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david wiggins

@wordingway.bsky.social
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∴ whykeeper, cloud-counter, woods-wanderer, thought alchemist, syllable-monger, gnosis-smith, hill to hollow howler ∴ my 🌿✍️+📸 bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qlrawgvpug… 🔗🌳 linktr.ee/davidwiggins

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I grew up in a little English town thinking that you needed a magnifying lens to see snowflakes in all their intricacies..then I came to know Canada Winters… other half took this photo…❄️✨
A snowflake.
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SoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
had we the choice we may have stayed stardust not even the sorrows nor shadows darkening the corners of mouths we dwell here inside the hours breathing before dawn for we are weary of hate and fear #micropoetry #poet #poetry #writerslife
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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 @standingmountain.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
☁️☀️☁️🌩️ 𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛.. 𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍,𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔— ♥️⋰⋱⫷⫸ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛. #Sun #Photography
𝙹𝚃 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼
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Chaosmology @chaosmology.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
walked the four corners of the sprawling land today old bones jagged rocks smooth silt swarming bees razor wires prickly pears dry creeks lost youth new growth still the most impressive part is the quiet you can hear ~ #vss365 #poetry #desert #photography #nature #bloomscrolling
early spring prickly pear flowers in the desert
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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Morning @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk My #PoemsAbout #Consent didn’t even get to my bugbear! 😂 I decided there was enough for another poem/tome. So just in time for Mother’s Day…😬 #poetry
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
#OurPoetryX | #inseparable #foxprose | ask me once, maybe twice #freeverse #poetry
#OurPoetryX | #inseparable 
#foxprose | ask me once, maybe twice
#freeverse #poetry


This is a free verse poem written in response to several Bsky writing prompts as inspired by a recent post by @aetherread.bsky.social, which reads:

Taking a deep breath.
Veneration. Vertigo. 
For the heart is a rotating star. 
Black veil. Be yourself. Beyond. 
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My poem in black text on white background: 

you asked me once
(maybe twice)
to sail with you beyond the beyond
barely an inhale, my dizzied response:
need you even ask

…at that moment these two hearts 
fused and inseparable
wildly spun, efferent
a LAMOST, almost
our galactic tilt-a-whirl

then

you bade me to live
though black lace was preferable
i couldn’t see the point
-still don’t some days-
me being my Self without you

so

i stand in awe of the Cosmos
waiting for a pulsar’s flash
to signal me: now, child
cross the crack between worlds
when the veil is its thinnest…

you asked me once again
(maybe twice)
to sail with you beyond the beyond
barely an inhale, my dizzied response:
need you even ask

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#OurPoetryX | #inseparable 
#foxprose | ask me once, maybe twice
#freeverse #poetry

 
“An astronomer has found the fastest spinning star known in our galaxy… and it's a doozy. It's rotating at the dizzying speed of at least 540 kilometers per second. In fact, if it were spinning much faster, it would tear itself apart!

The star is called LAMOST J040643.69+542347.8, but let's call it J0406 for short. It's located about 30,000 light years from us, toward the outer edge of the galaxy.”

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-fastest-spinning-star-in-the-galaxy
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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Cloud covers moon in milky cataract, her stars hung loosely on a night threaded lanyard. We are a tiny thump of a heart beneath incomprehension. Mysteries above us that we can only throw wishes at. Time already passed, we are a hope with one step in the future. #vssdaily lanyard #vss365 cataract
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Window views. Not always reflective, not always welcoming and definitely each one, unique. Cobwebs of life trail on us all, don't they? 📷by me #poetry #photograhy
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Jess @jessdean77.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Gestures on the foggy front lines.. 🩶 📷: by me m.youtube.com/watch?v=rJmb... #ForestFriday #BWFriday #scape #jobsitetunes #shinelikethesun #beastieboyslightenup
B&W photo captured on the lunch break this week. 

An old leafless tree growing out of a rock outcropped overhang. Standing tall next to a brand new pine - two beautiful silhouettes against the foggy forest backdrop.
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richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
#BlueSkyArtShow #Flowing
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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 @standingmountain.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The origin of being does not yield itself to the voice that proclaims it. Within it, minds arise and begin weaving meanings… Stars ignite and collapse into silence, the ancient question of why there is anything at all continues to echo. What dissolves when it notices it cannot stand outside it. ♥️
🤎🩶🤎🖤
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M @mnm67.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I was drawn to the shadows and warm tones along the Red River. “Winter Along the Red” is based on a photo taken at Lindenwood park in Fargo, ND. 🙏🏻 #watercolor #watercolorpainting
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Jess @jessdean77.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
“Eat at a local restaurant … Go somewhere you’ve never been… Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways. Eat slowly. Tip your server. Check in on your friends & yourself..Enjoy the ride” AB #WallsonWednesday #RedWed #ECK
Hanging on a crimson red wall in a restaurant’s bathroom.

Photo of Anthony Bourdain lounging on some beat up furniture along a beautiful coastline in B&W. (Photographer unknown)Captured on a restaurant’s bathroom wall. Framed quote signed by Anthony Bourdain.

Reads: “Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat an oyster. Have a negroni. Have two. Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways. Eat slowly. Tip your server. Check in on your friends. Check in on yourself. Enjoy the ride.”
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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
after cloudburst— the arroyo sorting bones of trees #haiku #poetry
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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
nest egg we set our sights upon a bonny cottage #vss365 #senryu
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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I am so honoured and humbled to be invited to speak about The Starbeck Orion and my poetic journey in Sheffield during May or June this year. I am also, running a two hour introductory session on the poetry (in translation) of Nobel Laureate, Czeslaw Milosz this coming Monday.
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Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I call them the two sisters. They listen well when you need to vent and teach you about the seasons should you ask. That's the thing about nature, people seldom ask and yet trees are always willing to answer. #poetry #photography 📷 by me
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eli adams @eli-adams.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
loss of resonance absence of tone and tenor flattened notes world out of tune dissonant chords played on hardened heart strings lost harmony i struggle to find the key #vss365 #harmony written Aug 2024
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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
What a beautiful cover by Rachael Taylor for the Heads, Shoulders, Spleen and Nose edition of @littthoughtspress.com @clairemtaylor.com 🤩 So happy to be a part of it! 😊 #poetryforkids #kidlit #storiesforkids Pre-orders now being taken. littlethoughtspress.square.site/product/litt...
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SoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
mirrored moves and bodies writhing passionate dance without scandal such bittersweet splinters the plank and the muse #Dancer #Micropoetry #Poetry
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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
And oh so beautiful in their meanderings
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a.d. @admatthias.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
there's #harmony in each nail as it's forced between fibres of deadwood, and the splinters of hope-giving light are extinguished. there's acceptance in the notes of #brick clay, and finally giving up, that penetrate like darkness through lifelessness #vss365 #emoetry #lifeless #wildwalkprompt
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Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
spring rain— the plow without its mask #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt
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Serena🪞🧿✨ @alethianstrata.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The machine woke up from slumber. The machine has got somewhere to go. Comply— or get out. At least, get out of the way. It won’t stop to swallow you inside it. It will crush your bones, still advancing. #Poetry #Poem #BlueskyPoetry
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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
after the flood— one sandal up in the tamarisk #haiku #poetry
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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
early spring beating in harmony butterfly wings #vss365 #haiku
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Sanya @sanjar.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
vulnerable sphere turns to her full moon sister whiff of harmony #vss365 #harmony #DailyHaikuPrompt #Full_Moon #haiku 📸 Ossiane
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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 @standingmountain.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A center that never collapses, yet everything leans toward it— a hush in the wide sweep of motion. From that unmoving radius, pattern and possibility spiral outward, each turn a recollection of the first impulse, each moment a fresh inscription on the face of what is always already whole. #Truth
𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐.
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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 @standingmountain.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
To look into empty space is not merely to search for an answer. It is to encounter the strange possibility that what appears empty may be the most fundamental presence of all. #Truth
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑦 - 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑥𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 #MacroMonday #mobilephotography #photography #haiku #shahai
A close-up of a flowering Ourisia macrophylla (North Island mountain foxglove) spotted just off the trail leading up a slope of Taranaki Maunga (Mt. Egmont). 

From the wiki: "Plants of this species of New Zealand foxglove are showy, perennial, large-leaved, tufted, rhizomatous herbs that are often glabrous (hairless) or sometimes hairy with non-glandular or glandular hairs. They have crenate, ovate to heart-shaped leaves. The flowers are in whorls in each node, with a regular calyx, and a large, white irregular corolla. The corolla tube is yellow with three lines of yellow hairs inside." and "Ourisia macrophylla plants are large, showy, hairy perennials with whorls of flowers with large white corollas, and three lines of yellow hairs inside the corolla tube, characters they share with another New Zealand species, O. crosbyi."

All is know is this:  PREEEEEEEETTY 🌼🤍
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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 @standingmountain.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
“𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐.” -𝚉𝚒𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚊-Š𝚊 #InternationalWomen’sDay
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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
#vss365 #poetry Moonstruck I am #spellbound by your charm Enchanted by the magic in your eyes Your love has me wrapped in its warm arms My heart soars like a bird in the skies for in this love a true philosophy lies That lifes greatest surprise is a love in disguise
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Jess @jessdean77.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It’s a crazy, harsh, & mysteriously beautiful world. Wishing I could carry you all with me wherever I go.. Take care sweet beings under the #bluesky 🩶 (Pics from the job site this week) m.youtube.com/watch?v=K6qj... #workscape #jobsitetunes #pinkfloydwishyouwerehere
View from top floor of the jobsite this week. Blue cloudy March skyline over the wintery valley. A slight fog rolling thru, bringing some thunder snow to close out the work day.B&W photo while taking a lunch break. View from the unfinished deck of the mountain valley out west amongst the cloudy skyline.
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Amy Borgman @amyborgman.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
#smallpoemsunday #tanka #tankapoem #tankathursday A favorite by M.Kei a vacant lot full of weeds and mourning doves, today my heart is just like that
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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Your bird disguise was more dragon, umbrella skin and bones for wings. Toothy beak. Mine mostly ideas of flight, feathered with scribbled pages. But the crows let us join their storytelling. You heard strange tales of shiny treasures beyond reach. I heard secrets of the sky. #ThingsToWriteAbout
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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗒 𝖠𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖺 @mightyathena.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑠 - 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒̄𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑎 #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #mobilephotography #photography #haiku #shahai
On the trail's mid-way point/platform, and peering thru the dense forest's window frame, one is presented with a stunning view of Wairēinga/Bridal Veil Falls. 55 m/180 ft in height, the falls splash land into a large pool of water at its base, carved over time. 

"Waireinga means leaping waters, referring to wairua (spirits) leaping the great height of this waterfall. Waireinga is also spiritually known by tangata whenua (people of the land) to be occupied by Patupaiarehe (Maori fairies) who are kaitiaki (guardians) of the area."

https://www.raglan23.co.nz/about-raglan/bridal-veil-waireinga-falls/
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SoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
My home has a metal roof. I love it when a storm hits and it’s raining, thundering, and lightning striking so loud, that I can’t even hear myself think. 🤩 ⛈️⚡️
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a lightning bolt is visible in the dark sky
ALT: a lightning bolt is visible in the dark sky
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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Let me paint the sky A #magnanimous blue With words that won’t make you cry For more than a few The heavens may wish to pry But like morning dew They’ll disappear with a content sigh & I’ll continue to paint the night sky #vss365 #poetry
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Jenny Gaitskell @jennygaitskell.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
red twilight after the sandstorms a message shining unhidden the dark glass arkology longago named bliss oh spellbinding halls lost arts of decadence so many mirrors scrawled with last desires for shade and rain #DailyHaikuPrompt #SciFaikuSaturday #vss365 #inkMine
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 02/03/2026
'Of Towers & Temples' (2023) -- Nestled in the Breathtakingly Still & Timeless Jungle, Visual Moments of Zen, Trang An Landscape Complex, Ninh Binh, Northern Vietnam #MountainMonday ✨ #RockinTuesday ✨ #ImageAndVerse ✨ #Photography #Landscape #Monochrome #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford
A view across a shaded lazy river to a small, isolated Buddhist shrine accessible only by boat against an impressive backdrop of karst stack formations and unevenly covered by thick vines of jungle. The humid air particles hang in the air as the sun dips behind the misty mountains towards the horizon
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