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/
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
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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
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losing itself
not lost
the blue sky at sea
#BlueSkyPoetry
Prompt Title: "Blue Sky at Sea"
#BSPP44 #haiku #senryu
#Oulens #blueskypoets
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
not lost
the blue sky at sea
#BlueSkyPoetry
Prompt Title: "Blue Sky at Sea"
#BSPP44 #haiku #senryu
#Oulens #blueskypoets
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
losing itself
not lost
the blue sky at sea
#BlueSkyPoetry
Prompt Title: "Blue Sky at Sea"
#BSPP44 #haiku #senryu
#Oulens #blueskypoets
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
not lost
the blue sky at sea
#BlueSkyPoetry
Prompt Title: "Blue Sky at Sea"
#BSPP44 #haiku #senryu
#Oulens #blueskypoets
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
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Lizards drop their #tails when scared.
Humans drop logic, reason, & sometimes pants.
Mind? Gone.
In a crisis, we devolve like pros.
It’s safer not to think when hunters can smell consciousness.
In threat, we become beasts again.
Mindless, fast, free.
So we forget, and live.
#vssdaily
Humans drop logic, reason, & sometimes pants.
Mind? Gone.
In a crisis, we devolve like pros.
It’s safer not to think when hunters can smell consciousness.
In threat, we become beasts again.
Mindless, fast, free.
So we forget, and live.
#vssdaily
October 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
To Be Alive
He leaves the party early,
human conversation rattling his head
To home where his heart is
Home where he can recharge its android beat
How beautifully lonely
it is to be alive
#vss365
He leaves the party early,
human conversation rattling his head
To home where his heart is
Home where he can recharge its android beat
How beautifully lonely
it is to be alive
#vss365
October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
To Be Alive
He leaves the party early,
human conversation rattling his head
To home where his heart is
Home where he can recharge its android beat
How beautifully lonely
it is to be alive
#vss365
He leaves the party early,
human conversation rattling his head
To home where his heart is
Home where he can recharge its android beat
How beautifully lonely
it is to be alive
#vss365
Sense
Weary hearted, blurry-eyed
close laptop
shelf phone
Escape the four walls
to a sky-filled realm,
an earth-scented reality
Catch the flight of an iridescent-winged blackbird,
the decisive path of a minuscule beetle
Soon, the world will make sense again
#vss365
Weary hearted, blurry-eyed
close laptop
shelf phone
Escape the four walls
to a sky-filled realm,
an earth-scented reality
Catch the flight of an iridescent-winged blackbird,
the decisive path of a minuscule beetle
Soon, the world will make sense again
#vss365
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Sense
Weary hearted, blurry-eyed
close laptop
shelf phone
Escape the four walls
to a sky-filled realm,
an earth-scented reality
Catch the flight of an iridescent-winged blackbird,
the decisive path of a minuscule beetle
Soon, the world will make sense again
#vss365
Weary hearted, blurry-eyed
close laptop
shelf phone
Escape the four walls
to a sky-filled realm,
an earth-scented reality
Catch the flight of an iridescent-winged blackbird,
the decisive path of a minuscule beetle
Soon, the world will make sense again
#vss365
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Happy Friday!🥳🙌
This weekend, try to create some magic.✨
#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #Weekend #Motivation #PositiveVibes #TGIF
This weekend, try to create some magic.✨
#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #Weekend #Motivation #PositiveVibes #TGIF
October 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Happy Friday!🥳🙌
This weekend, try to create some magic.✨
#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #Weekend #Motivation #PositiveVibes #TGIF
This weekend, try to create some magic.✨
#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #Weekend #Motivation #PositiveVibes #TGIF
Drought
My raincoat hangs,
a forlorn ghost
who longs for life
Dreams of splattered-green plants
verdant mountains
petrichor-scented earth
I, too, dream of its yearning,
imagine wearing its bright blue hope
When the sky finally breaks open
#vss365
My raincoat hangs,
a forlorn ghost
who longs for life
Dreams of splattered-green plants
verdant mountains
petrichor-scented earth
I, too, dream of its yearning,
imagine wearing its bright blue hope
When the sky finally breaks open
#vss365
October 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Drought
My raincoat hangs,
a forlorn ghost
who longs for life
Dreams of splattered-green plants
verdant mountains
petrichor-scented earth
I, too, dream of its yearning,
imagine wearing its bright blue hope
When the sky finally breaks open
#vss365
My raincoat hangs,
a forlorn ghost
who longs for life
Dreams of splattered-green plants
verdant mountains
petrichor-scented earth
I, too, dream of its yearning,
imagine wearing its bright blue hope
When the sky finally breaks open
#vss365
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www.tracyshawn.com/2025/10/06/w... #Writing #ChallengingTimes #Anxiety #WritingCommunity (one-minute read)
Writing Through Challenging Times - Tracy Shawn, Award-Winning Author
Please note that this post was first published in Women Writers, Women’s Books on July 1, 2025 by Tracy Shawn It takes energy, determination, and focus to get those words down. And it ca...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
www.tracyshawn.com/2025/10/06/w... #Writing #ChallengingTimes #Anxiety #WritingCommunity (one-minute read)
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Trapped in an #advert not of our making
We fall, thinking we're free but we keep sinking
I'll surrender when you realize we're raindrops in a sea
I'll drop the mask when you wake & break free
The storms ahead don't matter
so long as we're not dead
Still sinking, keep breathing
#vss365
We fall, thinking we're free but we keep sinking
I'll surrender when you realize we're raindrops in a sea
I'll drop the mask when you wake & break free
The storms ahead don't matter
so long as we're not dead
Still sinking, keep breathing
#vss365
October 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ad Shamed
Let our company fix you
Of those embarrassing smells
Unruly hair
Age spots, wrinkles, spotty complexion
Let our adverts shame you
Into a plastic-smooth existence
Where the real you forgets how to frown, smile, cry, laugh.
#vss365
Let our company fix you
Of those embarrassing smells
Unruly hair
Age spots, wrinkles, spotty complexion
Let our adverts shame you
Into a plastic-smooth existence
Where the real you forgets how to frown, smile, cry, laugh.
#vss365
October 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Ad Shamed
Let our company fix you
Of those embarrassing smells
Unruly hair
Age spots, wrinkles, spotty complexion
Let our adverts shame you
Into a plastic-smooth existence
Where the real you forgets how to frown, smile, cry, laugh.
#vss365
Let our company fix you
Of those embarrassing smells
Unruly hair
Age spots, wrinkles, spotty complexion
Let our adverts shame you
Into a plastic-smooth existence
Where the real you forgets how to frown, smile, cry, laugh.
#vss365
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And by long walks, I mean ‘loooong walks in the book aisle.’📚
#Booksky #Bookworm #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
#Booksky #Bookworm #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
October 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
And by long walks, I mean ‘loooong walks in the book aisle.’📚
#Booksky #Bookworm #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
#Booksky #Bookworm #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity
The sky no longer holds us
No oasis of imagined loyalty
No star-filled light of hope
Alone, my heart wonders
Why your heart folded
To the drag of crouching habits
To the velocity of lies
#vss365
No oasis of imagined loyalty
No star-filled light of hope
Alone, my heart wonders
Why your heart folded
To the drag of crouching habits
To the velocity of lies
#vss365
October 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The sky no longer holds us
No oasis of imagined loyalty
No star-filled light of hope
Alone, my heart wonders
Why your heart folded
To the drag of crouching habits
To the velocity of lies
#vss365
No oasis of imagined loyalty
No star-filled light of hope
Alone, my heart wonders
Why your heart folded
To the drag of crouching habits
To the velocity of lies
#vss365
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blurs of time
deepening
in my wrinkles
#vss365 #blur #Oulens
#haiku #senryu
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
deepening
in my wrinkles
#vss365 #blur #Oulens
#haiku #senryu
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
blurs of time
deepening
in my wrinkles
#vss365 #blur #Oulens
#haiku #senryu
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry
deepening
in my wrinkles
#vss365 #blur #Oulens
#haiku #senryu
#blueskypoets #blueskypoetry
#poetrycommunity #poems #poetry