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David M. Perkins

@dmperkins.bsky.social

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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. https://bit.ly/DMPerkins

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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 ...

David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 1d

#poetry

David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 8d

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...

luminauramag.com

David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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

Thank you so much!

David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 8d

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...

luminauramag.com

David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 18d

This works ...

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RWLATSTETTER ♿🍉😉🤦‍♂️😜 @rwlatstetter.bsky.social · 18d

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 · 18d

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

David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 18d

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 · 18d

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 ˃̶͈̀(ᗜ`👅’ᗜ)˂̶͈́ 🩸 @banneduser.space · Jun 3

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Yeah im goin to
Consider this a Called Shot

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?

David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · May 22

After 7+ weeks in hospital incarceration, I'm finally going home to see Wystan, who will not give a fig, I suspect. But I'm looking forward to seeing him anyway.

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · May 15

www.wired.com/story/cfpb-q...

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · May 13

The DNC cares more about stopping David Hogg than stopping Andrew Cuomo right now. People are finally opening their eyes and seeing this party serves the parasite class, just like the Republicans. It's an irredeemable outfit that will commit genocide and then blame us for losing.

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RWLATSTETTER ♿🍉😉🤦‍♂️😜 @rwlatstetter.bsky.social · May 13

OKAY, THIS IS THE @democrats.org THE COUNTRY KNOWS:

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · May 13

Trump: hold my jet

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · May 13

If you work hard in America, maybe you could have the same comfort and quality of of life as a prisoner in Norway

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News Feed @news-feed.bsky.social · May 13

@washingtonpost: Nearly 60,000 people in the United States will lose their federal housing assistance years before they anticipated.

The Emergency Housing Vouchers program was supposed to last through 2030, but funding will probably run out sometime next year.

Main link in OG tweet

https://wapo.st/3Sx6RBF

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · May 13

They misspelled bribes

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · May 13

I will block every dumb fuck on this platform if I smell boot on their breath until all I see on my feed are people openly calling out the Democratic Party for aligning with Wall Street and Republicans, while fundraising off the fascism

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PapaJ @michiganpapa.bsky.social · May 13

"...in every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the people."

Eugene V. Debs (1918)

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · May 13

A short 1-minute speech from @reprashida.govpeeps.us that every American should watch

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Shadow61 @shadow61.bsky.social · May 11

@kjcon.bsky.social thank you for sharing this . Proud and honor to be of of your followers. Let’s make this viral. My awesome friends please let everyone know this one!!!

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Bad Boy 🔻 of Mandalore 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇷 @dindjarinsway.bsky.social · May 4

The arrogance of z10nists again trying to use the threat of fake antisemitism to claim some sort of immunity to all laws, regulations, requests & instruction.....

Big up the Canadian Police for arresting the m0f0. Hope he gets some attitude readjustment down at the station....
#z1oArrogance

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

"Renascence Poetics"
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Renascence Poetics

"Make it new" — Ezra Pound