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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 8h

This is wonderful ❤️

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AcausalQualia @acausalqualia.bsky.social · 2d

#poetry

We fall in line, waiting patient
Like the queue will sort our route
Growing worry, staying dormant
Trying to assuage doubt
But the line's going nowhere
There's others cutting queues
To get ahead, just anywhere
What should we all do?

Abandon lines
Rush the door
With the queue
Want no more

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 8h

"I know the thoughts of the ghosts in the fields. My lips form their names in the afternoon quiet, with the wind for company. Phantoms of the land, with the #ash beneath the soil for a legacy. We exchange gossip forming a bridge between astral and earthbound. They don't lie to me. The living do."

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 12h

People don't realize. In its day,Cahokia was the largest city in the western hemisphere.

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 12h

It is a fascinating place. One that is on my bucket list😍

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 12h

Three cheers for a Cahokia mention 😍😍😍

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The Saint of Sinners! @thesaintofsinn1.bsky.social · 14h

100%

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 16h

a smiley face is sitting on a table next to a vase of flowers and says `` good morning have a great day '' .

ALT: a smiley face is sitting on a table next to a vase of flowers and says `` good morning have a great day '' .

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 1d

#Emoetry prompt for 10/8/2025

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#Candid

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social

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Ennui @listlessennui.bsky.social · 1d

Developed perfectionism
As a defense mechanism
To bury all my vulnerability
The most vicious criticism
The self-loathing cynicism
Feeding the growing instability
—
No abuse is greater than that
which we inflict on ourselves

#emoetry #abused
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#shrug

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

Sleep well!

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

"You'll find paradise in hands holding each other over a restaurant table. Small camera blinks from eyelids keeping score. When the subject discussed is an afterthought, the time shared is the prize. I leave space in my heart for love notes found in a gaze held too long. The silence without burdens"

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

a man with long hair says you 're welcome

ALT: a man with long hair says you 're welcome

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

a red heart with the words `` sending hugs '' on it .

ALT: a red heart with the words `` sending hugs '' on it .

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

This is a delightful piece 😍

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 1d

Wolves in the wild are a glimpse into a world few get to witness. Every sighting is a reminder of the importance of conserving wild spaces and the creatures that depend on them.

Discover where you can spot them: 🔗
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5 Best US Parks To See Wild Wolves Roam (That Aren't Yellowstone)

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

Awws 😍😍

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

🥰🥰

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

"You'll find the mysteries of togetherness beaming in her eyes when you're a lighthouse to her wandering. It isn't easy to give a place of safety to someone whose feet run from past tense woes. Be the pillars of the ocean pier, weather the onslaught of the sea. Be the first and last day."

#emoetry

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Mizz Whozza Whazzit @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 2d

#Emoetry prompt for 10/7/2025

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#Beaming

#writingcommunity #poetry @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

"My clash is with myself. Youthful laughter with hidebound eyes and a soul that makes ancient seem a child. Simple wants that sing of a countryside practicality. Oceans of depth decorated with kaleidoscope colours. A man outside the borders of conventional time. The solitary spirit in a lost movie."

A hand over a paperback book. In black and white.

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

"The harvest has come with the bounty of autumnal riches. Wights of home and hillside cluster closer to the hearth. A fog rolls in as the temperature lowers in the pumpkin patch. Walk the rows with me of dried out corn husks. Hum a spell of remembering beneath a moon shining pale lingering orange."

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yes!!

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

You're welcome 🖤❤️

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William David Maxwell @emersynlaughs.bsky.social · 1d

That final line is perfect 🖤🖤

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