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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 1h

"in the arms of the dragon", written when I lived in Venice Beach. a reassurance to an uncertain lover that she was indeed worthy of love. #poetrysky #booksky #author #love

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 5h

A new animated reading...this time, from my volume Tachyon, "resurrection". No less than 4 of my muses make their appearances in this poem, particularly Psyche (the Electric Lady) and the Sunday Girl. #booksky #poetrysky #author #fate

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 14h

infuriating how society and history often unbalances such things.

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

another animated reading from Selected Poems and Passions: 1972 - 2011, this time it is "penance". #poetrysky #authorsky #poem

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

another animated reading from Selected Poems and Passions: 1972 - 2011, this time it is "penance". #poetrysky #authorsky #poem

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

So, technically the US is no longer a Democracy, but an Oligarchy. You know what they say here in Virginia. Sic semper tyrannis.

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

venturing into the virtual world, a reading of my poem "goblins in my attic", with a Zoom avatar. #poetrysky #booksky #author

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

venturing into the virtual world, a reading of my poem "goblins in my attic", with a Zoom avatar. #poetrysky #booksky #author

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

a reponse of sorts: Anyone who believes that high-speed plagiarism is "Superior Intelligence" is more than an "ENEMY" of America as declared by the Pumpkinhead in Chief, is an enemy of science, logics, ethics, the law and all cultures, Western and world-wide. #AI

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Because I am of a mood, here is the link to my Youtube reading of the 9th heroic crown of my book of sonnets entitled "liaison. The only one of my books to carry a parental warning label, the crown is subtitled "go down on". #poetrysky #booksky #authorsky #romance #sex youtu.be/mHNrQ7vWFYA?...

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William F. DeVault liaison crown 9

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Headline in The Nation: “This November, Vote like Alito is on the Ballot.” The justice is a train wreck of a judge, an American, and even a human being. #scotus #midterms #vote

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Congratulations to South African human rights lawyer and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay who has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Once again, the Nobel Peace Prize went to someone who deserved it.

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ummm...ever occur to Amazon that I buy for family members things they like? I couldn't cook Korean on a bet, but one of my sons is a gourmet cook who loves to cook gluten-free Korean dishes. #amazon

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

remember: Some people call or attend meetings to find a solution. Some to assign or deny blame. Know the purpose of the meeting and the motives of key attendees.

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"expediency" from my upcoming poetry collection "fallen" which explores the twain definitions of that word as given to love, or giving in to defeat. maybe in some ways, the same meaning, no? #poetrysky #booksky #author

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sports Illustrated is better? Only the Swimsuit issue.

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

from my book Tachyon, "I shall make of your flesh a living scripture". #poetrysky #booksky #passion #author #romance

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

from my collection of 15 heroic crowns of sonnets, 'liaison', I give you a taste of more than memory, less than hope, and the joy of discovery shared. #poetrysky #booksky #author #romance #erotica

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

from my collection of 15 heroic crowns of sonnets, 'liaison', I give you a taste of more than memory, less than hope, and the joy of discovery shared. #poetrysky #booksky #author #romance #erotica

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"dehumanization" a poem about our our worst instincts. from my upcoming collection "fallen". #poetrysky #booksky #author

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Summer of 2021 I set myself a challenge: to write 15 heroic crowns of sonnets (15 sets of 15 interlinked sonnets, 225 poems in total) in 31 days. I named it "liaison", as it was visions of a love affair. Here is the 8th poem from the Epsilon cycle. #poetrysky #booksky #author #romance #passion

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

fresh from my soul, inspired by a myriad of injustices, including Gaza and the Cornell University case, plus so many, too many, evils I have seen in my life. #poetrysky #booksky #gaza #palestine #cornell #indifference

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

from my legendary poetry collection from the mid-1990's that played out as a novel-length diary of a misbegotten affair "The Panther Cycles", comes...

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Impaired" which reflects on the chivalry I learned from Jimmy Stewart in "The Philadelphia Story". The Cornell University case (and infinite thanks to Florence Pugh for helping to manifest the outrage) reminds me of my personal code regarding consent. #poetrysky #booksky

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

from Selected Poems and Passions: 1972-2011, "I Will Pass Through the Fire". #poetrysky #booksky #author #passion #romance

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

from Selected Poems and Passions: 1972-2011, "I Will Pass Through the Fire". #poetrysky #booksky #author #passion #romance

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In just a little over 5 weeks from today, we begin to take this country back from the looters, the liars, the rapists, the con men, those that conspire to drag us down. Don't waste this opportunity to show the world and history what Americans can do in the face of an existential threat. #voteblue

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

one of my collaborations with European hardcore artist Ophidian, that's me reading my poem "from out of the city" #poetrysky youtu.be/gqdTt2zPOy4?...

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Ophidian as Raziel ft. William F. DeVault - The Violence of Indifference

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

one of my collaborations with European hardcore artist Ophidian, that's me reading my poem "from out of the city" #poetrysky youtu.be/gqdTt2zPOy4?...

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Ophidian as Raziel ft. William F. DeVault - The Violence of Indifference

YouTube video by meta4recordings

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A new name for AI? How about SynthInt for Synthetic intelligence. More conceptually accurate and allows for the self-evolving nature of some forms. #ai #artificialintelligence

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

theology poetry persists. poetry resists. poetry consists of our communion with self and the universe. spirit made language language made spirit God nods and gods nod at our earnest outreach in verse. William F. DeVault. all rights reserved. #poetrysky #booksky from my upcoming book "fallen"

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

now there's a stanza emerging from the haze of madness and intensity. a baby poem, as it were. #poetrysky #booksky on the nature of muses you would not be my wife so I make of you my life leaving legacy to history and the mystery of dreams. William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

from my ridiculously thick volume knwn as Kintsugi, I read a poem I wasn't planning to read, but I couldn't find the one I wanted and this one refers to that one, so, there you have it #skypoetry #skybook #author #romance

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Make no mistake: These are not the "End Times". Eschatological BS aside, such thinking is delusional. We are in a muck, to be sure, but human history is full of self-made disasters. We have allowed such thing, endorsed such things, applauded such things in the past. Stand and fight.

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A brief reading I did for the 2026 National Beat Poetry Festival in my capacity as the US National Beat Poetry Laureate Emeritus and a New Generation Beat Poetry Laureate, including a salute to Carlo Parcelli and Larry Jaffe, former laureates who passed this past year. #poetrysky #NBPF #author

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Remember, Shelley said that poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. Let’s get to work.

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have long held that evil is not powerful, merely incompetence combined with the fearfulness that leads to being unable to admit you are wrong and/or try to correct your mistakes. Just as a falling brick or a rabid rat is not smarter than you, the damage either can do is terrifying.

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William F. DeVault @williamfdevault.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Trump often projects on others his own flaws and follies, but in his comments made last week in re: the Kennedy Center he projected his own flaws on a building: "Kennedy Center is an old and decrepit building that is badly in need of a major construction and public relations fix."

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