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Vironika Wilde

@vironikawilde.bsky.social

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Poet / spoken word artist / award-winning author / Ukrainian / Bashkir Tatar / Nagaybak / immigrant / survivor / activist / mama bear / cat fanatic

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 17

Raw, time-travelling page turner about a survivor seeking salvation in all the wrong places. A brutally honest tear-jerker with a metal and industrial playlist.

#posterpit #posterpitq #Q #P #A #NA

Movie poster background is a goth-looking eye with a dilated pupil surrounded by black eyeliner and an eyebrow piercing. There are four sets of text in the actor slots that say "psychological page-turner," "time-travelling," "brutally honest," and "tear jerker." The title reads "Relapse/Rewind" by Vironika Wilde. The description says "a roller coaster through the human psyche—a warning about the consequences of unresolved trauma as much as a testament to the survivor's resilience." The poster ends at the bottom. with "now querying."

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 23h

It is not enough
to empathize only
for an audience
or only on Wednesdays
after a nice sleep
and finished chores.

Real compassion
sneaks into every thought,
every #atom, every
otherwise happy moment.

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 1d

The algorithms demand
for us to #hover over the truth.

We must choose between
being honest and being heard.

Or so they say,
these media goblins,
so they
underestimate us.

Fools.

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 4d

These headlines read
like a bad thriller:
one-dimensional villains
endless plot holes.

Our modern dystopia.
I wish I could call it #unearthly,
call it poorly written fiction,
call it anything but real.

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 7d

in the ceasefire symphony,
there is an ominous #undertone

hear it in the complicit
who applaud themselves,
expect us to cheer along

and forget about the unreleased and
the martyred and the unpunished and
the rubble and the children and the lies

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 9d

Let me tell you about
the lightning I've tasted.

No #raincoat. No running.

There is too much thunder in me
to fear this storm.

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 14d

🤣🥲🙏

Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 15d

Every piece of news these days
feels like an #advert
for learned helplessness
paid for by blood-soaked money

Every tear shed
is a tiny revolution.

Don't let them sell you
on caring less.

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 18d

I think the lack of self-esteem at the bottom of the worst narcissism is notable, but in the end, the delusional personality is the one whose choices we must suffer.

Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · 18d

I spent almost a decade
on planes, trains, buses,
seeking some #oasis
to help escape my pain

funny, how the suffering
came with me everywhere

funny really, how my best oasis
wasn't a physical place

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 25

the hyper-rich
have the best self-esteem

their #malformed humanity,
gaping holes for empathy

their off-rhythm heartbeats
pound the #bass lines of history

we must be as #audacious
every indignant act: a revolution

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 17

Waiting patiently 😅🥹

Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 17

Raw, time-travelling page turner about a survivor seeking salvation in all the wrong places. A brutally honest tear-jerker with a metal and industrial playlist.

#posterpit #posterpitq #Q #P #A #NA

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 14

There is nothing #mystical
about intuition

Every child has this
commonplace magic

We are all angels
without #wings

Keepers of wisdom
too-long forgotten

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 12

Every stormy morning
is reaching for an afternoon #rainbow.

Every #grumpy dusk
is reaching for a smile at dawn.

#vss365

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 10

stress: a #spider web
each #laugh, a ray of sunshine
lighting up the trap

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 6

pigs play with puppets
televised future horror
gluttons know no #rules

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 5

chuckles won't cure this
don't try #sass or distraction
courage lives in pain

#vss365 #haiku

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 3

sometimes, it takes
a seven year mistake
to beware of #charm
and backhanded compliments
and fridges with nothing but mustard.

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Aug 2

lately, you are ready for #mischief
just like your brother, those playful brown eyes

you are already growing up too fast
one day, these days will be memories

but I'll still be there in every moment for
every sob, every #scowl, every laugh

#vss365 #poetry #parenthood

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Never again" is going to need a new plan at this point.

#GazaGenocide #poetry

Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Jul 22

may the eyes
that look back at you
in the mirror
always be filled
with unwavering
#purpose and
the #promise
of a legend lived

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Jul 17

I fight the day
and sometimes win
my calm is never #mellow

I lost it young
my #innocence
my heart is never yellow

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Jul 9

I've never worn
diamonds or fur
#taffeta or pearls

I've lived my life in
flip-flops and raindrops
camo and silver rings

that is why I know
the luxury of a sunset
and the pricelessness of awe

#vss365 #poetry

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Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Jul 8

Querying postpartum is wild. I've never had rejection hurt me so much and still kept pushing on. It's amazing how motivating kids can be, but these hormones are absolutely not helping 🫠

#amquerying #writingcommunity

Vironika Wilde @vironikawilde.bsky.social · Jul 6

I've been accused
of overthinking but
maybe I am just
a #prism
dividing the mundane
into all its colours

#vss365 #poetry

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