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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I saw Napalm Death in 1991 and they were exactly like this. Just, you know, young. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GElf...
Napalm Death / Suffer the Children / Live in Kassa 2025
YouTube video by Ferenc Ferenczi
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November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I saw Napalm Death in 1991 and they were exactly like this. Just, you know, young. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GElf...
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Cold and mostly clear. An occasional sound of trains or traffic rises above the shush of wind. A single red cloud scuds overhead and disappears off east.
Cold and mostly clear. An occasional sound of trains or traffic rises above the shush of wind. A single red cloud scuds overhead and disappears off east.
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Cold and mostly clear. An occasional sound of trains or traffic rises above the shush of wind. A single red cloud scuds overhead and disappears off east.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Cold and mostly clear. An occasional sound of trains or traffic rises above the shush of wind. A single red cloud scuds overhead and disappears off east.
Cold and mostly clear. An occasional sound of trains or traffic rises above the shush of wind. A single red cloud scuds overhead and disappears off east.
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Trump's upcoming National Security Strategy identifies the "homeland" as its top priority (above even China!) sources who have seen the strategy tell me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-nation...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-nation...
ICE, National Guard Deployments Just the Beginning
Upcoming national security strategy makes “homeland” top priority
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November 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Trump's upcoming National Security Strategy identifies the "homeland" as its top priority (above even China!) sources who have seen the strategy tell me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-nation...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-nation...
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Cold and gray, with the wind hissing through the last few oak leaves still on the trees. The male Carolina wren sleeps in past his mate, her 'response' preceding his call by nearly five minutes.
Cold and gray, with the wind hissing through the last few oak leaves still on the trees. The male Carolina wren sleeps in past his mate, her 'response' preceding his call by nearly five minutes.
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Cold and gray, with the wind hissing through the last few oak leaves still on the trees. The male Carolina wren sleeps in past his mate, her 'response' preceding his call by nearly five minutes.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Cold and gray, with the wind hissing through the last few oak leaves still on the trees. The male Carolina wren sleeps in past his mate, her 'response' preceding his call by nearly five minutes.
Cold and gray, with the wind hissing through the last few oak leaves still on the trees. The male Carolina wren sleeps in past his mate, her 'response' preceding his call by nearly five minutes.
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A bitter wind has brought the first, thin snowfall. I open my folding seat cushion and find a yellow leaf nestled like a letter in an envelope.
A bitter wind has brought the first, thin snowfall. I open my folding seat cushion and find a yellow leaf nestled like a letter in an envelope.
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A bitter wind has brought the first, thin snowfall. I open my folding seat cushion and find a yellow leaf nestled like a letter in an envelope.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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A bitter wind has brought the first, thin snowfall. I open my folding seat cushion and find a yellow leaf nestled like a letter in an envelope.
A bitter wind has brought the first, thin snowfall. I open my folding seat cushion and find a yellow leaf nestled like a letter in an envelope.
This week in the poetry blogs w/ @suefinch.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @linarvitvideopoet.bsky.social @mcrucefix.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @shotscarecrow.bsky.social 1/4
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 45
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Fine flakes falling from a mottled gray sky. At the bottom of the hollow, two trains whistle the crossing at once, one high, one low.
Fine flakes falling from a mottled gray sky. At the bottom of the hollow, two trains whistle the crossing at once, one high, one low.
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Fine flakes falling from a mottled gray sky. At the bottom of the hollow, two trains whistle the crossing at once, one high, one low.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Fine flakes falling from a mottled gray sky. At the bottom of the hollow, two trains whistle the crossing at once, one high, one low.
Fine flakes falling from a mottled gray sky. At the bottom of the hollow, two trains whistle the crossing at once, one high, one low.
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Thick fog. When the wren stops singing, there's dead silence for several minutes until a nuthatch calls. From father away, the death-cry of a rabbit.
Thick fog. When the wren stops singing, there's dead silence for several minutes until a nuthatch calls. From father away, the death-cry of a rabbit.
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Thick fog. When the wren stops singing, there's dead silence for several minutes until a nuthatch calls. From father away, the death-cry of a rabbit.
morningporch.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Thick fog. When the wren stops singing, there's dead silence for several minutes until a nuthatch calls. From father away, the death-cry of a rabbit.
Thick fog. When the wren stops singing, there's dead silence for several minutes until a nuthatch calls. From father away, the death-cry of a rabbit.
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Mostly clear after last night's rain. A flat-tire moon hangs low in the west. The wingbeats of a raven are, for a few moments, the loudest sound.
Mostly clear after last night's rain. A flat-tire moon hangs low in the west. The wingbeats of a raven are, for a few moments, the loudest sound.
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Mostly clear after last night's rain. A flat-tire moon hangs low in the west. The wingbeats of a raven are, for a few moments, the loudest sound.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Mostly clear after last night's rain. A flat-tire moon hangs low in the west. The wingbeats of a raven are, for a few moments, the loudest sound.
Mostly clear after last night's rain. A flat-tire moon hangs low in the west. The wingbeats of a raven are, for a few moments, the loudest sound.
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We’re thrilled to share our Autumn 2025 Edition 🍂 - With 334 voices from 38 countries, this collection captures autumn’s glow, hush, and turning light. Take a moment, #read, and connect.
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
AUTUMN 2025 | home
The Summer '25 Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal
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November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We’re thrilled to share our Autumn 2025 Edition 🍂 - With 334 voices from 38 countries, this collection captures autumn’s glow, hush, and turning light. Take a moment, #read, and connect.
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
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Cold and still. The sun is a bright smudge slowly shrinking into a blaze as the clouds thin out. A train horn blows an almost perfect minor chord.
Cold and still. The sun is a bright smudge slowly shrinking into a blaze as the clouds thin out. A train horn blows an almost perfect minor chord.
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Cold and still. The sun is a bright smudge slowly shrinking into a blaze as the clouds thin out. A train horn blows an almost perfect minor chord.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Cold and still. The sun is a bright smudge slowly shrinking into a blaze as the clouds thin out. A train horn blows an almost perfect minor chord.
Cold and still. The sun is a bright smudge slowly shrinking into a blaze as the clouds thin out. A train horn blows an almost perfect minor chord.
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Judge McConnell basically walked them through the math, called all their arguments bullshit, and entered the order that the gov't stop playing games with the money while kids go hungry.
Didn't even give the gov't the chance to respond.
Didn't even give the gov't the chance to respond.
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Judge McConnell basically walked them through the math, called all their arguments bullshit, and entered the order that the gov't stop playing games with the money while kids go hungry.
Didn't even give the gov't the chance to respond.
Didn't even give the gov't the chance to respond.
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Clear and cold, with wind supplying all the voices in the dawn chorus. A crow rockets past, wings at an oblique angle to its direction of travel, cheering itself on.
Clear and cold, with wind supplying all the voices in the dawn chorus. A crow rockets past, wings at an oblique angle to its direction of travel, cheering itself on.
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Clear and cold, with wind supplying all the voices in the dawn chorus. A crow rockets past, wings at an oblique angle to its direction of travel, cheering itself on.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Clear and cold, with wind supplying all the voices in the dawn chorus. A crow rockets past, wings at an oblique angle to its direction of travel, cheering itself on.
Clear and cold, with wind supplying all the voices in the dawn chorus. A crow rockets past, wings at an oblique angle to its direction of travel, cheering itself on.
you're welcome, America
Last night’s overwhelming Democratic sweep in Pennsylvania preserves liberal control of the state supreme courts across the Midwest’s Blue Wall—MI, PA, WI. These courts are really important for election law and voting rights.
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Democrats Retain Control of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court with Three-Seat Sweep - Bolts
Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have defeated an unusually high-profile Republican bid to unseat them. They secured large statewide victories on Tuesday, following an histo...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
you're welcome, America
name-checking Eugene Debs in the first lines of his victory speech is how you know Mamdani is the real deal, and not some corporate wolf in sheep's clothing
It took 17 years to get Democrats back to this moment of opportunity.
The question after these election wins is whether the whole party will embrace the populism voters want - and whether Dems can learn the cautionary lessons about how their past leaders' post-election betrayals created a backlash.
The question after these election wins is whether the whole party will embrace the populism voters want - and whether Dems can learn the cautionary lessons about how their past leaders' post-election betrayals created a backlash.
Welcome To The New Uprising
Zohran Mamdani’s victory could be a turning point for Democrats — if the party finally learns from its past leaders’ betrayals.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
name-checking Eugene Debs in the first lines of his victory speech is how you know Mamdani is the real deal, and not some corporate wolf in sheep's clothing
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A mackerel sky slowly clearing off by mid-morning. A Carolina wren trills in the distance. The slightest of breezes makes the tulip tree's remaining leaves tremble.
A mackerel sky slowly clearing off by mid-morning. A Carolina wren trills in the distance. The slightest of breezes makes the tulip tree's remaining leaves tremble.
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A mackerel sky slowly clearing off by mid-morning. A Carolina wren trills in the distance. The slightest of breezes makes the tulip tree's remaining leaves tremble.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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A mackerel sky slowly clearing off by mid-morning. A Carolina wren trills in the distance. The slightest of breezes makes the tulip tree's remaining leaves tremble.
A mackerel sky slowly clearing off by mid-morning. A Carolina wren trills in the distance. The slightest of breezes makes the tulip tree's remaining leaves tremble.
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The red of the oaks gets an assist, first from the dawn and then the sunrise, blazing scarlet, copper or burgundy in each vase-shaped crown.
The red of the oaks gets an assist, first from the dawn and then the sunrise, blazing scarlet, copper or burgundy in each vase-shaped crown.
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The red of the oaks gets an assist, first from the dawn and then the sunrise, blazing scarlet, copper or burgundy in each vase-shaped crown.
morningporch.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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The red of the oaks gets an assist, first from the dawn and then the sunrise, blazing scarlet, copper or burgundy in each vase-shaped crown.
The red of the oaks gets an assist, first from the dawn and then the sunrise, blazing scarlet, copper or burgundy in each vase-shaped crown.
Halloween week in the poetry blogs with thetenderbetween.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social aempoet.bsky.social pfanderson.bsky.social webbish6.bsky.social thepoetslizard.bsky.social kristybowen.bsky.social matthewepaul.bsky.social matriches.bsky.social 1/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 44
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Sunrise delayed for a few minutes by a low bank of clouds. A gray squirrel emerges from its nest high in a black cherry and dashes down the newly exposed trunk. A robin adds a few tut-tuts to the chorus of white-throated sparrows.
Sunrise delayed for a few minutes by a low bank of clouds. A gray squirrel emerges from its nest high in a black cherry and dashes down the newly exposed trunk. A robin adds a few tut-tuts to the chorus of white-throated sparrows.
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Sunrise delayed for a few minutes by a low bank of clouds. A gray squirrel emerges from its nest high in a black cherry and dashes down the newly exposed trunk. A robin adds a few tut-tuts to the chorus of white-throated sparrows.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Sunrise delayed for a few minutes by a low bank of clouds. A gray squirrel emerges from its nest high in a black cherry and dashes down the newly exposed trunk. A robin adds a few tut-tuts to the chorus of white-throated sparrows.
Sunrise delayed for a few minutes by a low bank of clouds. A gray squirrel emerges from its nest high in a black cherry and dashes down the newly exposed trunk. A robin adds a few tut-tuts to the chorus of white-throated sparrows.
the cat's bowl
the cat’s bowl
under the ofrenda the sound of teeth
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November 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
the cat's bowl
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Clear and cold. The sun pops up—the pea in our daylight-savings shell game. A screech owl begins to trill.
Clear and cold. The sun pops up—the pea in our daylight-savings shell game. A screech owl begins to trill.
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Clear and cold. The sun pops up—the pea in our daylight-savings shell game. A screech owl begins to trill.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Clear and cold. The sun pops up—the pea in our daylight-savings shell game. A screech owl begins to trill.
Clear and cold. The sun pops up—the pea in our daylight-savings shell game. A screech owl begins to trill.
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Red sky behind red leaves at sunrise. In the yard, big winds have stripped the tulip tree of all but its smallest leaves—the sheerest of dresses.
Red sky behind red leaves at sunrise. In the yard, big winds have stripped the tulip tree of all but its smallest leaves—the sheerest of dresses.
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Red sky behind red leaves at sunrise. In the yard, big winds have stripped the tulip tree of all but its smallest leaves—the sheerest of dresses.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Red sky behind red leaves at sunrise. In the yard, big winds have stripped the tulip tree of all but its smallest leaves—the sheerest of dresses.
Red sky behind red leaves at sunrise. In the yard, big winds have stripped the tulip tree of all but its smallest leaves—the sheerest of dresses.
just two more days till my favorite holiday: Clocks Back Day
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
just two more days till my favorite holiday: Clocks Back Day
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The case for International Criminal Court intervention is clear and indisputable. Israel cannot and does not investigate itself for crimes against humanity. Accountability has to come from elsewhere.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The case for International Criminal Court intervention is clear and indisputable. Israel cannot and does not investigate itself for crimes against humanity. Accountability has to come from elsewhere.
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It feels a bit apocalyptic walking the dog through our dark neighborhood before dawn while all the Halloween lawn statues toppled by overnight wind softly utter their sound effects and recite their creepy lines from the ground.
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It feels a bit apocalyptic walking the dog through our dark neighborhood before dawn while all the Halloween lawn statues toppled by overnight wind softly utter their sound effects and recite their creepy lines from the ground.