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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.
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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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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 8d
Trump says “Christians” as he starves 42 million Americans for the fkn rich.

To these no real job having exploiters #religion is just another tool for #imperialism and #capitalism.

There is no such thing as Jesus Christ in the GOP.

That’s clear.

In fact I’d postulate it’s the opposite.
Donald J. Trump 0 ® @realDonald Trump f the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. wil mmediately stop all aid and assistance to Vigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, "guns-a-blazing," to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! NARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST! 723 ReTruths 2.52k Likes 11/1/25, 11:43 PM

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 22d
In today’s news, Israel’s stupid fucking genocidal rapists ran over an unexploded ordnance from their own evil carpet bombing campaign, blamed Hamas, started fucking bombing Gaza again, killed scores of civilians, and then quietly backed down on urging from Washington.

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 25d
Today: Oscar Wilde's birthday. "The Last Days of Sebastian Melmoth" from my 1st collection, I MAY OR MAY NOT LOVE YOU, originally published in THE BLOOMSBURY REVIEW, reprinted in WHEN THE BLUEBIRD SANG: An Oscar Wilde Journal.
#Poetry

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 28d
#poetry
#Philadelphia
luminauramag.com/vol1/poetry/...
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 · 28d
"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 · 29d
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 · 29d
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 · 29d
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 · 29d
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.
www.motherjones.com

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micchiato 🍉 @micchiato.bsky.social · 29d
“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 · 29d
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 · 29d
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.
www.inquirer.com

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Jamie Dyer ☸️ @jamiedcville.bsky.social · 29d
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 · 29d
"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 · Oct 8
#poetry

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

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · Oct 3
Thank you so much!

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · Oct 1
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.
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 · Sep 22
This works ...

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RWLATSTETTER ♿🍉😉🤦‍♂️😜 @rwlatstetter.bsky.social · Sep 22
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 · Sep 21
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 · Sep 21
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 · Sep 21
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 (on Wafrn) ˃̶͈̀(ᗜ`👅’ᗜ)˂̶͈́ 🩸 @banneduser.space · Jun 3
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Yeah im goin to
Consider this a Called Shot
bullwark.bsky.social 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?