Dave Bonta
@davebonta.bsky.social
Poet and web publisher from the northern tip of southern Appalachia specializing in erasure poetry, ecopoetry, videopoetry and modern haiku. Books include Ice Mountain: An Elegy; Failed State: Haibun; and Breakdown: Banjo Poems.
https://davebonta.com
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Swarms of large, amalgamated snowflakes fly past the porch well into mid-morning. When the wind drops for a few seconds, they hover nearly motionless, as if awaiting orders.
Swarms of large, amalgamated snowflakes fly past the porch well into mid-morning. When the wind drops for a few seconds, they hover nearly motionless, as if awaiting orders.
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Swarms of large, amalgamated snowflakes fly past the porch well into mid-morning. When the wind drops for a few seconds, they hover nearly motionless, as if awaiting orders.
morningporch.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Swarms of large, amalgamated snowflakes fly past the porch well into mid-morning. When the wind drops for a few seconds, they hover nearly motionless, as if awaiting orders.
Swarms of large, amalgamated snowflakes fly past the porch well into mid-morning. When the wind drops for a few seconds, they hover nearly motionless, as if awaiting orders.
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Thaw. The snowpack has shrunk by about half, and the snowplowed banks that flank the road have opened their dark dirt hearts. The gray sky turns faintly pink as the wind picks up.
Thaw. The snowpack has shrunk by about half, and the snowplowed banks that flank the road have opened their dark dirt hearts. The gray sky turns faintly pink as the wind picks up.
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Thaw. The snowpack has shrunk by about half, and the snowplowed banks that flank the road have opened their dark dirt hearts. The gray sky turns faintly pink as the wind picks up.
morningporch.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Thaw. The snowpack has shrunk by about half, and the snowplowed banks that flank the road have opened their dark dirt hearts. The gray sky turns faintly pink as the wind picks up.
Thaw. The snowpack has shrunk by about half, and the snowplowed banks that flank the road have opened their dark dirt hearts. The gray sky turns faintly pink as the wind picks up.
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The warmest morning in weeks: less than ten degrees below freezing! White ground, gray sky, and from at least three directions, the sound of gnawing.
The warmest morning in weeks: less than ten degrees below freezing! White ground, gray sky, and from at least three directions, the sound of gnawing.
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The warmest morning in weeks: less than ten degrees below freezing! White ground, gray sky, and from at least three directions, the sound of gnawing.
morningporch.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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The warmest morning in weeks: less than ten degrees below freezing! White ground, gray sky, and from at least three directions, the sound of gnawing.
The warmest morning in weeks: less than ten degrees below freezing! White ground, gray sky, and from at least three directions, the sound of gnawing.
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 6
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Having spent the below-zero portion of the morning snug in bed, I luxuriate in strong sunlight mediated only by the skeletons of trees. Down-hollow, a committee of crows has formed to spread awareness about the location of some poor, drowsy owl.
Having spent the below-zero portion of the morning snug in bed, I luxuriate in strong sunlight mediated only by the skeletons of trees. Down-hollow, a committee of crows has formed to spread awareness about the location of some poor, drowsy owl.
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Having spent the below-zero portion of the morning snug in bed, I luxuriate in strong sunlight mediated only by the skeletons of trees. Down-hollow, a committee of crows has formed to spread awareness about the location of some poor, drowsy owl.
morningporch.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Having spent the below-zero portion of the morning snug in bed, I luxuriate in strong sunlight mediated only by the skeletons of trees. Down-hollow, a committee of crows has formed to spread awareness about the location of some poor, drowsy owl.
Having spent the below-zero portion of the morning snug in bed, I luxuriate in strong sunlight mediated only by the skeletons of trees. Down-hollow, a committee of crows has formed to spread awareness about the location of some poor, drowsy owl.
watching Olympics curling videos on YouTube with the sound off because I don't want anyone to explain the rules to me, it's perfectly surreal
February 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
watching Olympics curling videos on YouTube with the sound off because I don't want anyone to explain the rules to me, it's perfectly surreal
Mock the Week is back!!! Now to find out how many of the jokes go over my head since I don't follow UK politics as closely as I used to... www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Wf...
Mock The Week Series 1 Episode 1 (2026 TLC UK)
YouTube video by Jake Twigden
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February 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Mock the Week is back!!! Now to find out how many of the jokes go over my head since I don't follow UK politics as closely as I used to... www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Wf...
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Cold not as deep as predicted due to a lid of cloud, which eases open in the east—just enough for the sun to flood the western ridge with light. The warble of a house finch.
Cold not as deep as predicted due to a lid of cloud, which eases open in the east—just enough for the sun to flood the western ridge with light. The warble of a house finch.
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Cold not as deep as predicted due to a lid of cloud, which eases open in the east—just enough for the sun to flood the western ridge with light. The warble of a house finch.
morningporch.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Cold not as deep as predicted due to a lid of cloud, which eases open in the east—just enough for the sun to flood the western ridge with light. The warble of a house finch.
Cold not as deep as predicted due to a lid of cloud, which eases open in the east—just enough for the sun to flood the western ridge with light. The warble of a house finch.
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As If Haunted by the Terror, the Chatbot Says It Has No Description for the Woro Massacre by Ridwan Fasasi - Rattle: Poetry
But the bullets in their forehead, lethal,
looked as if they had conquered the living.
rattle.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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He has a GoFundMe here:
My name is Alberto Castañeda Mondragón....I entered the United States legally with a work visa and have worked ever since. I never had any issues with law enforcement, until last month, when ICE crushed my skull.
www.gofundme.com/f/alberto-ca...
My name is Alberto Castañeda Mondragón....I entered the United States legally with a work visa and have worked ever since. I never had any issues with law enforcement, until last month, when ICE crushed my skull.
www.gofundme.com/f/alberto-ca...
Donate to Alberto Castañeda Mondragón, organized by Andy D
All funds go to Alberto Castañeda Mondragón. Recent news coverage here and here. Below is a transla… Andy D needs your support for Alberto Castañeda Mondragón
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February 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
He has a GoFundMe here:
My name is Alberto Castañeda Mondragón....I entered the United States legally with a work visa and have worked ever since. I never had any issues with law enforcement, until last month, when ICE crushed my skull.
www.gofundme.com/f/alberto-ca...
My name is Alberto Castañeda Mondragón....I entered the United States legally with a work visa and have worked ever since. I never had any issues with law enforcement, until last month, when ICE crushed my skull.
www.gofundme.com/f/alberto-ca...
trying to write poetry with a head cold is surprisingly difficult. i think it might have something to do with the loss of taste and smell. words and phrases seem arbitrary, interchangeably bland
February 7, 2026 at 9:34 PM
trying to write poetry with a head cold is surprisingly difficult. i think it might have something to do with the loss of taste and smell. words and phrases seem arbitrary, interchangeably bland
Wow. I never realized, until watching the old MTV video just now, the extent to which Don Henly's "All She Wants to Do is Dance" functions as counterrevolutionary, imperialist propaganda dressed up as rebellion www.youtube.com/watch?v=eud5...
Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by DonHenleyVEVO
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February 7, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Wow. I never realized, until watching the old MTV video just now, the extent to which Don Henly's "All She Wants to Do is Dance" functions as counterrevolutionary, imperialist propaganda dressed up as rebellion www.youtube.com/watch?v=eud5...
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Bright and bitter cold, with a wind obsessively rearranging the snow. A ragged oak leaf comes tumbling out of the woods and skitters up the road, following a stripe of sunlight.
Bright and bitter cold, with a wind obsessively rearranging the snow. A ragged oak leaf comes tumbling out of the woods and skitters up the road, following a stripe of sunlight.
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Bright and bitter cold, with a wind obsessively rearranging the snow. A ragged oak leaf comes tumbling out of the woods and skitters up the road, following a stripe of sunlight.
morningporch.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Bright and bitter cold, with a wind obsessively rearranging the snow. A ragged oak leaf comes tumbling out of the woods and skitters up the road, following a stripe of sunlight.
Bright and bitter cold, with a wind obsessively rearranging the snow. A ragged oak leaf comes tumbling out of the woods and skitters up the road, following a stripe of sunlight.
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The mighty po' boy. The sando of the resistance ✊🏽
Here it is!!!! The Sandwich Fact!!!! Near guaranteed to make you go "huh I didn't know that" unless you did!
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The mighty po' boy. The sando of the resistance ✊🏽
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NEWS: Three Illinois Democratic congressional candidates being boosted by dark-money Super PAC ads that are shells for AIPAC also share 100s of donors who previously funded AIPAC. Many donations were sent to the same candidates for the same amounts on the same day.
From @ryangrim.bsky.social and me.
From @ryangrim.bsky.social and me.
AIPAC Coordinates Donors in Illinois House Primaries - The American Prospect
Three Democratic candidates are benefiting from dark-money super PACs, and they share hundreds of donors who have previously given to AIPAC and its subsidiaries.
prospect.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
NEWS: Three Illinois Democratic congressional candidates being boosted by dark-money Super PAC ads that are shells for AIPAC also share 100s of donors who previously funded AIPAC. Many donations were sent to the same candidates for the same amounts on the same day.
From @ryangrim.bsky.social and me.
From @ryangrim.bsky.social and me.
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A heavy, gray sky that from time to time emits a shimmer of fine precipitation. Woodpeckers' rhythms turn irregular as they move from their drumming trees to their dining trees. A bit of highway noise for the first time in a week.
A heavy, gray sky that from time to time emits a shimmer of fine precipitation. Woodpeckers' rhythms turn irregular as they move from their drumming trees to their dining trees. A bit of highway noise for the first time in a week.
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A heavy, gray sky that from time to time emits a shimmer of fine precipitation. Woodpeckers' rhythms turn irregular as they move from their drumming trees to their dining trees. A bit of highway noise for the first time in a week.
morningporch.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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A heavy, gray sky that from time to time emits a shimmer of fine precipitation. Woodpeckers' rhythms turn irregular as they move from their drumming trees to their dining trees. A bit of highway noise for the first time in a week.
A heavy, gray sky that from time to time emits a shimmer of fine precipitation. Woodpeckers' rhythms turn irregular as they move from their drumming trees to their dining trees. A bit of highway noise for the first time in a week.
i'm feeling personally attacked lol
I was told we needed to shun Substack because the platform harbors Nazis, but now I’ve had a chance to look at it, and it’s like turning over a rock and finding a very large unfunded MFA program
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
i'm feeling personally attacked lol
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Nothing now stands in the way of unrestrained further nuclear armament. This makes the world even more unsafe. How crazy do you have to be to take this risk?
End of the New START Treaty: Major Powers Evade Control Over Their Nuclear Weapons
The civilian population and their political representatives must finally wake up and take joint action to persuade those responsible in the ruling political establishment to change course in the interests of humanity.
www.commondreams.org
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Nothing now stands in the way of unrestrained further nuclear armament. This makes the world even more unsafe. How crazy do you have to be to take this risk?
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Cold and still. When my furnace rumbles to a stop, the only sound is a distant titmouse. A sneeze gathers in my sinuses: my explosive homage to the rising sun.
Cold and still. When my furnace rumbles to a stop, the only sound is a distant titmouse. A sneeze gathers in my sinuses: my explosive homage to the rising sun.
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Cold and still. When my furnace rumbles to a stop, the only sound is a distant titmouse. A sneeze gathers in my sinuses: my explosive homage to the rising sun.
morningporch.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Cold and still. When my furnace rumbles to a stop, the only sound is a distant titmouse. A sneeze gathers in my sinuses: my explosive homage to the rising sun.
Cold and still. When my furnace rumbles to a stop, the only sound is a distant titmouse. A sneeze gathers in my sinuses: my explosive homage to the rising sun.
a creation myth I could get behind
Kind of obsessed with my 11-year-old's drawing of a black hole barfing out a rainbow and creating the earth.
February 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
a creation myth I could get behind
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🚨 Munitions inventory leaked to me shows Border Patrol is stockpiling over 35,000 weapons in Minneapolis for crowd control.
Full inventory here:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-wa...
Full inventory here:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-wa...
In ICE’s War, the Public Is Winning
After stockpiling 35,000 weapons in Minneapolis, ICE suddenly withdraws
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
🚨 Munitions inventory leaked to me shows Border Patrol is stockpiling over 35,000 weapons in Minneapolis for crowd control.
Full inventory here:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-wa...
Full inventory here:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-wa...
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Cold and still as the last few yellow-bellied clouds sail off. A fast raven chase goes over, trailing metallic shrieks. The sun clears the ridge and all the trees don their blue shadows.
Cold and still as the last few yellow-bellied clouds sail off. A fast raven chase goes over, trailing metallic shrieks. The sun clears the ridge and all the trees don their blue shadows.
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Cold and still as the last few yellow-bellied clouds sail off. A fast raven chase goes over, trailing metallic shrieks. The sun clears the ridge and all the trees don their blue shadows.
morningporch.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Cold and still as the last few yellow-bellied clouds sail off. A fast raven chase goes over, trailing metallic shrieks. The sun clears the ridge and all the trees don their blue shadows.
Cold and still as the last few yellow-bellied clouds sail off. A fast raven chase goes over, trailing metallic shrieks. The sun clears the ridge and all the trees don their blue shadows.
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Today the House is voting on funding for ICE.
This rogue agency should not receive a single penny. It should be abolished and prosecuted.
This rogue agency should not receive a single penny. It should be abolished and prosecuted.
February 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Today the House is voting on funding for ICE.
This rogue agency should not receive a single penny. It should be abolished and prosecuted.
This rogue agency should not receive a single penny. It should be abolished and prosecuted.
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A slow snowfall that never quite quits as I sit enjoying the balmy temperature—just seven degrees below freezing!—and the continuing, slow-motion courtship of the squirrels.
A slow snowfall that never quite quits as I sit enjoying the balmy temperature—just seven degrees below freezing!—and the continuing, slow-motion courtship of the squirrels.
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A slow snowfall that never quite quits as I sit enjoying the balmy temperature—just seven degrees below freezing!—and the continuing, slow-motion courtship of the squirrels.
morningporch.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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A slow snowfall that never quite quits as I sit enjoying the balmy temperature—just seven degrees below freezing!—and the continuing, slow-motion courtship of the squirrels.
A slow snowfall that never quite quits as I sit enjoying the balmy temperature—just seven degrees below freezing!—and the continuing, slow-motion courtship of the squirrels.
This week in the poetry blogs with @alinaetc.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @myheadtheforest.bsky.social
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 5
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:27 AM