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

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

To love is to nurture, not to #conquer. #vss365 #poetry

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

I have my mind #set on a future where I reminisce about these old, onerous days. #vss365 #poetry

What is motherhood but a million tiny choices to #revolve instead of collapsing or drifting away? #vss365 #poetry

No one will #frustrate you like a toddler. No one will amaze you like a toddler. No one will make you simultaneously question your sanity and marvel in gratitude like a toddler. I can't imagine my life without these tiny tormentors. #vss365

We can no longer #endorse the Gaia hypothesis. Mother Earth has postpartum depression. It's all hands on deck now. #poetry #vss365

Another nap time, another round of queries. It's exhausting, but I know one day, this story will inspire my kids. #amquerying #writingcommunity

Do not #waver in your integrity. It is the only asset that cannot be seized or frozen. #vss365

Growing up frozen by childhood drama, I once promised to never have kids. In this cold world, how could I ever be the #warmth they run to from life's chills? It seemed impossible. But here I am, like thousands of mothers, doing it each day. #vss365 #poetry

Black rain in Tehran while Google searches for Epstein files decrease by 95% Such #blatant evil belongs in novels and bad thrillers #vss365 #iran #poetry

Woke up on Women's Day to my youngest peeing on the bedding I specifically washed yesterday so I wouldn't have to do house work on Women's Day, and I feel like that about explains what it's like being a woman. Someone's always pissing on my work. #womensday

I don't have a high pain tolerance. I have a high threshold for pain without treatment. Don't call me brave. Truth is: unless I have a broken arm or open wound, it's nearly impossible to get taken seriously in a medical setting as a woman when pain is the primary symptom.

The Catholic Church pushes virginity. Hollywood pushes youth. Both have been revealed as complicit in grotesque levels of organized child abuse. The way out is through not only justice and accountability but also rejection of the infantilized standards we've all been force fed.

It's wild to me when people claim to be simultaneously honest/raw/sensitive and apolitical or uninformed/unbothered with current events. That type of “sensitivity” just reads like vulnerable narcissism to me.

I've been querying for the past year and would not recommend it unless you want a shattered ego. Also so confused who is reading horror in this horrific world. If that's you, explain yourself in the comments. I just don't understand. 🫠 #poetry #amquerying #WritingCommunity

Having 2 toddlers is humbling. They have no impulse control, no empathy, and a poor understanding of physics. It's a circus every day, and I'm not as patient as I thought. Must evolve into a better mom instead of devolving into a short-tempered, red-eyed, frizzy-haired nightmare.

Read more on my latest Substack article: "Call Me Crazy But I Don't Want Inner Peace Right Now." open.substack.com/pub/vironika... #writingcommmunity #substack #NoPeaceWithoutJustice

How strange that we equate #dark with twisted when bright white sheets cover the deplorable and the dead #vss365 #poetry

Zero amber alerts for Epstein victims and indigenous kids. Get your loud fakery off my phone. #poetry #everychildmatters #EpsteinFiles

I wish I read something just like this ten years ago. open.substack.com/pub/vironika... #mentalhealth #recovery #healingjourney