Tracy Shawn
@tracyshawn.bsky.social
#Author ✍🏻Novels: Floating Underwater and The Grace of Crows, Second Edition www.tracyshawn.com/ Editing/Revising third novel📖 Member of The #AuthorsGuild 📚She/Her https://www.tracyshawn.com/novels-by-tracy-shawn/
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November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Poetry
How poetic, I thought:
“He tried to steal her nightmare”
But what he really said was something so mundane, I can’t remember it now
How we crave those off-road words,
even when we don’t understand
Those impressions,
that last inside us,
that illuminate the everyday universe
#vss365
How poetic, I thought:
“He tried to steal her nightmare”
But what he really said was something so mundane, I can’t remember it now
How we crave those off-road words,
even when we don’t understand
Those impressions,
that last inside us,
that illuminate the everyday universe
#vss365
November 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Poetry
How poetic, I thought:
“He tried to steal her nightmare”
But what he really said was something so mundane, I can’t remember it now
How we crave those off-road words,
even when we don’t understand
Those impressions,
that last inside us,
that illuminate the everyday universe
#vss365
How poetic, I thought:
“He tried to steal her nightmare”
But what he really said was something so mundane, I can’t remember it now
How we crave those off-road words,
even when we don’t understand
Those impressions,
that last inside us,
that illuminate the everyday universe
#vss365
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English is a zombie language,
composed of body parts
stolen in a rampage
about
the
planet.
This Frankensteinian
pastiche
stole poetry
from
poets.
Lean
lines’
layers
lost
in
genocidal
sludge.
What does death #propagate?
Cacophony.
#vss365
composed of body parts
stolen in a rampage
about
the
planet.
This Frankensteinian
pastiche
stole poetry
from
poets.
Lean
lines’
layers
lost
in
genocidal
sludge.
What does death #propagate?
Cacophony.
#vss365
December 12, 2024 at 4:27 PM
English is a zombie language,
composed of body parts
stolen in a rampage
about
the
planet.
This Frankensteinian
pastiche
stole poetry
from
poets.
Lean
lines’
layers
lost
in
genocidal
sludge.
What does death #propagate?
Cacophony.
#vss365
composed of body parts
stolen in a rampage
about
the
planet.
This Frankensteinian
pastiche
stole poetry
from
poets.
Lean
lines’
layers
lost
in
genocidal
sludge.
What does death #propagate?
Cacophony.
#vss365
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From the shoreline of my memories, the ones that matter, dragons emerge. They do not roar, but speak in low voices, a vibration felt more than heard. The most terrible among them is the one forged in a moment of pure, unadulterated joy, a moment now forever lost.
#vss365 #matter
#vss365 #matter
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Rest of Us
They’re the ones with pink- cheeked joy
Cheering holidays as if the world is whole and good
As if cruelty belongs to the yore of yesterday
The rest of us?
We are struggling to understand unnecessary tragedy
Learning to peek beyond the present
Hoping for humanity
#vss365
They’re the ones with pink- cheeked joy
Cheering holidays as if the world is whole and good
As if cruelty belongs to the yore of yesterday
The rest of us?
We are struggling to understand unnecessary tragedy
Learning to peek beyond the present
Hoping for humanity
#vss365
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Rest of Us
They’re the ones with pink- cheeked joy
Cheering holidays as if the world is whole and good
As if cruelty belongs to the yore of yesterday
The rest of us?
We are struggling to understand unnecessary tragedy
Learning to peek beyond the present
Hoping for humanity
#vss365
They’re the ones with pink- cheeked joy
Cheering holidays as if the world is whole and good
As if cruelty belongs to the yore of yesterday
The rest of us?
We are struggling to understand unnecessary tragedy
Learning to peek beyond the present
Hoping for humanity
#vss365
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Dylan wasn’t sure, by any means, that victory would ever be #achievable. There were too many variables to consider. Too many individual things and people that needed to come together in the best ways possible.
It seemed impossible, of course it did, but as long as he had Magpie, he‘d fight.
#vss365
It seemed impossible, of course it did, but as long as he had Magpie, he‘d fight.
#vss365
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Dylan wasn’t sure, by any means, that victory would ever be #achievable. There were too many variables to consider. Too many individual things and people that needed to come together in the best ways possible.
It seemed impossible, of course it did, but as long as he had Magpie, he‘d fight.
#vss365
It seemed impossible, of course it did, but as long as he had Magpie, he‘d fight.
#vss365
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A COLD BENCH 🗣️🎙️
#poetry
#spokenword
#whistpr bone
#poetrycommunity
#emoetry educated
#vss365 measurable
#blueskyrelay side_eye
#OurPoetryX flying_free
#2wordprompt solid, utility
#RetroArtPrompt unfinished
#foxprose integrated_intently
#moonmystic outside_the_lines
#firewords280 stuffed, objectives
#poetry
#spokenword
#whistpr bone
#poetrycommunity
#emoetry educated
#vss365 measurable
#blueskyrelay side_eye
#OurPoetryX flying_free
#2wordprompt solid, utility
#RetroArtPrompt unfinished
#foxprose integrated_intently
#moonmystic outside_the_lines
#firewords280 stuffed, objectives
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A COLD BENCH 🗣️🎙️
#poetry
#spokenword
#whistpr bone
#poetrycommunity
#emoetry educated
#vss365 measurable
#blueskyrelay side_eye
#OurPoetryX flying_free
#2wordprompt solid, utility
#RetroArtPrompt unfinished
#foxprose integrated_intently
#moonmystic outside_the_lines
#firewords280 stuffed, objectives
#poetry
#spokenword
#whistpr bone
#poetrycommunity
#emoetry educated
#vss365 measurable
#blueskyrelay side_eye
#OurPoetryX flying_free
#2wordprompt solid, utility
#RetroArtPrompt unfinished
#foxprose integrated_intently
#moonmystic outside_the_lines
#firewords280 stuffed, objectives
Name the Achievable
Sowing sunflower seeds
Watering earth
Then one day, miraculously, a tiny green shoot pops into the world
Like any birth, small or big,
A carrot cake, a story, a baby
We rejoice
In what we achieve
Within the boundaries of time, the powerlessness of loss
#vss365
Sowing sunflower seeds
Watering earth
Then one day, miraculously, a tiny green shoot pops into the world
Like any birth, small or big,
A carrot cake, a story, a baby
We rejoice
In what we achieve
Within the boundaries of time, the powerlessness of loss
#vss365
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Name the Achievable
Sowing sunflower seeds
Watering earth
Then one day, miraculously, a tiny green shoot pops into the world
Like any birth, small or big,
A carrot cake, a story, a baby
We rejoice
In what we achieve
Within the boundaries of time, the powerlessness of loss
#vss365
Sowing sunflower seeds
Watering earth
Then one day, miraculously, a tiny green shoot pops into the world
Like any birth, small or big,
A carrot cake, a story, a baby
We rejoice
In what we achieve
Within the boundaries of time, the powerlessness of loss
#vss365
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#NewRelease!
Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...
The Narrowness of Death
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#Free #KU!
#medieval #histfic
#Booksky 💙📚
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Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...
The Narrowness of Death
$4.99
#Free #KU!
#medieval #histfic
#Booksky 💙📚
www.amazon.com/Narrowness-D...
The Narrowness of Death: Book Four of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 8)
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November 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#NewRelease!
Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...
The Narrowness of Death
$4.99
#Free #KU!
#medieval #histfic
#Booksky 💙📚
www.amazon.com/Narrowness-D...
Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...
The Narrowness of Death
$4.99
#Free #KU!
#medieval #histfic
#Booksky 💙📚
www.amazon.com/Narrowness-D...
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THAT RANDOM KEY🗣️🎙️
#poem
#prompt
#spokenword
#vss365 goal
#poetrylovers
#whistpr stripe
#vssdaily photo
#emoetry aching
#poetrycommunity
#RetroArtPrompt echo
#OurPoetryX spark_of_life
#2wordprompt height, suit
#moonmystic shadow_dancing
#firewords280 lean, preferences
#foxprose teased_umbral_breaths
#poem
#prompt
#spokenword
#vss365 goal
#poetrylovers
#whistpr stripe
#vssdaily photo
#emoetry aching
#poetrycommunity
#RetroArtPrompt echo
#OurPoetryX spark_of_life
#2wordprompt height, suit
#moonmystic shadow_dancing
#firewords280 lean, preferences
#foxprose teased_umbral_breaths
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
THAT RANDOM KEY🗣️🎙️
#poem
#prompt
#spokenword
#vss365 goal
#poetrylovers
#whistpr stripe
#vssdaily photo
#emoetry aching
#poetrycommunity
#RetroArtPrompt echo
#OurPoetryX spark_of_life
#2wordprompt height, suit
#moonmystic shadow_dancing
#firewords280 lean, preferences
#foxprose teased_umbral_breaths
#poem
#prompt
#spokenword
#vss365 goal
#poetrylovers
#whistpr stripe
#vssdaily photo
#emoetry aching
#poetrycommunity
#RetroArtPrompt echo
#OurPoetryX spark_of_life
#2wordprompt height, suit
#moonmystic shadow_dancing
#firewords280 lean, preferences
#foxprose teased_umbral_breaths
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The #goal had been achieved, even if it wasn’t as glorious a victory as the last one. The transport had got through, but not without casualties, and The Enemy had been routed, or had left, their task complete.
Dylan didn’t know which, but lives had been saved … and lost. Onto the next task.
#vss365
Dylan didn’t know which, but lives had been saved … and lost. Onto the next task.
#vss365
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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#Journal #A.Soul.in.Transit
“Many humans have become screen beings ; their very nature is now to feed on rumor rather than deliberation„
#ƒred-ƒorge ©
Photo source : U.A.G.
“Many humans have become screen beings ; their very nature is now to feed on rumor rather than deliberation„
#ƒred-ƒorge ©
Photo source : U.A.G.
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#Journal #A.Soul.in.Transit
“Many humans have become screen beings ; their very nature is now to feed on rumor rather than deliberation„
#ƒred-ƒorge ©
Photo source : U.A.G.
“Many humans have become screen beings ; their very nature is now to feed on rumor rather than deliberation„
#ƒred-ƒorge ©
Photo source : U.A.G.
Embrace
The accumulation of misunderstood memories
The number of so many internalized hurts
Yet here we remain roaming this world, embracing the unknowable
#vss365
The accumulation of misunderstood memories
The number of so many internalized hurts
Yet here we remain roaming this world, embracing the unknowable
#vss365
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Embrace
The accumulation of misunderstood memories
The number of so many internalized hurts
Yet here we remain roaming this world, embracing the unknowable
#vss365
The accumulation of misunderstood memories
The number of so many internalized hurts
Yet here we remain roaming this world, embracing the unknowable
#vss365
If Only We Obeyed
Keep our heads down,
pencils to paper
We were instructed so many years ago,
hunched on puke-pink chairs
That chalkboard-scented myth that we would succeed, if only we obeyed
#vss365
Keep our heads down,
pencils to paper
We were instructed so many years ago,
hunched on puke-pink chairs
That chalkboard-scented myth that we would succeed, if only we obeyed
#vss365
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If Only We Obeyed
Keep our heads down,
pencils to paper
We were instructed so many years ago,
hunched on puke-pink chairs
That chalkboard-scented myth that we would succeed, if only we obeyed
#vss365
Keep our heads down,
pencils to paper
We were instructed so many years ago,
hunched on puke-pink chairs
That chalkboard-scented myth that we would succeed, if only we obeyed
#vss365
History creeps into her nightmares
So heavy
it sinks inside her bones,
halts her breath
When daylight finally shines through the trees
she pulls herself up
Walks through the day
fighting her way against
invasive cobwebs of memory
#vss365
So heavy
it sinks inside her bones,
halts her breath
When daylight finally shines through the trees
she pulls herself up
Walks through the day
fighting her way against
invasive cobwebs of memory
#vss365
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
History creeps into her nightmares
So heavy
it sinks inside her bones,
halts her breath
When daylight finally shines through the trees
she pulls herself up
Walks through the day
fighting her way against
invasive cobwebs of memory
#vss365
So heavy
it sinks inside her bones,
halts her breath
When daylight finally shines through the trees
she pulls herself up
Walks through the day
fighting her way against
invasive cobwebs of memory
#vss365
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this is what the world
is made of
birds building nests
and wind
is made of
birds building nests
and wind
November 13, 2024 at 4:13 PM
this is what the world
is made of
birds building nests
and wind
is made of
birds building nests
and wind
As a child she sat by the light of the TV
Wished she could be a witch who crinkled her nose,
Knew her power beyond her bumbling husband
Wanted to stride around New York City, busy and hopeful like That Girl, whose dreams flew above the domestic
What a promising world she’d imagined
#vss365
Wished she could be a witch who crinkled her nose,
Knew her power beyond her bumbling husband
Wanted to stride around New York City, busy and hopeful like That Girl, whose dreams flew above the domestic
What a promising world she’d imagined
#vss365
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
As a child she sat by the light of the TV
Wished she could be a witch who crinkled her nose,
Knew her power beyond her bumbling husband
Wanted to stride around New York City, busy and hopeful like That Girl, whose dreams flew above the domestic
What a promising world she’d imagined
#vss365
Wished she could be a witch who crinkled her nose,
Knew her power beyond her bumbling husband
Wanted to stride around New York City, busy and hopeful like That Girl, whose dreams flew above the domestic
What a promising world she’d imagined
#vss365
Argent Light
The world
Too sharp, too mean, too ugly
For him to fathom
So he burrows under thoughts of argent light within
Of how we’re made of stardust
Even though we forget how to shine,
Even though we stumble in the dark
#vss365
The world
Too sharp, too mean, too ugly
For him to fathom
So he burrows under thoughts of argent light within
Of how we’re made of stardust
Even though we forget how to shine,
Even though we stumble in the dark
#vss365
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Argent Light
The world
Too sharp, too mean, too ugly
For him to fathom
So he burrows under thoughts of argent light within
Of how we’re made of stardust
Even though we forget how to shine,
Even though we stumble in the dark
#vss365
The world
Too sharp, too mean, too ugly
For him to fathom
So he burrows under thoughts of argent light within
Of how we’re made of stardust
Even though we forget how to shine,
Even though we stumble in the dark
#vss365
Thank you, @connorwhiteley.bsky.social for the #MotivationalMonday quote! Yes, when I’m tired, I rest. Afternoon naps in the sun, with crows resting overhead in the trees and dogs snoring by my side. That is my respite!
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thank you, @connorwhiteley.bsky.social for the #MotivationalMonday quote! Yes, when I’m tired, I rest. Afternoon naps in the sun, with crows resting overhead in the trees and dogs snoring by my side. That is my respite!
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Today's #MotivationalMonday quote
How could you use this quote to get started with this week?
#motivationalquotes #motivation ##motivation #motivationmonday #motivationquotes #writerlife #writer #writers #authorlife #authorslife #author #author #reader #reading
How could you use this quote to get started with this week?
#motivationalquotes #motivation ##motivation #motivationmonday #motivationquotes #writerlife #writer #writers #authorlife #authorslife #author #author #reader #reading
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today's #MotivationalMonday quote
How could you use this quote to get started with this week?
#motivationalquotes #motivation ##motivation #motivationmonday #motivationquotes #writerlife #writer #writers #authorlife #authorslife #author #author #reader #reading
How could you use this quote to get started with this week?
#motivationalquotes #motivation ##motivation #motivationmonday #motivationquotes #writerlife #writer #writers #authorlife #authorslife #author #author #reader #reading
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Welcome lovely writers 🌍🌎🌏
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own.
The word for Oct 24th :
MARTIAN
#vss365 #prompt #martian
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own.
The word for Oct 24th :
MARTIAN
#vss365 #prompt #martian
a group of people are walking down a street with a sign that says co
ALT: a group of people are walking down a street with a sign that says co
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October 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Martian Hope
The martians, in my five-year-old dream,
landed their enormous ship in our tiny backyard
Those are dreams for you
I woke, eager to board
But only the eery quiet of my parent’s cease fire filled the darkness
Those are real-life nightmares for you
#vss365
The martians, in my five-year-old dream,
landed their enormous ship in our tiny backyard
Those are dreams for you
I woke, eager to board
But only the eery quiet of my parent’s cease fire filled the darkness
Those are real-life nightmares for you
#vss365
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Martian Hope
The martians, in my five-year-old dream,
landed their enormous ship in our tiny backyard
Those are dreams for you
I woke, eager to board
But only the eery quiet of my parent’s cease fire filled the darkness
Those are real-life nightmares for you
#vss365
The martians, in my five-year-old dream,
landed their enormous ship in our tiny backyard
Those are dreams for you
I woke, eager to board
But only the eery quiet of my parent’s cease fire filled the darkness
Those are real-life nightmares for you
#vss365
Insomnia Illuminations
Nights where breathing
Stops
Dreams interrupted before they start
Sitting in the backyard eating cereal and blueberries at two am
The stars are that much closer
In the morning, the only energy left is for writing
The superfluous
Pushed aside
#vss365
Nights where breathing
Stops
Dreams interrupted before they start
Sitting in the backyard eating cereal and blueberries at two am
The stars are that much closer
In the morning, the only energy left is for writing
The superfluous
Pushed aside
#vss365
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Insomnia Illuminations
Nights where breathing
Stops
Dreams interrupted before they start
Sitting in the backyard eating cereal and blueberries at two am
The stars are that much closer
In the morning, the only energy left is for writing
The superfluous
Pushed aside
#vss365
Nights where breathing
Stops
Dreams interrupted before they start
Sitting in the backyard eating cereal and blueberries at two am
The stars are that much closer
In the morning, the only energy left is for writing
The superfluous
Pushed aside
#vss365