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

Thank you, Sue! Can’t wait to read it

@mother-poet.bsky.social

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

Asicalao YouTube video by Tropiezo - Topic

#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

Submissions are open!

31 YouTube video by CLAY NIGHTINGALE - Topic

#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

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

#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

Sorry! I’m not good at haiku! Here’s one I wrote a few years ago 😆

Haiku; or, Cup of Tea
by Nick Allison

Compose a haiku?
Not really my cup of tea,
I’ll have to pass, thanks

thetruthabouttigers.com/2023/06/18/h...

KRS-One (Live At The House Of Blues/1996) YouTube video by Sublime - Topic

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 18 From the 1990s

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NEW * Tuesday Afternoon - The Moody Blues {Stereo} 1968 YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine

#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

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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

WILCO - YOU ARE MY FACE YouTube video by wilcoclubvideos

#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

😂

Bob Dylan - It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Official Audio) YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

Official audio:

Official lyrics:

www.bobdylan.com/songs/its-al...

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

#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 - Hurricane (Official Audio) YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

#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.

Never too early to shop for next Halloween. Doctor costume for just $120
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Happy birthday, Stacy. I love you and I miss you.

#poetry #grief

First World Problems

Remember The Mountain Bed YouTube video by Billy Bragg - Topic

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 13: From the 2000s

Remember the Mountain Bed
Billy Bragg and Wilco
Lyrics: Woodie Guthrie
Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2
2000

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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.

Bob Dylan - Lay, Lady, Lay (Official Audio) YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

#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

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@mother-poet.bsky.social of you think I’m obsessive about Wilco, it’s only because we haven’t talked much about Neil Young 😆

Ramada Inn YouTube video by Neil Young - Topic

Studio version. Neil’s always been obsessive about sound and you can hear it here, that big, open, lived-in feel. If you missed the NY+CH album Psychedelic Pill when it came out in 2012, you owe it to yourself to give it a spin.

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I think it means you really need to take a beach vacation. Can’t help you with the ocean, but I can offer you… the Gulf of Mexico! Y’all are welcome to join us some time this summer!

(Sorry Donald, nobody calls it the Gulf of America down here)

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - Ramada Inn YouTube video by Together

#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.

Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter (live) YouTube video by Rafał Stando

#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

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