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The Nat’l & Int’l Goddess Anthology is now published and available for purchase. It’s available on Amazon & other online bookstores. Contributors in the US can order through me at a discount price - email nbpf15@gmail for details a.co/d/0iykLIWo

@nightly_moth Love this.

Bob Dylan — Workingman’s Blues #2. Savannah, Georgia. April 14, 2015./with a recent painting of mine.

It is with a very heavy heart that I share the news of the passing of Jami Cassady Ratto. Jami was a Lifetime Beat Generation Laureate. Jami, the middle child of Beat Generation Poets & Artists Neal & Carolyn Cassady, dedicated herself to honoring the Cassady Family Legacy. RIP.

Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo: "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

I have the sad job of announcing the passing of one of the most talented, knowledgeable, profound as well as opinionated artists and poets ever to grace our presence. Carlo Parcelli (1948-2025) Beat Poet Laureate of Maryland (2017-2019). He was an important voice in this world.

@nightly_moth Thank you NM. 💖

Bob Dylan — Desolation Row. Paris. October 31, 2025 | nightly moth stereo recording / Photograph from Paris whilst walking in the moonlight after dark.

@hwinkler4real Madeline

Hazel

@BelindaSubraman @larryjaffe Thank you all.

BeatLife's September Poet of the Month: beatlife.org/september-poet… @larryjaffe @BeatPoetryFest #poetry #Beatlife #poetrycommunity #Beats

Michael L. Kilday has a new book out. Published by New Generation Beat Publications. a.co/d/6jBB9vW

@hwinkler4real Kidney stone

Grief

@hwinkler4real I’m so sorry these atrocities happened. We must never allow it to happen again.

We must NEVER FORGET ..My grandmother and Grandfather were taken ..I never knew them

The Nat’l & Int’l Beat Poetry Festival, August 29,30,31, 2025

Nat’l & Int’l Goddess Festival Anthology is now published and available for purchase. a.co/d/hnjm7vW