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
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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/
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
RIP Jimmy Cliff
Moving On
YouTube video by Jimmy Cliff - Topic
m.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff
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@notatawp.bsky.social is 100% free, too. Stay at home in your pj's and join our open mics, let @mitchnobis.bsky.social and I know if you're interested in running a panel, too.
PSA for poets: AWP prices go up TOMORROW. If you are, like me, on team Don't Give Em A Dime More Than You Have To, get that registration done tonight!
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
@notatawp.bsky.social is 100% free, too. Stay at home in your pj's and join our open mics, let @mitchnobis.bsky.social and I know if you're interested in running a panel, too.
They’re upset because the fascists they threw in with aren’t ideologically MAGA enough.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
They’re upset because the fascists they threw in with aren’t ideologically MAGA enough.
Update: nope. 😞
Accountability post: I’m gonna get up early tomorrow morning and try to write poems.
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Update: nope. 😞
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not to be outdone by UPK's 40% off sale (including my collection, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife) WSUPress also has a 45% off sale for their titles, including my collection, The Second Stop Is Jupiter -
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
not to be outdone by UPK's 40% off sale (including my collection, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife) WSUPress also has a 45% off sale for their titles, including my collection, The Second Stop Is Jupiter -
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
wsupress.wayne.edu
use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰
Accountability post: I’m gonna get up early tomorrow morning and try to write poems.
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Accountability post: I’m gonna get up early tomorrow morning and try to write poems.
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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Another poetry reading coming up from Bearded Bards. Check it out!
Come see us read and donate to Translifeline.org
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 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Another poetry reading coming up from Bearded Bards. Check it out!