New Generation Beat Poet Laureate (lifetime), US National Beat Poet Laureate Emeritus, the Romantic Poet of the Internet (Yahoo!), CEO of Venetian Spider Press, father of three remarkable kids, author. Liberal. 🚫DMs. https://www.cityoflegends.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mugudr7vrs2nfrom 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 #romance01 Sep 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugudr7vrs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mv5ix5j32c2aMake 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.10 Sep 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5ix5j32c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mussq2vst22uA 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 #author06 Sep 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mussq2vst22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3murl4hnsbc2nRemember, Shelley said that poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. Let’s get to work.05 Sep 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3murl4hnsbc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mupvjfyh4k2nyoutu.be/9c2YIwprIPw. 6 years ago for the National Beat Poetry Festival. https://youtu.be/9c2YIwprIPw04 Sep 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupvjfyh4k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mugudr7vrs2nfrom 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 #romance01 Sep 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugudr7vrs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mudzzwxjas2rTrump 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."31 Aug 2026 04:11 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudzzwxjas2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mu7dppkp2c22more from my next book of poems, "fallen". #poetrysky #booksky #author #romance #passion29 Aug 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7dppkp2c22https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mu2wsibh322cfrom my nexy book. "fallen", a rumination on life... #poetrysky #booksky #author27 Aug 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2wsibh322chttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mtwjnhjdwc2vI was recently reminded of an interview I gave to In Other Words, and recall it illuminating and fun. If you are at all curious please enjoy... #poetrysky #author #bookskyhttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/1chDPoSTxG/25 Aug 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwjnhjdwc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mtujxvbjc226One of my favorite movies of its time, “The Stunt Man” starring the great Peter O’Toole as the madly out of control director, Eli Cross.25 Aug 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtujxvbjc226https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mtrxjy2mi222from my next volume, "fallen". the poem is called "the travesty of shame" and is mockingly close to several truths that I have lived, and not alone. #poetrysky #author #booksky23 Aug 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrxjy2mi222https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mtn4avypp22zfrom my upcoming book "Fallen" I give you the poem "rebirth in the potter's field". #poetrysky #booksky #author22 Aug 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn4avypp22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mtkiupgjp22ffrom 2025 and the volume "Ukraine is a Woman" I give you Solferino Amomancies. #poetrysky #author #booksky21 Aug 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkiupgjp22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mtf5nfnjys2kLeft out of most anthologies as the lines are long and I despise convenience line wraps. My legendary anti-war poem TRIUMPH, made video by the MindSet crew. #poetrysky #booksky #author #protest youtu.be/4StXbyeetA4 https://youtu.be/4StXbyeetA418 Aug 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf5nfnjys2khttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mswjaxobd22nMany years ago a younger version of me wrote this poem to a young woman, celebrating the immortality that poetry, that art, confers on the muse. One of a handful of poems that really awoke this poet to his fate and purpose. Happy birthday, Nancy. #poetrysky #booksky #author #romance #immortality13 Aug 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswjaxobd22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3msourzsihk2afrom my volume Coronato, a little stretching of the poetic membranes. I'd explain it, but that would spoil the mysteries and histories. #poetrysky #booksky #author10 Aug 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msourzsihk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mskglioiw22tfrom my book Invocato. written while I was living in Venice Beach and seemingly doomed and damned to relationships with women who viewed me as the "transitional man" who was to help them get over a messy divorce or break up, then exit from my life. #poetrysky #booksky #author #relationships08 Aug 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskglioiw22thttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3msimvblfsc24from Invocato, originally written in 1998. #poetrysky #booksky #author07 Aug 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msimvblfsc24https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mshg5i2qas24originally in my book Invocato, but now scheduled for the upcoming book "Fallen". #poetrysky #boosky #author07 Aug 2026 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshg5i2qas24https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3ms2kzw6ri225There was a time I had a modicum of respect for Mike Huckabee. After his personal attack on Javier Bardem over the migrant crisis in North Africa I have less than none.01 Aug 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2kzw6ri225https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mrzfxb2gbc26Just a few thousand of my poems, in free downloadable pdfs, courtesy of Archive.org Enjoy #poetrysky #booksky #author https://archive.org/details/@william_f_devault_1/uploads01 Aug 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzfxb2gbc26https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mrzfxb2gbc26Just a few thousand of my poems, in free downloadable pdfs, courtesy of Archive.org Enjoy #poetrysky #booksky #author https://archive.org/details/@william_f_devault_1/uploads01 Aug 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzfxb2gbc26https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mryrcrlu7k2gfrom my upcoming 36th(?) book...or is it 37th? "Fallen". #poetrysky #booksky #author01 Aug 2026 05:45 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mryrcrlu7k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mrvsbx5z4226www.brockovichdatacenter.com https://www.brockovichdatacenter.com/31 Jul 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvsbx5z4226https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mrski562pk22dreadnaught dread naught but caught up in the rough ridged carapace of reality throw caution to the wind positioning yourself to brace against faceless winds of midwinter madness and sadness all the flaming tumbleweeds that emerge from the ungallant dreams of the complacent. William F. DeVault29 Jul 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrski562pk22https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mr6zwc3qks2dto paraphrase a classic SNL bit: Senator Mitch McConnell is still valiantly holding on in his fight to remain dead.22 Jul 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6zwc3qks2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mro2ewsupk2ifrom "Selected Poems and Passions: 1972 - 2011" the poem, the statement, the calling that is "Evangelist". Poetry is my religion. #poetrysky #booksky #author #love https://youtu.be/p3lyZjF4XhM?si=870wUABVWvS9ODH927 Jul 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mro2ewsupk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mrljj35fds24Six years ago I recorded a full read of my chapbook "Ronin in the Temple of Aphrodite". A little over an hour in length... #booksky #poetrysky #author #spokenword https://youtu.be/oSGBY2Zp840?si=x64S1PriCnkI63L026 Jul 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrljj35fds24