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M. Allshouse

@wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social

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Writing my way through ruins. Published poet. Emotional architect. Ask me what your sorrow would sound like.

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M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · May 19

Stigmata of a poet.
A crucifix of emotion.
Bled into verse.

This one hurts. It was meant to.

“Stigmata of a Poet” is now live on Substack.

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#bskypoet #poetry

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The Stigmata of a Poet

Stigmata of a poet—

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M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 11h

The floorboards moan like something trapped beneath them. #poetry #writingcommunity

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 2d

October draped the sky in ash and omen. #poetry #writingcommunity

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 4d

A dim hallway, a half-open door, a whisper of movement behind the curtains—these are more effective than any gore or violence. The mind fills the gaps with its own horrors, drawing from memory, imagination, and deep-seated anxieties.
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#spookyseason #poetrycommunity

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M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 5d

The mirror cracked, but the reflection kept moving. #poetry #writingcommunity

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 7d

The silence had footsteps. #poetry #writingcommunity

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 9d

The candle bent toward a name I never spoke aloud. #poetry #writingcommunity

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 12d

My ribs creak like coffin lids every time I breathe. #poetry #writingcommunity

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 14d

The ghost in the mirror smiles wider than I do. #poet #writingcommunity

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 16d

Some days, healing feels like vandalizing the ruins instead of rebuilding them. #poetry #writingcommunity #poet

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 19d

Every poem begins as a splinter: small, sharp, impossible to ignore. #poetry #writingcommunity #poetry

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · 21d

I write because silence has edges, and the longer I sit with it, the deeper it cuts. #poetry #writingcommunity #poet

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 18

I still wear tenderness
like borrowed clothing—
unsure if it fits,
but desperate to feel warmth.

#Poetry #BorrowedSoftness

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 16

To name it
was to let it live outside me—
and I wasn’t sure
I was ready to be free.

#Poetry #NamingIsFreedom

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 13

Some days healing is loud—
others, it’s a quiet
I almost mistake for emptiness.

#Poetry #QuietRecovery

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 11

I never needed forever.
I needed a hand
that didn’t flinch
when I offered it
the most fractured parts of me.

#Poetry #SteadyHands

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 9

I only ever wanted to be read
the way I write myself—
with trembling hands,
and a reverence
for ruin.

#Poetry #ReadMeSoftly #writer

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 6

I’ve been called too angry by the ones who handed me the match.
#PoeticRage #BurnedByDoctrine

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 6

Two voices. Two wounds.
One haunting echo.

They’ll Know Where to Find Us.
The dual drop now live.
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M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 6

Some drown in silence.
Some drown in plain sight.

Emotional Waterboarding.
Full piece on Substack.
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M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 5

"The only remnant of a psyche never allowed to bloom."
The first spark from a shared reckoning.
Our dual poem drop is live now—two voices, one ache.
#theyllknowwheretofindus
🖤 Read it on Facebook.

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 4

they’ll know where to find us.
a seat in the pew. a hand at the curb.
this Thursday, we meet grief and grace halfway.

🕊️ a dual drop by M. Allshouse & Michele Jones
#PoetryCommunity #PoemDrop #TheyllKnowWhereToFindUs

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 4

You can’t unlove someone
you wrote into your bones.
You just learn
to live around the ache.

#Poetry #BoneWritten #writers

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 2

I stopped explaining myself
when I realized
some people
only listen to reply—
never to understand.

#Poetry #UnspokenNow #writers

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 2

they’ll know where to find us—
one saving a seat in the pew,
the other waiting in the street.
not holiness, exactly.
just something holy.

a dual drop by M. Allshouse & Michele Jones.
🖤

#PoetryDrop #TheyllKnowWhereToFindUs #Poets #PoetsOfBlueSky

M. Allshouse @wordsbymallshouse.bsky.social · Jun 2

I’ve opened new doors.
✨ You can now find me on Lemon8 and TikTok ✨
Both will be soft sanctuaries.
Come sit with me.
Search @wordsbymallshouse on both.
Your presence is the softest kind of affirmation.

#PoetryCommunity #EmotionalArt #LyricalVoice #WordsByMAllshouse