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Nick Allison

@nickallison80.bsky.social

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Sometimes I write stuff. Sometimes it doesn’t totally suck. But I suppose that’s subjective. Proud American. Political independent. Anti-Authoritarian. Indie press word nerd. Coffeeshop enthusiast. Baseball junkie… Go ’Stros.

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 8h

Walked a mile home after the Astros lost, thinking about dead raccoons, aging dynasties, cosmic entropy, a lucky Dusty Baker T-shirt, and whether it's silly for a 46-year-old to still have a favorite ballplayer. Wrote some of it down. #HoustonAstros #Astros #Baseball @raford3.bsky.social

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Good Years to Be Sentimental About

On Empty Seats, Closing Windows, and Another Astros Postseason Exit

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Keep a clean nose/Watch the plain clothes/You don’t need a weatherman/To know which way the wind blows youtu.be/MGxjIBEZvx0?...

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Official Video)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

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The Chaos Section Poetry Project @chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#BlueSky, the third Chaos Section Poetry Project #chapbook has launched online, free to #read. This timely and deeply moving #anthology is dedicated to all of those harmed by police brutality during the #Trump administration. We hope you'll take a look. And VOTE!!! #booksky #poetry #vote #NoKings

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Uprooted: Poems of Resistance, Witness, and Survival

Uprooted: Poems of Resistance, Witness, and Survival gathers poets writing about ICE enforcement and immigration overreach. Read free online or download the PDF.

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The Chaos Section Poetry Project @chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Keep an eye out for our #paperback copies to drop online and in #bookstores soon, but in the meantime please take a look at our free online version - and don't forget to #VOTE!!! #books #poetry #booksky #writing #protest #NoKings #resist #ICE #Trump #FDT #immigration #ReneeNicoleGood #AlexPretti

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“Uprooted: Poems of Resistance, Witness, and Survival” is now live

Uprooted: Poems of Resistance, Witness, and Survival is now available to read free on the site. It’s our third collection, and it gathers poets writing about ICE enforcement and immigration o…

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest." - Epictetus

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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Bob Dylan reading Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie. 60 years ago today. Town Hall, New York City

YouTube video by nightly moth

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New piece up at TCS today by my good friend, Mike Cone.

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Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic day 8: a song for a rainy day My ex-husband and I recorded this spontaneously in our small, downtown Little Rock apartment around 15 years ago on mediocre recording equipment in one take. We were mostly a mess, but we made a great kid and great music.

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Here Comes the Rain | Symbiont

Here Comes the Rain by Symbiont, Rock music from Little Rock, AR on ReverbNation

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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Out of Office: Two Months of Deliberate Political Ignorance

Nick Allison I’ve been on vacation for the past two months. It was only supposed to be one month when I planned it. In a country where paid vacation is perhaps the most coveted and least distribute…

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

“It ends this year, in this election. We have the chance to take back our state from the billionaire mega-donors and puppet politicians who stole it from us.”

The Cause of Texas | James Talarico Accepts US Senate Nomination

YouTube video by James Talarico

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The Chaos Section Poetry Project @chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Rachel here! I am reviewing submissions *tonight*. In true ADHD fashion, I missed our self-imposed deadline. Nick stayed up until 3am like a good editor a few weeks ago to review, and now I look bad ;-) Looking forward to reading y'alls wonderful work. We will be in touch soon!

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Plastic Surgery Beauty: Five Stars!

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

In the wealthiest country in the world, people are dying because they can’t afford insulin, families are bankrupted by medical bills, & kids go to school hungry while their parents stretch minimum wage paychecks. And the guys at the top of the ladder who depend on that labor are getting even higher.

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View from the Sixth Floor: On Privilege, Disparity, and Knowing When You Have Enough

I’m currently working from the roof of the Austin Public Library, or at least I was working until I got distracted and started writing this instead. And

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

What happens when you put Bernie Sanders in the second reddest state in the country? youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc?...

I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Day 30 The last track on an album Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) Peter Sarstedt The Lost Album youtu.be/L8XQZYIiNgo?...

Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (1969)

YouTube video by vinylsolution

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 29 From the 1960s Dear Mr. Fantasy Traffic 1967 youtu.be/sS_eHdqcrM8?...

Dear Mr. Fantasy

YouTube video by Traffic - Topic

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 28 By the last artist you saw live Tweedy youtu.be/9_qBSJvnZeI?...

YouTube video by Jeff Tweedy - Topic

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusicDay 27 With 3 words in the title This Time Darlin’ Social Distortion youtu.be/c1QNe_3O_so?...

This Time Darlin' (Album Version)

YouTube video by Social Distortion - Topic

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

TCS Poetry Project will be collecting submissions for our third book through the end of May, or when we receive enough submissions. #poetry #call #submissions thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/submissions/

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Submissions Are Currently Open Theme: Immigration Enforcement / Immigration Enforcement Brutality Submission Deadline: May 2026 (or whenever we have enough submissions)Publication Date: Fall 2026 O…

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 26 From the 1970s Into the Mystic Van Morrison Moondance, 1970 “Hark now, hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly Into the mystic Yeah, when that fog horn blows I will be coming home I wanna hear it I don't have to fear it”

Into the Mystic

YouTube video by Van Morrison - Topic

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 25 Song with a famous person in the title Bukowski Modest Mouse youtu.be/jdzpWfliYM0?...

Modest Mouse - Bukowski (Official Audio)

YouTube video by MODESTMOUSEVEVO

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

New piece up @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social this morning. thefulcrum.us/ethics-leade... #Trump #Iran #Bush #Iraq #War #MissionAccomplished

Trump’s Iran “Victory” Echoes Iraq’s "Mission Accomplished"

It didn’t exactly end well the last time a president declared victory this quickly. On May 1, 2003, President George W. Bush landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln in a flight suit, strutted across the dec...

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 24 Another duet or collaboration Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan youtu.be/LVdlF3Eih28?...

RARE Johnny Cash with Bob dylan - one too many mornings

YouTube video by Petrol Beard

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 24 A duet or collaboration You and I Wilco w/ Feist youtu.be/IkOysF9Xf0o?...

WILCO - YOU AND I

YouTube video by wilcoclubvideos

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 23In a language other than your own “Cler Achel,” written by Tinariwen’s founding member Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, reflects on the longing and homesickness felt by the Tuareg people following the severe droughts and political unrest of the 1970s and 80s

Tinariwen - Cler Achel (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 22 From the 1980s Just Like Heaven The Cure youtu.be/qWDNNSSukzc?...

The Cure - Just like Heaven (Live on MTV Most Wanted)

YouTube video by Keefs VHS Library

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 21 Another cover version God Jeff Tweedy (John Lennon) “God is a Concept by which we measure our pain.” youtu.be/bf0TK_E1l0U?...

Jeff Tweedy performs "God" by John Lennon

YouTube video by wilco

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 21 cover song Simple Twist of Fate Jeff Tweedy (Bob Dylan) The Beatles hold the record for most covers (12,000+). “Yesterday” alone has been recorded 2200 times. But Dylan has the record for individual songs covered (369). Of all those covers, this is probably my favorite.

Simple Twist of Fate

YouTube video by Jeff Tweedy - Topic

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Thank you @barbaraleonhard.bsky.social for publishing this poem at MasticadoresUSA: masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/h...

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Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I felt... numb ... this morning. Around 845am, I finally was able to write a poem I was proud of longer than BlueSky limits and the rest of the day followed. #thankful #poetry #poem #unknown #questions #grief #pain #MovingOn #joy

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 21 Cover Song Tropiezo is a legendary PR punk band whose lyrics take aim at colonialism, working-class struggle, & the scam of consumerism. They flip Sharp Dressed Man (Asicalao) into a sarcastic gut-punch about the pressure to look wealthy while being exploited by the system

YouTube video by Tropiezo - Topic

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Submissions are open!

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 20 A number in the title 31 In the magic hour golden gas burning towers sneak up over the tops of tall pine trees. And the sun is falling hard, still tanning my left arm, if you were sitting here right next to me, I know you’d roll down your window and take a photograph

YouTube video by CLAY NIGHTINGALE - Topic

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 19 favorite album Now the preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he dressed with twenty pounds of headlines stapled to his chest. But he cursed me when I proved it to him Then I whispered, not even you can hide. You see, you’re just like me, I hope you’re satisfied

Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Official Audio)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 18 From the 1990s youtu.be/zOvGC4T9cXE?...

KRS-One (Live At The House Of Blues/1996)

YouTube video by Sublime - Topic

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 17 Day of the week in the title I'm looking at myself reflections of my mind It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind youtu.be/fVaAJ388Dpw?...

NEW * Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues {Stereo} 1968

YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

If you served and have something to say about what's happening to this country under Trump's "leadership," you can say it here: fireforeffect.org/contribute/ #VeteransAgainstTrump @vetsat.bsky.social

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 16 Body part in the title I am looking forward Toward the shadows tracing bones Our faces stitched and sewing Our houses hemmed into homes Trying to be thankful Our stories fit into phones Voices lift so easily A gift given accidentally When we're not sure We're not alone

WILCO - YOU ARE MY FACE

YouTube video by wilcoclubvideos

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 15(brackets in the title) Might be impossible to name the greatest song ever written, lyrically, but you could make a strong case for It’s Alright, Ma. Most great songs have a handful of killer lines. This is nothing but killer lines. And he was 23 when he wrote it. #Nobel

Bob Dylan - It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - With Lyrics

YouTube video by Omarkj

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 14 A type of weather in the title Hurricane Bob Dylan How can the life of such a man be in the palm of some fool’s hand? To see him obviously framed, couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game.

Bob Dylan - Hurricane (Official Audio)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Never too early to shop for next Halloween. Doctor costume for just $120 thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy birthday, Stacy. I love you and I miss you. #poetry #grief

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Bartholomew Barker @bartbarkerpoet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

First World Problems

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First World Problems

I had to get a second router just to have wifi on my back porch. They didn't have any Fiji bottled water at the grocery so I had to buy Aquafina. Filling my gas tank has gotten so expensive I've stopped large-sizing my extra value meals. All while Iranians, Palestinians and Lebanese live in dread of the next bomb, drone or bullet…

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 13: From the 2000s Remember the Mountain Bed Billy Bragg and Wilco Lyrics: Woodie Guthrie Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2 2000 youtu.be/bGWRzUIGghQ?...

Remember The Mountain Bed

YouTube video by Billy Bragg - Topic

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/04/2026

BREAKING: Hungary just saw a stunning political shakeup. Opposition leader Péter Magyar says Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally called to congratulate him on his victory, marking the imminent end to Orbán’s long grip on power.

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 12 Alliterative title Lay Lady Lay Bob Dylan Whatever colors you have In your mind I'll show them to you And you'll see them shine youtu.be/LhzEsb2tNbI?...

Bob Dylan - Lay, Lady, Lay (Official Audio)

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 11: Song over 7 minutes long Ramada Inn NY+CH “So many years now together All those good times, ups and downs So many joys raisin' up those kids They moved on now, out of town” Still my favorite live show I’ve ever attended, Neil Young and Crazy Horse at ACL Fest, 2012.

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - Ramada Inn

YouTube video by Together

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 10: Another song with a color in the title Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam English translation posted in the comments for those who are not fluent in Vedder youtu.be/UUyJoojCLnc?...

Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter (live)

YouTube video by Rafał Stando

Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 10 A color in the title Ultra Orange Room Jeff Tweedy Love might make some difference There is no mother like pain Now that I know where it’s hidden I’ll never not see it again youtu.be/47jPFrnEkSw?...

Ultra Orange Room

YouTube video by Jeff Tweedy - Topic

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The Middle East is full of religious extremists who blindly revere evil men. Oops! I meant *The United States* not The Middle East.