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William David Maxwell

@emersynlaughs.bsky.social
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Novelist, poet, lover of all things nature and a life filled with passion. 40s. All poetry posted is my original work. All rights reserved.

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are the answer to the questions long sought. Searching for bliss in wayward corners of facades and charades. The oaths sworn that weren't worth the dirt underfoot. Taking the lessons, committing it to memory, keeping the faith. A hand found mine, my love shining in the dark.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The soft filler of life that doesn't taste like stagecraft is a blessing.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My eyes give out my heart to the right sunrise. That warms and doesn't burn, heat that you invite into your house for coffee. It is an easy embrace that remembers politeness when the weather turns rough. Which knows the way to find the sacred on the lips of honest tandem souls.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Clarity is peace. Even if the road is long.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I see white butterflies in clusters of two across the way. Spinning around together, rising up in the air in courtship rituals. Some come down in a pair, others by themselves. Then, back into the air, they go in the same dance, not always with their last partner. I smiled. That's life.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Done well, the little death doesn't require a postmortem.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I could cuddle up with my eccentricities. But you're warmer.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
She asked for my gentleness after the collision. Tender is the flood.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Bake me into your poetry. Recipes are best when crafted together.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I didn't need rainbows and galaxies beaming from your eyes for me. All I ask is honest regard, truthful words, passionate repast, lingering longing that is as insatiable as your hands when they find me.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hey Google. Play "Love in an Elevator"
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My feet traverse the expanse of your loamy earth. The land you asked me to cultivate for a bountiful harvest that carries the celebration of your embrace. Your softness on the fragile fallen leaves to come. Rolling in the mud we leave our impressions in. A flood could make us clean. But not yet.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Do honour to the ghosts in the peripheral plane of your notice. The dregs of humanity that people forgot but time remembered. There is gold in the straw, wisdom in the alleyways. You won't find a pariah amongst the loss. Only truth.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Nourish your light in the span of my embrace. I am soil to grow in, rain to cleanse the toil away. A preface that had the audacity to become a novel. One you read slowly and make notes in the margins. The ink of our heartsblood.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Though I know not your struggle, I see your pain. I care.
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"Hello, Amanda. I want to play a game." 🪚🪚🪚 @amandamblake.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
And all of it queer, now that I'm looking at it. Here's the road so far...
2026 so far... with a spooky forest background. In the Dollhouse We All Wait cover, described as extreme horror novel; A Nightmare for All Seasons, described as seasonal horror poetry collection; May Cooler Heads Prevail, described as supernatural novella. All books by Amanda M. Blake.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Stop selling yourself to finite souls full of facades that don't love you. You're not alone. You're more than a brand or trend or something left in the dust. Carry your light with a smirk that screams defiance at your door. Your worth belongs to you.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Walk like your soundtrack is always playing.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My desire is alchemy before it changes into science. A flame imperishable, a sky without borders, a parable that altered your life.
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Taffeta V. @taffetav.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
BRAND NEW LATE - LISTEN UP, and please share! I'm back, Boppers, and now in a tasty, bite-sized in a one hour format! As always: it's FREE, AD-FREE, and no Ai! This one's all about Cults - music from Siouxsie & the Banshees, Kate Bush, Jack White, DEVO + more! www.mixcloud.com/KOPN/late-wt...
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Late w/Taffeta V - Cults by KOPN
I'm back, Boppers, and now in a tasty, bite-sized in a one hour format! This one's all about Cults - I'll talk about my favorite director of cult films, and about a cult leader hidden in plain sight e...
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
You can stop the wheel after you regain your steps.
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Ironlily @ironlilyart.com · 18/08/2026
Gothic armor and pollaxe ladies. It seems I never draw Perlweiss wielding a pollaxe before...🤔
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
#Emoetry prompt for 8/15 is #Withdrawn #writingcommunity #poetry
Emoetry prompt for 8/15 is #Withdrawn

#writingcommunity #poetry
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#emoetry prompt for 8/13 is #thrilled #writingcommunity #poetry
emoetry prompt for 8/13 is #thrilled

#writingcommunity #poetry
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#emoetry prompt for 8/9 is #Ostracized #writingcommunity #poetry
emoetry prompt for 8/9 is #Ostracized

#writingcommunity #poetry
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#Emoetry prompt for 8/7 is #Lacking #writingcommunity #poetry
Emoetry prompt for 8/7 is #Lacking

#writingcommunity #poetry
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I knew the truth When she was silent Shades of Diana Huntress of me Cast a silhouette Forest grown large Hold my eyes Caress my heart Divine in these arms Mine and hers An old adventure A new world dawns
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
You don't find hope in retraced musings. The former days have nothing new to offer. Stride to the point you didn't think was meant for you. Shake your fist in the face of doubts with a silk gauntlet covering steel desire.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
There's much to be said for a solid frolic.
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#Emoetry prompt for 8/2 is #Euphoric #writingcommunity #poetry
Emoetry prompt for 8/2 is #Euphoric

#writingcommunity #poetry
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Your droplets fall down from my sky, and I bathe in the shadow of your need.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My words are offerings to the ghosts of my hopeful heart.
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Eve Harms, Orph Understander @eveharms.com · 29/07/2026
Death to Claude Death to ChatGPT Death to Gemini
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#emoetry prompt for 7/24 is #timid #writingcommunity #poetry
emoetry prompt for 7/24 is #timid

#writingcommunity #poetry
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Maybe today will be the day.
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Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I am mostly posting this as a reminder to myself to watch later, but Sam Neil made a documentary about the history of New Zealand Cinema and I am sharing it for anyone interested. youtu.be/ovtj1BdAr7o?...
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Sam Neill on 'New Zealand Cinema'
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A ray of light to share. Check out my Substack page for 60 Odd Poets open.substack.com/pub/sixtyodd...
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105. Meghan Woodward
Whozza? Whazzit?
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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"...under a rock." #mpprompt #underarock #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #poetryprompt @malformed-poetry.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I want to be the reason that your tummy flips and your thighs ask questions.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My steps are amongst the fields, in the soil of the ghosts of my blood. Present is both old and new, wondering and becoming. The bastion of indecision left behind as a crumbling ruin. There isn't a dark that scares me any longer. Consume what would swallow you. And thrive as a creature reborn.
A field of corn with sky and clouds above.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
How can you brave enough to open the door when you're too frightened to crack the window.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Let's rearrange the stars to light our bedroom gaze.
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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#emoetry prompt for 7/10 is #jovial #writingcommunity #poetry
emoetry prompt for 7/10 is #jovial

#writingcommunity #poetry
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What you love, you value. Or at least you should.
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✨🌊 s e a 🧟‍♀️ w i t c h ✨ @infiniteishq.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Sandpiper So delicate Running on the shore Into the edge of sea foam waves Released into the vastness How I envy your freedom Breathing salty air Experiencing all the gradients Bursting colors of the horizon Dawn until dusk #poetry #writingcommunity #bloomscrolling #ImageAndVerse #PaintWithWords
Rosa rugosa - beach rose
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I'll be there reason, I've had enough time being the excuse.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I've lived my days in between wandering and rabbit holes. Understanding the life lessons in the difference of area opposed to volume. How that shows in smiles and drifts in a silence held too long. I would rather coat the walls than take up space. Buried under the waves that crush the skyline.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cup the booty when you bestow the forehead kiss. Trust me.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It's like the man said. This city deserves a better class of criminal.
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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
There are those who say, and those who do. Try not to be only one of them for the rest of your days.
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