Joshua Ward
@themigratorypoet.bsky.social
🦃Virginia Tech:
- BS Wildlife Conservation ‘22
- MFA Creative Writing (Poetry) ‘28
Poet/Writer, Birder (Life List: 1008), Herper, Wildlife Photographer
@thefinderofthefurtive on IG
Albion Review, Equatorial Mag. 2023 Giovanni-Steger Poetry Prize.
- BS Wildlife Conservation ‘22
- MFA Creative Writing (Poetry) ‘28
Poet/Writer, Birder (Life List: 1008), Herper, Wildlife Photographer
@thefinderofthefurtive on IG
Albion Review, Equatorial Mag. 2023 Giovanni-Steger Poetry Prize.
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Joshua Ward
@themigratorypoet.bsky.social
· Feb 18
The city can be, and has been, the source of firm poetic description, and imagery too. But the natural world is the old river that runs through everything, and I think poets will forever fish along its shores.
- Mary Oliver
- Mary Oliver
Deafening myself with Dog Days are Over while walking to my grad student orientation and minutes later seeing Florence’s next album announcement #ftm6
August 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Deafening myself with Dog Days are Over while walking to my grad student orientation and minutes later seeing Florence’s next album announcement #ftm6
“Defunded but not defeated” is the hardest quote of resistance I’ve heard so far
August 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“Defunded but not defeated” is the hardest quote of resistance I’ve heard so far
Not enough people (me included as of just a few minutes ago) are aware of the existence of Sámi rap, which goes astronomically hard
July 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Not enough people (me included as of just a few minutes ago) are aware of the existence of Sámi rap, which goes astronomically hard
A casual morning in the bog: my lifer White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis), one of dozens blooming between tamaracks and spruces, swamp candles and cottongrass, purple pitchers and sundews, with singing Lincoln’s Sparrows and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers
July 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A casual morning in the bog: my lifer White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis), one of dozens blooming between tamaracks and spruces, swamp candles and cottongrass, purple pitchers and sundews, with singing Lincoln’s Sparrows and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers
So I’ve gone to two poetry open mics in a row—one at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social and then another tonight at Tryst, both in DC, and man the community of cool people you find at these things rivals the folks you run into while birding.
The vibes: it’s fun to be human and talk to other humans
The vibes: it’s fun to be human and talk to other humans
July 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So I’ve gone to two poetry open mics in a row—one at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social and then another tonight at Tryst, both in DC, and man the community of cool people you find at these things rivals the folks you run into while birding.
The vibes: it’s fun to be human and talk to other humans
The vibes: it’s fun to be human and talk to other humans
Sitting in the parking lot of Breaks Interstate Park, the only place within like 15 miles that has good cell signal, just called like 9 senators offices, and a Cerulean Warbler sings in the trees above me.
Proof of God?????
Proof of God?????
June 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sitting in the parking lot of Breaks Interstate Park, the only place within like 15 miles that has good cell signal, just called like 9 senators offices, and a Cerulean Warbler sings in the trees above me.
Proof of God?????
Proof of God?????
My mom (veterinarian) had a client ask about me the other day. My mom told her that I’m headed back to VT for an MFA.
Today, she came in with a selection of poetry books, and asked my mom to pass them to me🥹
Neruda, Lorca (whom
I’ve wanted in my library for a while), Cohen, and more!!
#poetrysky
Today, she came in with a selection of poetry books, and asked my mom to pass them to me🥹
Neruda, Lorca (whom
I’ve wanted in my library for a while), Cohen, and more!!
#poetrysky
June 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My mom (veterinarian) had a client ask about me the other day. My mom told her that I’m headed back to VT for an MFA.
Today, she came in with a selection of poetry books, and asked my mom to pass them to me🥹
Neruda, Lorca (whom
I’ve wanted in my library for a while), Cohen, and more!!
#poetrysky
Today, she came in with a selection of poetry books, and asked my mom to pass them to me🥹
Neruda, Lorca (whom
I’ve wanted in my library for a while), Cohen, and more!!
#poetrysky
A few words of comfort from CS Lewis.
Don’t allow fear to remove what defines you.
Don’t allow fear to remove what defines you.
June 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A few words of comfort from CS Lewis.
Don’t allow fear to remove what defines you.
Don’t allow fear to remove what defines you.
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A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.
June 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.
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Marine veterans are speaking out against the troop deployment in Los Angeles. Across the country, they’re taking down their American flags that have flown in front of their homes for years. Remember, we have friends everywhere.
June 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Marine veterans are speaking out against the troop deployment in Los Angeles. Across the country, they’re taking down their American flags that have flown in front of their homes for years. Remember, we have friends everywhere.
*Mourning Warbler popping out 10 feet away from me in full sun*
“No one will ever believe you”
*disappears before I can so much as touch my camera*
“No one will ever believe you”
*disappears before I can so much as touch my camera*
June 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
*Mourning Warbler popping out 10 feet away from me in full sun*
“No one will ever believe you”
*disappears before I can so much as touch my camera*
“No one will ever believe you”
*disappears before I can so much as touch my camera*
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From BlackLiturgies on insta
June 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
From BlackLiturgies on insta
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We have hope. Rebellions are built on hope.
May 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We have hope. Rebellions are built on hope.
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it's cool that we managed to put machines on mars that can take and send pictures and i support space exploration as a public endeavor and public good, but holy fuck everything we've seen out there is so much uglier and less cool than our own planet
Sol 1519: Left Navcam, imaged at 13:41:28.731 (local mean solar time)
May 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
it's cool that we managed to put machines on mars that can take and send pictures and i support space exploration as a public endeavor and public good, but holy fuck everything we've seen out there is so much uglier and less cool than our own planet
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How does a president just have the power to strip research funding from a university. No one person should have that power. Presidents should be civil servants, not kings. Otherwise we would just have kings
May 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
How does a president just have the power to strip research funding from a university. No one person should have that power. Presidents should be civil servants, not kings. Otherwise we would just have kings
First day as a junior instructor for @audubon.org Hog Island Spring Migration on Monhegan program and the campers are about to arrive
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May 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
First day as a junior instructor for @audubon.org Hog Island Spring Migration on Monhegan program and the campers are about to arrive
@greatsmokynps.bsky.social I literally just watched a whole family of Ovenbirds fledge their nest in front of me I’m gonna CRY🥹
May 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
@greatsmokynps.bsky.social I literally just watched a whole family of Ovenbirds fledge their nest in front of me I’m gonna CRY🥹
Me: Can I get a county lifer Mourning Warbler?
The universe, for some reason: Nah but I got 14 other warblers and 4 first-of-years
The universe, for some reason: Nah but I got 14 other warblers and 4 first-of-years
May 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Me: Can I get a county lifer Mourning Warbler?
The universe, for some reason: Nah but I got 14 other warblers and 4 first-of-years
The universe, for some reason: Nah but I got 14 other warblers and 4 first-of-years
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"And isn't it ironic?
Don't you think?
A little too ironic
And yeah, I really do think"˜Ãlanis Morissette
Don't you think?
A little too ironic
And yeah, I really do think"˜Ãlanis Morissette
May 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"And isn't it ironic?
Don't you think?
A little too ironic
And yeah, I really do think"˜Ãlanis Morissette
Don't you think?
A little too ironic
And yeah, I really do think"˜Ãlanis Morissette
First Gull-billed Tern I’ve seen in the US since 2017 plus 6 other tern species, 14 shorebirds, 6 gulls, Chuck-wills-widow, Western Cattle Egret, and a continuing female Redhead all make for a banger of a morning on the Outer Banks #birdsky
May 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
First Gull-billed Tern I’ve seen in the US since 2017 plus 6 other tern species, 14 shorebirds, 6 gulls, Chuck-wills-widow, Western Cattle Egret, and a continuing female Redhead all make for a banger of a morning on the Outer Banks #birdsky
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Calling all scientists! There's less than one week left to boost support to protect endangered species' habitat safeguards in the Endangered Species Act.
Sign on to the scientists' open sign-on letter here and please share: biodiv.us/4mojih5
Sign on to the scientists' open sign-on letter here and please share: biodiv.us/4mojih5
Scientists' Letter in Opposition to Rescinding the Regulatory Definition of “Harm” in Endangered Species Act Regulations
May 19, 2025
Submitted via: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034-0001
Public Comments Processing
Attn: FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W
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biodiv.us
May 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Calling all scientists! There's less than one week left to boost support to protect endangered species' habitat safeguards in the Endangered Species Act.
Sign on to the scientists' open sign-on letter here and please share: biodiv.us/4mojih5
Sign on to the scientists' open sign-on letter here and please share: biodiv.us/4mojih5
The first two Shrek movies are undoubtedly unmatched masterpieces but the third one doesn’t get enough credit for also being great. Snow White using the power of Led Zeppelin to unleash a horde of birds against two talking trees? The sequence of the king dying? The baby nightmare scene? Iconic
May 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The first two Shrek movies are undoubtedly unmatched masterpieces but the third one doesn’t get enough credit for also being great. Snow White using the power of Led Zeppelin to unleash a horde of birds against two talking trees? The sequence of the king dying? The baby nightmare scene? Iconic
Dodging cars barreling at Mach 5 down a mountain road to photograph a blooming Frasier magnolia only to drive further down the road to find a lower, easier-to-photograph magnolia
May 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Dodging cars barreling at Mach 5 down a mountain road to photograph a blooming Frasier magnolia only to drive further down the road to find a lower, easier-to-photograph magnolia
Since I’ll be busy on the Global Big Day, a college bestie and I made today our “unofficial big day”, and we raked in an even 100 species, including 21 warbler species, a Barn Owl, and 30 Bobolink!
Undoubtedly the highlight for me were these ridiculous flame azalea blooms, spotted by said bestie!!
Undoubtedly the highlight for me were these ridiculous flame azalea blooms, spotted by said bestie!!
May 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Since I’ll be busy on the Global Big Day, a college bestie and I made today our “unofficial big day”, and we raked in an even 100 species, including 21 warbler species, a Barn Owl, and 30 Bobolink!
Undoubtedly the highlight for me were these ridiculous flame azalea blooms, spotted by said bestie!!
Undoubtedly the highlight for me were these ridiculous flame azalea blooms, spotted by said bestie!!