L. M. Shayle
@skittishr.bsky.social
#Author #artist #poet I go wherever inspiration takes me. Health & anxiety hold me back, ambitions keep me going. https://linktr.ee/lmshayle
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I've never seen the moon exert its power this way before. Beyond the tides, its pull invades realms deep within our souls, attempting to draw out the unknowable evil it assumes is plaguing us.
I've never seen the moon exert its power this way before. Beyond the tides, its pull invades realms deep within our souls, attempting to draw out the unknowable evil it assumes is plaguing us.
October 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I've never seen the moon exert its power this way before. Beyond the tides, its pull invades realms deep within our souls, attempting to draw out the unknowable evil it assumes is plaguing us.
I've never seen the moon exert its power this way before. Beyond the tides, its pull invades realms deep within our souls, attempting to draw out the unknowable evil it assumes is plaguing us.
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Hope is a powerful thing.
When there's no way in sight, it can guide you.
When you are out of strength it can renew you.
Yet, hope is a living thing. It must be fostered and sustained.
It can be born of one, but thrives among many.
And if cared for, it will tell the story of what it survived.
When there's no way in sight, it can guide you.
When you are out of strength it can renew you.
Yet, hope is a living thing. It must be fostered and sustained.
It can be born of one, but thrives among many.
And if cared for, it will tell the story of what it survived.
October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Hope is a powerful thing.
When there's no way in sight, it can guide you.
When you are out of strength it can renew you.
Yet, hope is a living thing. It must be fostered and sustained.
It can be born of one, but thrives among many.
And if cared for, it will tell the story of what it survived.
When there's no way in sight, it can guide you.
When you are out of strength it can renew you.
Yet, hope is a living thing. It must be fostered and sustained.
It can be born of one, but thrives among many.
And if cared for, it will tell the story of what it survived.
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your heart
softer than a cloud
a fractured rainbow
drifting through
the hollow of my chest
#Photography Mary
@mjwyatt.bsky.social
softer than a cloud
a fractured rainbow
drifting through
the hollow of my chest
#Photography Mary
@mjwyatt.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
your heart
softer than a cloud
a fractured rainbow
drifting through
the hollow of my chest
#Photography Mary
@mjwyatt.bsky.social
softer than a cloud
a fractured rainbow
drifting through
the hollow of my chest
#Photography Mary
@mjwyatt.bsky.social
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#tanka
Each lie dims thy soul
we associate with masks
not the silent truth
denying what spirit seeks
true bond beyond thy own self
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#haiku
Wearing borrowed truths
we associate with noise
stillness calls the soul
~rev
#vss365
#associate
#spiritual
#tanka
Each lie dims thy soul
we associate with masks
not the silent truth
denying what spirit seeks
true bond beyond thy own self
—————————————
#haiku
Wearing borrowed truths
we associate with noise
stillness calls the soul
~rev
#vss365
#associate
#spiritual
October 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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#tanka
Each lie dims thy soul
we associate with masks
not the silent truth
denying what spirit seeks
true bond beyond thy own self
—————————————
#haiku
Wearing borrowed truths
we associate with noise
stillness calls the soul
~rev
#vss365
#associate
#spiritual
#tanka
Each lie dims thy soul
we associate with masks
not the silent truth
denying what spirit seeks
true bond beyond thy own self
—————————————
#haiku
Wearing borrowed truths
we associate with noise
stillness calls the soul
~rev
#vss365
#associate
#spiritual
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The rain has soaked through everything. Your socks just sprouted a mushroom. You haven't smelled decent BBQ since your last night in Texas, before mustering. Suddenly, a metallic creak echoes through the fog. They were coming again. The naked cyclists. "Just four weeks a year," you mutter.
October 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The rain has soaked through everything. Your socks just sprouted a mushroom. You haven't smelled decent BBQ since your last night in Texas, before mustering. Suddenly, a metallic creak echoes through the fog. They were coming again. The naked cyclists. "Just four weeks a year," you mutter.
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“Understand?”
She nodded once, then bounded from the park bench.
Her friend waited. “Get in trouble?”
“Something about I shouldn’t #associate with the wrong kind.” She shrugged.
“Wrong kind of giraffe?” The little girl swung from the bars. “Adults are weird.” #vss365
She nodded once, then bounded from the park bench.
Her friend waited. “Get in trouble?”
“Something about I shouldn’t #associate with the wrong kind.” She shrugged.
“Wrong kind of giraffe?” The little girl swung from the bars. “Adults are weird.” #vss365
October 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Understand?”
She nodded once, then bounded from the park bench.
Her friend waited. “Get in trouble?”
“Something about I shouldn’t #associate with the wrong kind.” She shrugged.
“Wrong kind of giraffe?” The little girl swung from the bars. “Adults are weird.” #vss365
She nodded once, then bounded from the park bench.
Her friend waited. “Get in trouble?”
“Something about I shouldn’t #associate with the wrong kind.” She shrugged.
“Wrong kind of giraffe?” The little girl swung from the bars. “Adults are weird.” #vss365
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I’ve never seen
the moon,
quite
like this,
hung up on a string,
against a cardboard sky
with the scene you’ve
prepared
for me
#fromoneline 363 #poetry
the moon,
quite
like this,
hung up on a string,
against a cardboard sky
with the scene you’ve
prepared
for me
#fromoneline 363 #poetry
October 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I’ve never seen
the moon,
quite
like this,
hung up on a string,
against a cardboard sky
with the scene you’ve
prepared
for me
#fromoneline 363 #poetry
the moon,
quite
like this,
hung up on a string,
against a cardboard sky
with the scene you’ve
prepared
for me
#fromoneline 363 #poetry
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So love doesn't follow all the rules
Bodies just vessels to hold
It’s the inside that matters
What feeds quenches us
We’re all beautiful
In somebodys minds eye
The place time unforseen
Till the flutters of a big bang within
Become the #associate to bind
Us as one
#vss365
Bodies just vessels to hold
It’s the inside that matters
What feeds quenches us
We’re all beautiful
In somebodys minds eye
The place time unforseen
Till the flutters of a big bang within
Become the #associate to bind
Us as one
#vss365
October 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
So love doesn't follow all the rules
Bodies just vessels to hold
It’s the inside that matters
What feeds quenches us
We’re all beautiful
In somebodys minds eye
The place time unforseen
Till the flutters of a big bang within
Become the #associate to bind
Us as one
#vss365
Bodies just vessels to hold
It’s the inside that matters
What feeds quenches us
We’re all beautiful
In somebodys minds eye
The place time unforseen
Till the flutters of a big bang within
Become the #associate to bind
Us as one
#vss365
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October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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ample power
of the night chill;
teardrops freeze
#HaikuChallenge #ample
#vssdaily #power
#DailyHaikuPrompt #night_chill
#BraveWrite #teardrop
#Haiku #micropoetry
of the night chill;
teardrops freeze
#HaikuChallenge #ample
#vssdaily #power
#DailyHaikuPrompt #night_chill
#BraveWrite #teardrop
#Haiku #micropoetry
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ample power
of the night chill;
teardrops freeze
#HaikuChallenge #ample
#vssdaily #power
#DailyHaikuPrompt #night_chill
#BraveWrite #teardrop
#Haiku #micropoetry
of the night chill;
teardrops freeze
#HaikuChallenge #ample
#vssdaily #power
#DailyHaikuPrompt #night_chill
#BraveWrite #teardrop
#Haiku #micropoetry
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Shadow falls on dust
The coal-black, eternal crow
Nevermore, its gaze
#HaikuFeels #Prompt #Crow #Haiku #Poetry #Poe #Writing #BlueskyPhotography #Birds #Birding #Crows #Wildlife #Nature #BackyardBirding #Corvids #Gothic #Nevermore
The coal-black, eternal crow
Nevermore, its gaze
#HaikuFeels #Prompt #Crow #Haiku #Poetry #Poe #Writing #BlueskyPhotography #Birds #Birding #Crows #Wildlife #Nature #BackyardBirding #Corvids #Gothic #Nevermore
October 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Shadow falls on dust
The coal-black, eternal crow
Nevermore, its gaze
#HaikuFeels #Prompt #Crow #Haiku #Poetry #Poe #Writing #BlueskyPhotography #Birds #Birding #Crows #Wildlife #Nature #BackyardBirding #Corvids #Gothic #Nevermore
The coal-black, eternal crow
Nevermore, its gaze
#HaikuFeels #Prompt #Crow #Haiku #Poetry #Poe #Writing #BlueskyPhotography #Birds #Birding #Crows #Wildlife #Nature #BackyardBirding #Corvids #Gothic #Nevermore
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October 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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bluebells ring faint
‘long the forest's edge
adrift in pollen & ache
you are present
in an oleander breeze
laughing at how we cannot
cast shadows
i advert to a blackbird’s song
she beckons me
to the evergloom
'neath the birches
where my shadow
withdrew, long ago
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#vss365 #poetry #read
bluebells ring faint
‘long the forest's edge
adrift in pollen & ache
you are present
in an oleander breeze
laughing at how we cannot
cast shadows
i advert to a blackbird’s song
she beckons me
to the evergloom
'neath the birches
where my shadow
withdrew, long ago
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#vss365 #poetry #read
October 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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October's Harvest Moon is a real Thriller this year. This is page 64 of @tregallery.com and my 2024 book Moonscape. Available at www.wolftwin.com
#haiku #poetry #october #supermoon #harvestmoon #halloween #illustration #poetry
#haiku #poetry #october #supermoon #harvestmoon #halloween #illustration #poetry
October 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
October's Harvest Moon is a real Thriller this year. This is page 64 of @tregallery.com and my 2024 book Moonscape. Available at www.wolftwin.com
#haiku #poetry #october #supermoon #harvestmoon #halloween #illustration #poetry
#haiku #poetry #october #supermoon #harvestmoon #halloween #illustration #poetry
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now that
you know
that you
know nothing
pick your pen
for in this
#realm
of knowledge
observe
the depth
by staying afloat
to find
yourself.
#BlueSkyRelay #Prompt #Micropoetry #Poem #Poetry #writingcommunity
you know
that you
know nothing
pick your pen
for in this
#realm
of knowledge
observe
the depth
by staying afloat
to find
yourself.
#BlueSkyRelay #Prompt #Micropoetry #Poem #Poetry #writingcommunity
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
now that
you know
that you
know nothing
pick your pen
for in this
#realm
of knowledge
observe
the depth
by staying afloat
to find
yourself.
#BlueSkyRelay #Prompt #Micropoetry #Poem #Poetry #writingcommunity
you know
that you
know nothing
pick your pen
for in this
#realm
of knowledge
observe
the depth
by staying afloat
to find
yourself.
#BlueSkyRelay #Prompt #Micropoetry #Poem #Poetry #writingcommunity
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Asleep
Yet walking within
Herself
Very much
Awake
Escape
Insurmountable
She'd
Dreamed
Nightmares
Real
And
Brought forth
Therefrom
Monsters
Most foul
Monsters
Gnawing on human bone
Bathing in their blood
Their war cries
Carrying heavy
On the outterskirts
Of her heart
Yet walking within
Herself
Very much
Awake
Escape
Insurmountable
She'd
Dreamed
Nightmares
Real
And
Brought forth
Therefrom
Monsters
Most foul
Monsters
Gnawing on human bone
Bathing in their blood
Their war cries
Carrying heavy
On the outterskirts
Of her heart
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Asleep
Yet walking within
Herself
Very much
Awake
Escape
Insurmountable
She'd
Dreamed
Nightmares
Real
And
Brought forth
Therefrom
Monsters
Most foul
Monsters
Gnawing on human bone
Bathing in their blood
Their war cries
Carrying heavy
On the outterskirts
Of her heart
Yet walking within
Herself
Very much
Awake
Escape
Insurmountable
She'd
Dreamed
Nightmares
Real
And
Brought forth
Therefrom
Monsters
Most foul
Monsters
Gnawing on human bone
Bathing in their blood
Their war cries
Carrying heavy
On the outterskirts
Of her heart
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#Haiku is alive in 2025!
Please repost this reminder... The Best Haiku search ends in 10 days! Submit at HaikuCrush.com
#callforsubmissions #poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #monoku #haikusaturday #saturdayhaiku #haikufeels #haikuchallenge #writingcommunity #writers #poetrybook #poets
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#callforsubmissions #poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #monoku #haikusaturday #saturdayhaiku #haikufeels #haikuchallenge #writingcommunity #writers #poetrybook #poets
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October 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
#Haiku is alive in 2025!
Please repost this reminder... The Best Haiku search ends in 10 days! Submit at HaikuCrush.com
#callforsubmissions #poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #monoku #haikusaturday #saturdayhaiku #haikufeels #haikuchallenge #writingcommunity #writers #poetrybook #poets
Please repost this reminder... The Best Haiku search ends in 10 days! Submit at HaikuCrush.com
#callforsubmissions #poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry #senryu #monoku #haikusaturday #saturdayhaiku #haikufeels #haikuchallenge #writingcommunity #writers #poetrybook #poets
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"the sharp edges of
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"the sharp edges of
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
shifting winds
slice off the old skin"
(yet another snippet of one of my poems-in-progress)
📸: my own
#PoetryCommunity, #PoetryOfCanada, #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Photography #Canada #nature
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His life was scarred, by cruelty…
Unfortunately these are real events. Experienced by myself and people I’ve known...
Always be kind, always respect each other, always take care…
#VSS365 #Whistpr #VSSDaily
#VSSMagic #Emoetry #WIPSnips
#BlueSkyRelay #WoTtober
#WeirdMicro
Unfortunately these are real events. Experienced by myself and people I’ve known...
Always be kind, always respect each other, always take care…
#VSS365 #Whistpr #VSSDaily
#VSSMagic #Emoetry #WIPSnips
#BlueSkyRelay #WoTtober
#WeirdMicro
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
His life was scarred, by cruelty…
Unfortunately these are real events. Experienced by myself and people I’ve known...
Always be kind, always respect each other, always take care…
#VSS365 #Whistpr #VSSDaily
#VSSMagic #Emoetry #WIPSnips
#BlueSkyRelay #WoTtober
#WeirdMicro
Unfortunately these are real events. Experienced by myself and people I’ve known...
Always be kind, always respect each other, always take care…
#VSS365 #Whistpr #VSSDaily
#VSSMagic #Emoetry #WIPSnips
#BlueSkyRelay #WoTtober
#WeirdMicro
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My novella Terrestrial from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social is open for preorders now! Grateful to @joeyhedger.bsky.social who said some generous and smart things about it.
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
July 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My novella Terrestrial from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social is open for preorders now! Grateful to @joeyhedger.bsky.social who said some generous and smart things about it.
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
malarkeybooks.com/store/terres...
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Happy #Invertober day 4!
Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus)
Reference photo by nonbinary-naturalist on iNaturalist
#SciArt #art #Invertober2025
Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus)
Reference photo by nonbinary-naturalist on iNaturalist
#SciArt #art #Invertober2025
October 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy #Invertober day 4!
Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus)
Reference photo by nonbinary-naturalist on iNaturalist
#SciArt #art #Invertober2025
Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus)
Reference photo by nonbinary-naturalist on iNaturalist
#SciArt #art #Invertober2025
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October 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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∴ smell of storm-bred
fresh-baken dabbled thunder
loaves spellt forever
·
crumbs scamper lightning
twistrʉ́wt wiggles, mosse-crownes quiver
·
oak-stump seers’ pulp-wit
juggling worm-wood wyrds
𝔣oxfyre trips on tales ∴
#vss365 #haikufeels #wildwalkprompt #poemspell #doesthundertastelikesourdough 🤔
fresh-baken dabbled thunder
loaves spellt forever
·
crumbs scamper lightning
twistrʉ́wt wiggles, mosse-crownes quiver
·
oak-stump seers’ pulp-wit
juggling worm-wood wyrds
𝔣oxfyre trips on tales ∴
#vss365 #haikufeels #wildwalkprompt #poemspell #doesthundertastelikesourdough 🤔
October 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
∴ smell of storm-bred
fresh-baken dabbled thunder
loaves spellt forever
·
crumbs scamper lightning
twistrʉ́wt wiggles, mosse-crownes quiver
·
oak-stump seers’ pulp-wit
juggling worm-wood wyrds
𝔣oxfyre trips on tales ∴
#vss365 #haikufeels #wildwalkprompt #poemspell #doesthundertastelikesourdough 🤔
fresh-baken dabbled thunder
loaves spellt forever
·
crumbs scamper lightning
twistrʉ́wt wiggles, mosse-crownes quiver
·
oak-stump seers’ pulp-wit
juggling worm-wood wyrds
𝔣oxfyre trips on tales ∴
#vss365 #haikufeels #wildwalkprompt #poemspell #doesthundertastelikesourdough 🤔
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The #advert for the next dlc flashed up as Rory logged in. It looked incredible, with a ton of exclusive free stuff, but he had others to consider now.
Well, Katie. Then again, she was as mad for the game as him, mostly or so..
A chewed lip and a click and he had it on pre order.
#vss365
Well, Katie. Then again, she was as mad for the game as him, mostly or so..
A chewed lip and a click and he had it on pre order.
#vss365
October 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM