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
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.
Reposted by David Rosenthal
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
Reposted by David Rosenthal
LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
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Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
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November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
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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
Reposted by David Rosenthal
@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. 😞
Reposted by David Rosenthal
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.
Reposted by David Rosenthal
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
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
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
Reposted by David Rosenthal
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!
Reposted by David Rosenthal
upk is having its seasonal sale until january...
you can buy the hardback for about $18 and the paperback for about $12 when using FROSTY25 for 40% off at checkout (thems like 1995 prices!)
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590346...
you can buy the hardback for about $18 and the paperback for about $12 when using FROSTY25 for 40% off at checkout (thems like 1995 prices!)
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590346...
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
upk is having its seasonal sale until january...
you can buy the hardback for about $18 and the paperback for about $12 when using FROSTY25 for 40% off at checkout (thems like 1995 prices!)
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590346...
you can buy the hardback for about $18 and the paperback for about $12 when using FROSTY25 for 40% off at checkout (thems like 1995 prices!)
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590346...
Reposted by David Rosenthal
Definitely not too early to register for this!
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!
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November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Definitely not too early to register for this!
Reposted by David Rosenthal
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 2:23 AM
Come see us read and donate to Translifeline.org
Definitely not too early to register for this!
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 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Definitely not too early to register for this!
Once again, I find myself wondering, “will I ever write a poem again?”
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Once again, I find myself wondering, “will I ever write a poem again?”
Reposted by David Rosenthal
LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
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Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
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November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reposted by David Rosenthal
To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.
Reposted by David Rosenthal
The more I read about agriculture and ecosystems the more I turn into a misanthrope. We are talking about affordability without addressing sustainability or climate resiliency or just the insanity that is expecting literally any type of meat or produce at any time.
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The more I read about agriculture and ecosystems the more I turn into a misanthrope. We are talking about affordability without addressing sustainability or climate resiliency or just the insanity that is expecting literally any type of meat or produce at any time.
LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
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November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reposted by David Rosenthal
just a killer lineup
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November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
just a killer lineup
Reposted by David Rosenthal
Wanna learn about OpenAI's ideas about"teen literacy"? If you are a teacher, yes you do. A 🧵 about our tech overlords' vision of the future of literacy
Just reading through this new OpenAI "teen literacy blueprint document." A few things jumped out. 1) document mentions multiple times that rigorous instruction must be protected but also seems to be suggesting/1
cdn.openai.com/pdf/openai-t...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Wanna learn about OpenAI's ideas about"teen literacy"? If you are a teacher, yes you do. A 🧵 about our tech overlords' vision of the future of literacy