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Words for Wording (Maria DiFrancesco, she/they)
@mariadifrancesco.bsky.social
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Professor, poet, writer. Thoughts I share here are my own and do not reflect the thoughts or values of my employer. No DMs, please. I welcome reposts, but please credit me on writing! 🏳️‍🌈🦄

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Words for Wording (Maria DiFrancesco, she/they) @mariadifrancesco.bsky.social · Feb 27
Friends New & Old: I'm privileging my poetry on this account. I want poems I post here to be free to all. I strongly believe in the capacity of poetry to change the world and who we are, and its capacity to make justice and peace possible for all. Join me! It's #free! #poetry #resistance #revolution
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Puzzle #873
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November 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Wordle 1,577 2/6

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October 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
mariadifrancesco.bsky.social
Frost: October First.*
Black ice on porcelain tile
poses a hazard.

10/03 Frost
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
*Based on the true story of me slipping the other day.
October 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Puzzle #844
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October 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Grains of truth still warm
cold lands taken over by
powerful liars.

10/02 Grain
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October 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Hunter’s Moon follows
wild hands harvesting autumn’s
final lush, fierce fruits.

10/01 Hunter’s Moon
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
October 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Puzzle #841
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September 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Laughter follows, a
spot of darkness, shadow
of what can't be said.

09/29 Laughter
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Edging out towards eaves,
leaving the safety of home,
of what once was home.

09/28 Eaves
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Black sea bass swim in
the Gulf of Maine avoid trawls,
fish pots: Remain free.

09/27 Sea bass
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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September 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Footsteps not taken
or were they hidden beneath
lies easy to tell.

09/24 Footsteps
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Salmon migrate through
ocean water, swim up fresh,
rough river to spawn.

09/23 Salmon
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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September 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Puzzle #834
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September 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Chilly winter pen
erases sweat of free speech
from hot fallen snow.

09/22 Chilly
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Puzzle #833
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September 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan perform at Farm Aid 40
The Farm Aid founder and his friends closed out the night at Huntington Bank Stadium.
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September 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Somber voices drop,
begin to die among star
networks worth millions.

09/21 Somber
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Songs, lyrics cascade
from past into present day,
haunt listening souls.

09/20 Cascade
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Moon glows in heart of
Edenic forest full of
holy grace, not sin.

09/19 Glow
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Mourning the morning
dawn of the day words withdrew.
They knew far too much.

09/18 Morning
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
September 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Rhizomes of lotus
spread unseen in muddy depths
birth enlightenment.

09/17 Lotus
#resist #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #vss365
#WritersforDemocraticAction #ecopoetry #micropoetry
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September 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM