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My Writing
MVdD Writes is currently completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at OCAD University, and has completed a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Toronto Metropolitan University (Ryerson).
Below, you will find an organized collection of poetry, fiction and non-fiction pieces, A-Level University Essays, book reviews, and short blog posts. Dig in, and please reach out with your opinion or drop a like of appreciation below each piece.
Your Definition of “Safe” Sex is Wrong
“Make sure,” she says, “that everything you’re doing is something you want to be doing."
Vicky di Donato
Mar 115 min read
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Patterson Park
An ode to Patterson Park by Vicky di Donato.
Vicky di Donato
Mar 112 min read
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Untitled: Leaves - Featured at OCADU's Moving Poetry Installation 2024
Poetry by Vicky di Donato. Featured at OCADU's Moving Poetry Installation 2024.
Vicky di Donato
Mar 111 min read
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To Drown? Or not to Drown? - Featured at Toronto International Festival of Authors 2024 Installation "The Blank Page"
Poetry by Vicky di Donato. Featured at Toronto International Festival of Authors 2024 Installation "The Blank Page".
Vicky di Donato
Mar 111 min read
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Pretty - Featured at OCADU's Moving Poetry Installation 2025
Poetry by Vicky di Donato
Vicky di Donato
Mar 111 min read
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Swept Away & Spit Back Out - Prompt: How do you carry the land?
How do I carry the land? It’s the sand still in my purse.
Vicky di Donato
Mar 113 min read
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Cursive
Prompts: How did you fall in love with writing? What are your earliest memories of writing? Why do you want to pursue creative writing?...
Vicky di Donato
Jan 20, 20243 min read
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An Immigrant Daughter’s Therapist
Assignment Prompt: fictional or otherwise, create a conversation that you think is important. Name: Maria di Donato Age: 21 Past...
Vicky di Donato
Feb 18, 20237 min read
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Drunk Self Affirmations
Prompted to look for existing writing and mix up the words before creating a new poem with creative use of enjambment, it is based on the...
Vicky di Donato
Feb 18, 20231 min read
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A Joke is a Story of Personal Facts
PROMPT: Use five jokes the audience might not know about you to tell a joke via a story. 1. I belly flopped from a 30ft cliff and...
Vicky di Donato
Feb 18, 20233 min read
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“Gemini”
a rap by Vicky di Donato Well, when I met you I was convinced, This girl here, obviously kin A Gemini, with big round eyes I fell for her...
Vicky di Donato
Feb 18, 20232 min read
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If Life Was In Reverse
Inspired by Gray Thomas's 'Life In Reverse'. Available to watch below. If life was in reverse I’d see my blood be taken back Taken back...
Vicky di Donato
Feb 18, 20231 min read
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I Dream - A Story of Depression and Lost Love
I don’t like the feeling of it. The cold water on my sleep addled face. I hate even more that I hadn’t believed her – my mother – when...
Vicky di Donato
Feb 18, 20233 min read
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A Writer Writes (part 3)
The other day, I found myself being honest with my boyfriend. He’s been struggling with me a bit, and it’s understandable for many...
Vicky di Donato
Oct 20, 20223 min read
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A Writer Writes (part 2)
I felt around in my lap for the cold metal stick that I always had on me. It was black and it had a light on it, three gold bars on the...
Vicky di Donato
Oct 20, 20223 min read
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A Writer Writes (part 1)
I sometimes had dreams that were normal, but normally, I suffered greatly in my sleep. Waking up in sobs wasn’t foreign to me the way...
Vicky di Donato
Oct 18, 20222 min read
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A-Level University Essay: Imagining Death - Emily Dickinson
Author's Note: This essay was written for course ENG560 of Ryerson University, on November 28, 2018. Imagining Death: Emily Dickinson In...
Vicky di Donato
Jan 18, 202110 min read
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A-Level University Essay: Obasan’s Impact on Canada
Author's Note: This essay was written for course ENG110 of Ryerson University, on November 22, 2017. Obasan, by Joy Kogawa, has been...
Vicky di Donato
Jan 17, 20218 min read
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Inhale, Apologize, and Repeat - The Story That Helped Me Quit Smoking
First year, I remember looking at the strangers on the street. The stranger wearing Gucci dress pants or a beige camisole, or Levi jeans,...
Vicky di Donato
Jan 17, 20213 min read
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Scooby Spark - The Story of How I Lit My House On Fire
Penny loves Scooby Doo. However, she has seen this particular film about the gang and their talking dog one too many times. Her mother is...
Vicky di Donato
Jun 21, 20207 min read
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