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/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/3mrljj35fds24https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mrjk2rw7yk2mfrom my mega-collection of poetry "Kintsugi", the poem reflecting on a woman I knew a lifetime ago "paramour and nothing more". #poetrysky #booksky #author #spokenword #romance https://youtu.be/PvtHXRZykhQ?si=sRQK9OfPPPPwTu9H26 Jul 2026 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjk2rw7yk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mrh6ixwnrs2vIf there's a mad dog in your yard, you worry. You worry for the harm and damage it will do in the throes of the sickness. But, at the same time, there is a streak of pity for the pathetic, suffering, sick creature. Just framing how I feel about POTUS. #WHCA #TRUMP25 Jul 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrh6ixwnrs2vhttps://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/3mr24s7wmqk2nfrom my upcoming book "fallen". #poetrysky #booksky #author #poem20 Jul 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr24s7wmqk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mqwyzogdy22cif you need it...DeFlock is working against the anti-privacy state. maps.deflock.org?lat=39.8283&... https://maps.deflock.org/?lat=39.8283&lng=-98.5795&zoom=4.0018 Jul 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwyzogdy22chttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mqskj3wpbs2cchecked the major networks...three of the four buckled and are showing the address. ABC is the lone holdout. good for them.17 Jul 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqskj3wpbs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mqnkxnpm5s2nnew work, expressed my revulsion at what we are become, or perhaps, always were. #poetrysky #author #america15 Jul 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnkxnpm5s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mql22qe4p22tan oldie but a goodie. Dance Naked in the Sky (aka For the Right Set of Lips). #poetrysky #spokenword #romance #lovepoems #author #booksky14 Jul 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mql22qe4p22thttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mq524yzb5c22Once again, almost constantly now, we are faced with people placing political party above the well-being of the people and the nation. #mitchmcconnell08 Jul 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq524yzb5c22https://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mpxbtqwei22hVery pleased to offer anyone the opportunity to download or read, for free, my volume of poetry known as Kintsugi at the Internet Archives. #poetrysky #booksky #author https://archive.org/details/kintsugi_20251006 Jul 2026 04:46 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxbtqwei22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mpuwpyyjqc2hThanks again to the marvelous Internet Archive, who hosts several of my full length books (available at booksellers everywhere) in free-to-download and read formats. Including my most recent volume. #poetrysky #author #booksky https://archive.org/details/ukraine-is-awoman-de-vault05 Jul 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpuwpyyjqc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mptkhmgk6c2fon the up side it will cut down on the number of Nazis marching today: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/washington-dc-fourth-of-july-parade-canceled-extreme-heat04 Jul 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptkhmgk6c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mplfsititk2nA Happy Canada Day to our sane and decent neighbors to the north. Respect!01 Jul 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplfsititk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mgqb4j7ar22aan oldie, but goodie. #poetrysky #booksky #author #romance #seduction10 Mar 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgqb4j7ar22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mpfdox3uwc2hfrom my upcoming book, "Fallen". #poetrysky #author #booksky #romance #love29 Jun 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpfdox3uwc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mp3v3bsszs2pI know I have said it before, but it bears repeating. This POTUS is a POS. Thank you for your attention to this. #politics #truth25 Jun 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3v3bsszs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3moucx3zy4s2c"Paramour and Nothing More". #poetrysky #lovepoems #booksky #author youtu.be/PvtHXRZykhQ https://youtu.be/PvtHXRZykhQ22 Jun 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3moucx3zy4s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3motmkm5kvk2tfrom "Selected Poems and Passions: 1972 - 2011". Damascus Movement 7. #poetrysky #booksky #author #passion #love22 Jun 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3motmkm5kvk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mor2hhguis2othis poem appears in my volume Selected Poems and Passions: 1972 - 2011, and is from 1998. it is called "brisant revelations" and it is to and of my ex-wife Ann. #poetrysky #booksky #author #passion20 Jun 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mor2hhguis2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mogyktprrk2m"Padparadscha". a particular poetic favorite of mine. #poetrysky #booksky #author #romance https://youtu.be/YCgYSYyFWQI?si=sodgd03e4auBV_MY16 Jun 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mogyktprrk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3moglndwxv22qThe second poem of the set that began with "Dram" is this one. Written a few years later when she asked me to lunch. It was a stressful time for me and I was very attracted to her, though I did not stray. #poetrysky #booksky #author #romance16 Jun 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3moglndwxv22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mogkkq3sf22qhe's been impeached. now he's impaired. (say aloud if you don't get it the first time). #politics #potus16 Jun 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mogkkq3sf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mo52avrxck2mit was many years ago, in my apartment on Venice Boulevard. I met a memorable young woman. this poem, and the poem "Cithara Song, strummed lightly as the sun leaps the horizon" were born of our encounters. I hope she remembers me. #poetrysky #booksky #author #romance13 Jun 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo52avrxck2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/williamfdevault.bsky.social/post/3mo3mwjuwdk2nmy classic video, with my constant collaborator, Mariya Andriichuk, of "love is an howling beast". #poetrysky #author #video https://youtu.be/l7tZgx3040M?si=bdYin2S6cuoXByxO12 Jun 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:3ghcxabp4f736pjd43nmdsg2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3mwjuwdk2n