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writer, retired academic, etc.

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Unrequited Love by Ruth Hoberman Unrequited Love I used to shun unrequited love. Better to wait for someone who could love me back. But now the rocks ignore me; the cedars, ruddy and disheveled, lean away; the goldfinches flee as …

Unrequited Love by Ruth Hoberman oneartpoetry.com/2022/01/23/u...

22.02.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a gripping, thoughtful, moving post. I can't imagine why you want to run all those miles (in the dark!!) but I'll follow your writing anywhere.

15.02.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Second Coming No. 377 β€” January 31, 2026 A poem-a-day protest against the threat posed to our democracy by Donald Trump and his fascist regime

A poem by BlueSky poet
@rhoberman.bsky.social
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01.02.2026 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks for posting!

01.02.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow we exclaim in one voice: ICE OUT FOR GOOD!

Newton Centre, 12:00 pm, bring your pots and pans to make some noise!!

09.01.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re stronger when we organize together.

It’s resolution season and if one of your goals for 2026 is becoming more engaged in your community and doing more to save democracy, it might be time to connect with your local organizers: indivisible.org/groups

24.12.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 670    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 15
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SOUTH FLORIDA POETRY JOURNAL SoFloPoJo South Florida Poetry Journal is an online literary journal established in 2016 that publishes poetry, flash fiction, essays, interviews, art, photography, and reviews. There are no submissio...

thrilled to have three poems in the latest issue of South Florida Poetry Journal..
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com

02.11.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Make history! Join No Kings! Oct. 18 in Boston (12-4) or Newton Centre (12-1) next to Newton’s Harvest Fair. Sign up here.

Need to make a sign? Art Build, Sunday Oct 5, 3:00-5:00, Newton Center Plaza. Materials provided!

#indivisible #nokings #newtonma

02.10.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poor Keats, When Worried He’d Die - The Hyacinth Review still stuffed with unspilled images would β€œ. . . stand alone, and think Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.” Think? I tell him. Not much compensation for dying young. Romantic imagination, he s...

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So I ran into Keats in a coffee shop ....

02.10.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Labor Day rally, Boston!

#newtonindivisible #nokings

01.09.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senators Warren and Markey and Rep Presley at today’s Labor Day rally. Fabulous!

01.09.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Newton, MA August 29, 2025

Labor Day Rallies:
Boston Common 9:30 am
Waltham Common 4:00 pm
Needham Center, 3:30 pm

Be there!

#newtonindivisible #maindivisible

29.08.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Reminder that in 2021, Senate Republicans filibustered a bill that would have banned partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts.

05.08.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4317    πŸ” 1454    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 32
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πŸ“£ This Sunday! Don’t miss the Longfellow Summer Arts Festival featuring inaugural poet Richardβ€―Blanco!

πŸ—“ Sunday,β€―Augustβ€―3,β€―2025 Β· 3β€―PM ET
πŸ“ East Lawn, Longfellow House (indoors if rain)
🎟 Free & open to all
πŸ“Ί Watch online too!

More info at https://loom.ly/tFSvTgo

30.07.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s almost time for the One Million Rising kickoff call. Join the nationwide campaign to train one million Americans on the tools of strategic non-cooperation to lead a local resistance movement: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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So many of us maybe feeling like today is not the day to watch this video but I highly say the opposite. This is the day to watch it.

04.07.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 387    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
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Look up your Senators' numbers Call your senators today and demand that they vote NO on this bill.

The big ugly bill is worse for families & worse for our economy.

It’s not just Democrats who know thisβ€”Republicans are starting to admit it too.

Turn up the pressure. Tell your senators to say NO to this cruel bill.

30.06.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 933    πŸ” 246    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 10
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I just put up an amendment to the Republicans' Big, Ugly Bill that says something simple:

If people's healthcare costs go up, the billionaire tax cuts vanish.

The Republicans tried to shout me down.

And then they voted it down.

The American people will not forget.

30.06.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1315    πŸ” 329    πŸ’¬ 197    πŸ“Œ 24
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Join me on June 14

While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/8Iq0V4MG

11.06.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republicans can try, but they can’t lie their way out of this one.

04.06.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 778    πŸ” 196    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 9

I noticed that too! But then convinced myself I must have imagined the first one.

04.06.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s June β€” that means No Kings Day is almost here.

Trump is ignoring the courts and the Constitution, so we’re gathering again on June 14 to remind him there are NO KINGS in our country.

Check out our map of No Kings Day events and everything else you need to know: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

01.06.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1214    πŸ” 516    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 23
(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS
JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE
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(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org

Three weeks from right now, we will be taking to the streets across the country on No Kings Day. Over 1,000 events are planned in response to Trump’s $100 million birthday parade in DC. We hope you will join us on June 14: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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While Trump wastes tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on his birthday parade in DC, we’re taking to the streets everywhere else on June 14 for a nationwide day of defiance. Please join us at a No Kings Day event near you: nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible

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A month from right now, we will be taking to the streets on No Kings Day.

While Trump wastes tens of millions of dollars on a military parade, we’re standing together again on June 14 to remind him and all our fellow Americans that we don’t do kings in this country: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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A Beast Sprang as I Stared at Henry James’s Grave - The Hyacinth Review We should have stayed away. All that squabbling about the route, R saying he didn’t want to walk on dead people’s bones, and what’s the point of staring at dirt, grass, stone, when there’s nothing the...

Today we present β€œA Beast Sprang as I Stared at Henry James’s Grave”, a poem by Ruth Hoberman

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Read the full piece on the Hyacinth Review website at the link in our bio.⁠

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27.04.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Boston...lots of people.

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Boston...lots of people.

05.04.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0