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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When billionaire agendas meet #stormy opinions, pull out the marionette, the teleprompter, and the writer to craft a more suitable sky. #vss365 #poetry #edsheeran #FREEPALESTİNE

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There is no #eloquence without honesty. Everything else is just vanity. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

No cream can beautify you like the feeling of worthiness. No number on the scale can console you like the knowledge that you've been kind. #vss365 #poetry

Note to Self #77

Whether wrinkly or smooth,
all trees flaunt their bark.

Whether wearing a pastel
sunset or thunderclouds,
the sky is unabashed.

Take notes.

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I would rather be this: raw but aching, wounded but empathetic. I refuse to be cold and calm. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You little sponge absorbing all my quirks and questions, my talents and dysfunctions, I hope to give you something worth soaking up. #poetry #parenting #vss365

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

There is no artistic lottery. No deity rolls the #dice to decide who will be creative. We all are. Every. Single. One. #vss365 #poetry

Don't Tell Me You're "Not Creative"

When real-life sensations wake you from your dreams—a distant laugh, a stomachache, a wafting stench—your brain integrates them into the dream. Sometimes, this makes for hilarious, nonsensical narratives. Other times, terrifying, memorable nightmares. Either way, these are your mind's unconscious creative powers at work. Anxiety. Excitement. Longing. These all require high levels of imagination. With or without your participation, your psyche is always making things up. An artist is simply someone who chooses to consciously participate in this process.

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Some people get on their #soap box with wise words. Other people practice that wisdom in daily actions. Few can do both, but only their loved ones can prove it. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What do you gain by gambling your dreams, banking on the #remote possibility of finding fulfilment in people-pleasing fantasies? The odds are slim. Bet on your own heart. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Those who #cling to their cocoons will criticize how you use your wings. Let them. Keep flying. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Working for smiles, you #toil so steadfastly, but what about your own? Who else deserves your efforts more than your reflection? #vss365

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This #fertile moment begs to bury yesterday awaits today's rain #vss365 #poetry #haiku

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you don't love the #chaos, the thrill, the words pouring from my fingertips, the paint and dirt under my nails, the taste of sorrow on my lips, the smell of dirt on my cheeks, the thump, thump of bass in my hips, then you don't really love me. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The system wants you self-hating, silent, and spending all your money trying to reach unattainable standards. When you find yourself on that road, hit the #brake and go back home to self-love, empathy, and community. #vss365 #poetry

Body Envy
You know what's worse than envying other people? Envying your own damn self. Post-selfie obsession over the best shots, wishing there was never any other angle. Green-eyeing someone gorgeous across the room and realizing only near-collision that it's a mirror. Looking at old photos knowing you were uncomfortable inside that skin and still feeling it must be better than the skin you have now. Finding clothes that no longer fit, brimming with nostalgia for non-existent past peace. Watching your body become a product, like a baby kitten packaged in a cardboard box—it doesn't matter how cute it is if it can't breathe. Knowing all this enough to avoid the trap but not the pain. Most of all, keeping it all inside. Laughing together while silently sufferingthe same way.
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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The #coast will never be fully clear. Be yourself anyway. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

unpalatable truths most people do not sink into them but simply #ascend to higher levels of ignorance #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's been a long #road doing #vss365 prompts for the past year. Sharing one of my favourites below. Remember when the prompt was #rose? This poem isn't about flowers FYI. 🌹 #poetry

Self-Defense
If I must be a flower,
let me be a rose,
sweet with sting,
supple with thorns.
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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Whether you know all or only some of these special sorrows, #turn to me, take my hand, and let us grieve together. #poetry #vss365

The burden of a body that
forgets air / unstitches itself at the seams
of its scars without a drop of blood / turns translucent when useless / swells with
milk and life as much as their absence and
passing / gets zero days off the hormone
cocktail / draws attention / stops drawing
attention / speaks when expected to furnish /
bleeds without injury / exists as a silent
injury / exists despite everything / rushes
to give comfort it has never known / defaults
to tension / forgets sleep / dreams horrors /
replays horrors / returns to itself tearry-eyed
but returns nonetheless
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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yesterday, someone I wrote for teared up and said, "What witchcraft is this?" and I couldn't stop smiling. I've learned to infuse the metaphors already inside people into their custom poems. I don't know about witchcraft, but it's definitely magic. #poetry #typewriter #poet

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Do not allow yourself to be #conquered by the comforts of ignorance. Avoid the facts today to sabotage tomorrow. #vss365 #poetry

The Too Convenient Untruth

Nothing embraces you
as tenderly as
an elaborate lie
you want to believe.

Don't.

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Whether wrinkly or smooth, trees are never shy. Whether wearing a pink sunset or grey thunderclouds, the sky is #unabashed. Take notes. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

If I must be a flower, let me be a #rose, sweet with sting, supple with thorns #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Parenting is as much about love as it is about #defiance of every trauma we choose not to pass on. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It's wild when people call you too emotional when they're the ones foaming at the mouth. Somehow, I'm still shocked when women do it. As if gender grants salvation. As if we are any better at resisting the urge to hate ourselves than men are at resisting the urge to hate us.

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I write custom typewriter poems for people. Please check out my work. Swipe, don't scroll. Poetry is medicine. Reading the words you wish to say is profoundly healing. My favourite part of this process is getting to hear your stories. Poetry is medicine. Need some? Get in touch. #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Nothing embraces you as #tenderly as an elaborate lie you want to believe. Don't. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

When your relationship history is full of unspeakable horrors, you might #swoon over basic things. Think twice. Poem from my book Love & Gaslight. #vss365 #poetry

ADVICE FROM A THERAPY STUDENT
You seem like
the kind of person
who spends a lot of time
with people who
are dangerous
for you.
Your standards for
a good relationship
are lower than you realize.
You think these things
are so wonderful to find
in a person, but they’re basic.
Feeling safe is a basic thing.
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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This poem was from a wife to her husband of 25 years, and I was already crying before I started typing it because it's so beautiful to see people still in love after so long! They have adult children and are now reconnecting to each other as well as their dreams. Relationship goals 🌹 #poetry

Typewriter poem with the words
Our orchard bore fruits so early.
How lucky we are too bountiful.
How busy we've been too tired.
Now, our leaves are greener than
ever. We are strong and tall, but most
of all, these roots, honey. Look,
how deep they run, how much they've grown.
For Dan. My sweetest honey.
by Vironika Wilde

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

You can't #appraise dignity. It's not for sale. In defiance of Canada Day and Independence Day, if you're a native from Turtle Island, DM me for a free custom typewriter poem this week. #vss365 #poetry

Writing a Typewriter Poem for a Native Elder on Canada Day

"What are we doing here?" I gesture to
the sea of maple leaf flags. We laugh.
He says he's there to remind people
whose land they're on. I'm trying to feed
my kids. "You can't be here," the Heritage
Council rep says, tells me to leave. I ask,
"Can I finish his poem?" Lips pursed, she
rolls her eyes, nods. I turn back to Glen, his
gentle eyes, skin glowing from sweat lodge.
His words soft, medicine bag around his neck.
I do not photograph his finished poem. Duh.
As I'm packing up, I tell him,"Maybe you'll get something else for free today." He says,
"I already asked for water." Mid heat wave.
Mid colonizer holiday. "I already asked for
water. They said I had to pay."

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This poem from my poetry book Love & Gaslight has #clench in it, so I want to share it for today's #vss365 prompt. I'm so glad I left him 🥹 #poetry

I STAY: ALTERNATE ENDING SUMMARY
We are diagonal:
either plummeting to our quarterly rock bottom
or renewing our yearly subscription to hope.
We take shallow gasps:
you clutch your lungs to hush raging blood,
I clench my throat to hush warning screams.
We call it love:
tomorrow promises an antidote for today's poison,
today looks at yesterday with arrogant eyes.
We are each other's answers to simple questions.
We have a pine box to call home.
Vironika Wilde

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A poem from one book lover friend to another who's finalizing a divorce 🥹 I had such a great time writing custom poems at Wortley Pride today! #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Some people hear your No as something exotic, alluring, a melody of #forbidden treasure. It is your unfortunate responsibility to speak up, repeat, tighten your tone until you are heard. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

When #dusk falls too quickly, and the night lasts too long, I'll face the dawn boldly. With the sun, I rise strong. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Writing typewriter poems for strangers is, in some ways, more vulnerable than writing my own poems. It's not only the time pressure. It's the sun outside or LED lights inside. It's the wind or the noise. Most of all, it's the absence of a backspace button. #poetry

remember that primary colours
come first, blend, mix beautifully but exist first alone, untouched
remember the alphabet must
be before words and words must be
before stories and even sentences
remember the song of your life
has no choreography and cannot be a tango, cannot be a waltz
hun, remember: you are a
masterpiece
do not let anyone
paint over you
Vironika Wilde

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#Mother Earth has postpartum depression. It's all hands on deck now. #poetry #vss365

Mama's tired now.

we are mother earth's
teenage children
entrusted with tasks
we are forced to neglect
in the name of progress

the gaia hypothesis
is about yet another mother
expected to thrive through struggle
take a closer look and see:
mama's not bouncing back

as spring arrives,
know that every blooming tree
and blossoming flower
and flowing river
is your responsibility

mama is tired now

Vironika Wilde

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Neglecting to communicate your disinterest because you want to keep someone's half-broken heart as a safety net is not harmless. It's cruel the same way cheating is cruel. If you're not into a person, let them go. There's no #victory in mind games. #vss365

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Sometimes, it's so hard to tell the difference between fear and intuition. I know. I know. Time will tell. But living through that time feels like torture. All that’s left is to breathe, wait, and consciously #tether to reality. #vss365

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Like weeding a garden, we must free our heads from the #lingering voices of those who never wanted to see us grow. #poetry #vss365 #linger

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I used to come and go like a #feral cat looking for a feeding, ears low, teeth bared. Only now that I have something more do I see: that was not love. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I know nothing of #unalloyed joy. My heart has always been tarnished by someone's suffering, whether mine or not. I know nothing of unadulterated bliss. I'm fine this way. I know nothing of true ignorance. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It's all chaotic #diligence and diligent chaos around here. #vss365 #poetry

Motherhood

I'm sitting beside
an empty bed frame,
wrapped in a wet towel
tear-stained whispering,
"I don't know if I can do this,"
when a cry erupts

sunshine bursts
onto my decaying limbs
that turn vibrant and green

a siren blasts
sending all my fears
hiding into the shadows

a fire blazes
through my doubts
and makes me instantaneously
into a woman who can and who will.

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

To be medicinal, poetry must come from some real place: rage, grief, #affection, shock. Not affectation. Not ego. Not algorithm-pleasing. #vss365

note to self #69
If you have the option not to write it,
no one is going to read it.

And if they do,
they'll feel something is missing
(and it is).

The best writing is alive.
It has a pulse.

There's no room
for lukewarm poetry
in this cold world.
Vironika Wilde

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Even if you didn't escape in #lightning time, it was still a crime. #vss365 #poetry

#youtoo?
No police report. No ignored phone calls.
Not even one self-pitying tear.
I called him back, invited him.
I kept that part in my take-to-the-grave archive
until it oozed out to her on a warm summer night.
She inhaled deeper. She knew that call back.
She echoed my silent, self-violent shame.
I called him back, but it wasn't an invitation.
I didn't know it was still wrong if I pretended right
until I saw no fault in her why-did-I-do-this eyes.
We forged second consent. We never got a first.
We domesticated guilt to hunt our helplessness.
I didn't call him; I called for my innocence.
It answered 16 years later when she said "me too."
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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Don't forget: there are not only survivors but victims. There are women being drugged and raped by men with a whole community cheering them on. This is where every discussion about rape academy must end: the victims, the survivors, the empathy, the care. #poetry #rapeacademy

Rape Academy. And while everyone
was busy arguing whether
it was 62 million men or views
and while the "good men"
counted their new followers
for bashing the "evil men,"
there were too many women
for whom the important
numbers were children born
and years spent sleeping
with a rapist.

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

All ages poetry workshop 📢 -Get experience with crafting poetic imagery and metaphors -Learn the secret sauce inside every powerful poem -Learn how to adapt poems for performance -Get a chance to write and perform (if you choose) www.eventbrite.ca/e/powerful-p...

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Powerful Poetry: Writing and Performance Workshop

Join us for an all-ages poetry writing and performance workshop, featuring poet and spoken word artist Vironika Wilde.

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

When all else fails, dare to believe in magic. There's a fascinating story behind this note to self. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/vironika... #poetry #qotd

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

If you are afraid to #sing, to dance, to speak because you once battled the system and lost. Time for round two. You are more prepared now. #vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If art wasn't dangerous, the algorithms wouldn't suppress it as much as they do. Every word is a weapon. Do not let them disarm you. #poetry #arm #vss365

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I've been writing since I could hold a #pen, but I became a writer only when I found no safer place than the page. #vss365 #poetry

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