here: a.co/d/6VS5ZgR
Reviews would be helpful for visibility too! #protestpoetry #trump #dissent
thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/12/07/t...
Reviews would be helpful for visibility too! #protestpoetry #trump #dissent
thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/12/07/t...
’Tis the Season to Resist: Record of Dissent, $4.99
If anyone’s interested, the poetry collection I edited, Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age, is on sale on Amazon for the at-cost price of $4.99. I’m not wild about sen…
thetruthabouttigers.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Sometimes, to fight the system, one must make temporary peace with its distribution channels. "Record of Dissent" on sale here: a.co/d/6VS5ZgR
Reviews would be helpful for visibility too! #protestpoetry #trump #dissent
thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/12/07/t...
Reviews would be helpful for visibility too! #protestpoetry #trump #dissent
thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/12/07/t...
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Inspired by @nickallison80.bsky.social's poem in light of 47's dismal Gallup numbers.
This is just to say
We have tanked
your numbers
that were
in the poll
and which
you were probably
hoping
were higher
Forgive us
you are odious
so evil
and so old
We have tanked
your numbers
that were
in the poll
and which
you were probably
hoping
were higher
Forgive us
you are odious
so evil
and so old
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Inspired by @nickallison80.bsky.social's poem in light of 47's dismal Gallup numbers.
In response to Gallup’s new poll reporting Trump’s approval has dropped to 36%
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In response to Gallup’s new poll reporting Trump’s approval has dropped to 36%
FIFA gave #Trump the geopolitical version of a youth-soccer participation medal. The “you tried, champ, but please stop yelling about the Nobel Prize now” award. ⚽🏅 He’ll probably throw another super-rad military parade to celebrate his "great achievement."
newrepublic.com/post/204033/... #nobel
newrepublic.com/post/204033/... #nobel
FIFA Gives Trump a Dumb Medal So He’ll Stop Talking About Nobel Prize
Would a peace prize by any other name smell as sweet?
newrepublic.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
FIFA gave #Trump the geopolitical version of a youth-soccer participation medal. The “you tried, champ, but please stop yelling about the Nobel Prize now” award. ⚽🏅 He’ll probably throw another super-rad military parade to celebrate his "great achievement."
newrepublic.com/post/204033/... #nobel
newrepublic.com/post/204033/... #nobel
It’s almost refreshing to watch these bargain-bin fascists finally drop the racist dog-whistle act and admit that this was never about “violent illegal immigrant gang members.”
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It’s almost refreshing to watch these bargain-bin fascists finally drop the racist dog-whistle act and admit that this was never about “violent illegal immigrant gang members.”
I’m not anti-technology or “anti-progress,” but more and more often these days, I find myself thinking of Chris Ryan’s line from his book, Civilized to Death:
“When you’re going in the wrong direction, progress is the last thing you need.”
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
“When you’re going in the wrong direction, progress is the last thing you need.”
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I’m not anti-technology or “anti-progress,” but more and more often these days, I find myself thinking of Chris Ryan’s line from his book, Civilized to Death:
“When you’re going in the wrong direction, progress is the last thing you need.”
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
“When you’re going in the wrong direction, progress is the last thing you need.”
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
Excellent piece:
“What started out as a campaign promise to deport gang members like MS-13 has progressed to a full scale purge of any non-white, non-citizen. Trump is now talking about ‘denaturalization’ and ‘re-migration,’ two terms that are right out of the Great Replacement Theory playbook.”
“What started out as a campaign promise to deport gang members like MS-13 has progressed to a full scale purge of any non-white, non-citizen. Trump is now talking about ‘denaturalization’ and ‘re-migration,’ two terms that are right out of the Great Replacement Theory playbook.”
The president’s attacks on Somali-Americans are the latest sign he is failing — and he knows it.
A desperate Trump puts his racism on full display
The president’s attacks on Somali-Americans are the latest sign he is failing — and he knows it
www.salon.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Excellent piece:
“What started out as a campaign promise to deport gang members like MS-13 has progressed to a full scale purge of any non-white, non-citizen. Trump is now talking about ‘denaturalization’ and ‘re-migration,’ two terms that are right out of the Great Replacement Theory playbook.”
“What started out as a campaign promise to deport gang members like MS-13 has progressed to a full scale purge of any non-white, non-citizen. Trump is now talking about ‘denaturalization’ and ‘re-migration,’ two terms that are right out of the Great Replacement Theory playbook.”
Here’s a fun little game if you grew up back when most of your #music still came from the radio:
open Apple Music (or whatever you use), search (insert genre here) hits from the year you got your driver’s license (for me: alternative/rock/punk 1996), and hit shuffle. Instant time machine!
open Apple Music (or whatever you use), search (insert genre here) hits from the year you got your driver’s license (for me: alternative/rock/punk 1996), and hit shuffle. Instant time machine!
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Here’s a fun little game if you grew up back when most of your #music still came from the radio:
open Apple Music (or whatever you use), search (insert genre here) hits from the year you got your driver’s license (for me: alternative/rock/punk 1996), and hit shuffle. Instant time machine!
open Apple Music (or whatever you use), search (insert genre here) hits from the year you got your driver’s license (for me: alternative/rock/punk 1996), and hit shuffle. Instant time machine!
I attack with love, pure bug beauty, curl my lips and crawl up to you.
Hide your soft skin, your sorrow is sunshine
Listen to my eyes
They’re hissing radiator tunes
I'll curve my flight
Under your bended knee
And I will always die
So you can remember me
- JT #wilco
youtu.be/yvmBy_pSiMo?...
Hide your soft skin, your sorrow is sunshine
Listen to my eyes
They’re hissing radiator tunes
I'll curve my flight
Under your bended knee
And I will always die
So you can remember me
- JT #wilco
youtu.be/yvmBy_pSiMo?...
Company in My Back
YouTube video by Wilco - Topic
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I attack with love, pure bug beauty, curl my lips and crawl up to you.
Hide your soft skin, your sorrow is sunshine
Listen to my eyes
They’re hissing radiator tunes
I'll curve my flight
Under your bended knee
And I will always die
So you can remember me
- JT #wilco
youtu.be/yvmBy_pSiMo?...
Hide your soft skin, your sorrow is sunshine
Listen to my eyes
They’re hissing radiator tunes
I'll curve my flight
Under your bended knee
And I will always die
So you can remember me
- JT #wilco
youtu.be/yvmBy_pSiMo?...
If anyone’s in the mood for some light reading, I published a piece last week about unlawful orders, military oaths, Trump, the Mark Kelly “sedition” nonsense, and what service members are actually obligated to follow.
tcspress.com/2025/11/25/t...
#Trump #MarkKelly #Sedition #Oath #UnlawfulOrders
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#Trump #MarkKelly #Sedition #Oath #UnlawfulOrders
The Mark Kelly “Sedition Scandal” and a President Who Doesn’t Understand the Oath
President Trump has a long history of disparaging members of the military who disagree with him. Back in 2015, he shrugged off John McCain’s five and a half years as a POW with “He’s not a war hero…
tcspress.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If anyone’s in the mood for some light reading, I published a piece last week about unlawful orders, military oaths, Trump, the Mark Kelly “sedition” nonsense, and what service members are actually obligated to follow.
tcspress.com/2025/11/25/t...
#Trump #MarkKelly #Sedition #Oath #UnlawfulOrders
tcspress.com/2025/11/25/t...
#Trump #MarkKelly #Sedition #Oath #UnlawfulOrders
Excited to share that my poem "Notes Toward an Autopsy of a Republic" was nominated for a #PushcartPrize by Mobius: The Journal of Social Change. Huge thanks to @fjbergmann.bsky.social and the Mobius team.
mobiusmagazine.com/news.html
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mobiusmagazine.com/news.html
mobiusmagazine.com/poetry/notes...
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Excited to share that my poem "Notes Toward an Autopsy of a Republic" was nominated for a #PushcartPrize by Mobius: The Journal of Social Change. Huge thanks to @fjbergmann.bsky.social and the Mobius team.
mobiusmagazine.com/news.html
mobiusmagazine.com/poetry/notes...
mobiusmagazine.com/news.html
mobiusmagazine.com/poetry/notes...
While I’m not the biggest fan of Florida, there is something to be said for walking along the beach in shorts and a t-shirt in late November. Happy turkey day, or whatever you celebrate, friends.
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
While I’m not the biggest fan of Florida, there is something to be said for walking along the beach in shorts and a t-shirt in late November. Happy turkey day, or whatever you celebrate, friends.
Turns out you can quit drinking without crashing a car into a Waffle House, or whatever. Who knew? Here’s a poem and a short essay I scribbled. I don’t often write personal pieces or air my laundry in public, but today felt like a good day for it.
thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/11/26/q... #sobriety
thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/11/26/q... #sobriety
Quiet Compliance (1,000 Days Sober)
The mask becomes your face—a shell you never meant to keep,carved to coax a voiceout of the quiet you were born with. In small, obedient gesturesyou built your own confinement,reaching for the very…
thetruthabouttigers.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Turns out you can quit drinking without crashing a car into a Waffle House, or whatever. Who knew? Here’s a poem and a short essay I scribbled. I don’t often write personal pieces or air my laundry in public, but today felt like a good day for it.
thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/11/26/q... #sobriety
thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/11/26/q... #sobriety
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That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That sound you heard was every GOP elected official with a lick of sense absolutely SHITTING themselves thinking about the visual of Mark Kelly back in uniform before a military court as Whiskey Pete's handpicked chucklefucks try to railroad him on bogus charges.
“Jesus is the answer to all your problems.” Unless your problem is a car wreck. Then you’re gonna need Gordon.
#GordonSaves
#GordonSaves
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“Jesus is the answer to all your problems.” Unless your problem is a car wreck. Then you’re gonna need Gordon.
#GordonSaves
#GordonSaves
Even if you somehow ignore every authoritarian red flag or say you just like his policies, at some point you’ve gotta admit the obvious: he’s an obnoxious, juvenile, pernicious, entitled, narcissistic, boorish human being. Just a small, petty “man” and all around shitty person.
#Trump #Piggy
#Trump #Piggy
Trump snaps at reporter’s Epstein questions: ‘Quiet, piggy’ | CNN
Days before reversing his stance on releasing the Epstein files, President Donald Trump called a reporter “piggy” after she asked about his name being raised in emails sent by convicted sex offender, ...
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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“It's a hard time to be human. We know too much
and too little.”
― Ellen Bass,
The World Has Need of You
www.bethanyareid.com/ellen-bass-t...
and too little.”
― Ellen Bass,
The World Has Need of You
www.bethanyareid.com/ellen-bass-t...
Ellen Bass, “The World Has Need of You” | Bethany Reid
www.bethanyareid.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“It's a hard time to be human. We know too much
and too little.”
― Ellen Bass,
The World Has Need of You
www.bethanyareid.com/ellen-bass-t...
and too little.”
― Ellen Bass,
The World Has Need of You
www.bethanyareid.com/ellen-bass-t...
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I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
I guess this should be pretty simple and self-evident, but I’ve noticed over the years that the quality of my mental health is directly tied to the intensity of my physical effort and the consistency of my meditation practice. thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/11/11/w...
#poetry #ptsd #mentalhealth
#poetry #ptsd #mentalhealth
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I guess this should be pretty simple and self-evident, but I’ve noticed over the years that the quality of my mental health is directly tied to the intensity of my physical effort and the consistency of my meditation practice. thetruthabouttigers.com/2025/11/11/w...
#poetry #ptsd #mentalhealth
#poetry #ptsd #mentalhealth
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
In 2004, my mom wrote about what war costs—not just for those who fight, but for those who wait, worry, and live with the aftermath. Twenty years later, I’m sharing her words again, along with my reflections as a veteran, son, and father.
tcspress.com/2025/11/11/t...
tcspress.com/2025/11/11/t...
The Costs of War: A Mother’s View
In 2004, my mom wrote about what war costs—not just for those who fight, but for those who wait, worry, and live with the aftermath. Twenty years later, I’m sharing her words again, along with my r…
tcspress.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In 2004, my mom wrote about what war costs—not just for those who fight, but for those who wait, worry, and live with the aftermath. Twenty years later, I’m sharing her words again, along with my reflections as a veteran, son, and father.
tcspress.com/2025/11/11/t...
tcspress.com/2025/11/11/t...
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All before 8:30am :
✔️ Dropped kiddo off in carpool (on time today! 😅)
✔️ Took kittens to sterilization appointment
✔️ Arrived at coffee shop to edit the Chaos Section Poetry Project volume 2 that @nickallison80.bsky.social put together and to work on the intro! 🥳
@chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social
✔️ Dropped kiddo off in carpool (on time today! 😅)
✔️ Took kittens to sterilization appointment
✔️ Arrived at coffee shop to edit the Chaos Section Poetry Project volume 2 that @nickallison80.bsky.social put together and to work on the intro! 🥳
@chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social
Quick update on the next TCS Poetry Project collection. We’re in the editing and layout phase, finalizing poem order and arranging for the cover art. Hoping to release it around Xmas/New Year’s. Thanks again to everyone who submitted. Really looking forward to getting this one out in the world!
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
All before 8:30am :
✔️ Dropped kiddo off in carpool (on time today! 😅)
✔️ Took kittens to sterilization appointment
✔️ Arrived at coffee shop to edit the Chaos Section Poetry Project volume 2 that @nickallison80.bsky.social put together and to work on the intro! 🥳
@chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social
✔️ Dropped kiddo off in carpool (on time today! 😅)
✔️ Took kittens to sterilization appointment
✔️ Arrived at coffee shop to edit the Chaos Section Poetry Project volume 2 that @nickallison80.bsky.social put together and to work on the intro! 🥳
@chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social