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/
Winter Solstice
When the dark wraps around our shoulders
When the fight to conquer melts into hope
When fear evaporates inside the stars
#vss365
When the dark wraps around our shoulders
When the fight to conquer melts into hope
When fear evaporates inside the stars
#vss365
December 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Winter Solstice
When the dark wraps around our shoulders
When the fight to conquer melts into hope
When fear evaporates inside the stars
#vss365
When the dark wraps around our shoulders
When the fight to conquer melts into hope
When fear evaporates inside the stars
#vss365
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I know that most people don’t like the dark part of the year, but I love it. It’s such a creative, inward time. I can spend all night reading & drinking tea (or whiskey) & every dark morning writing poetry. Winter Solstice means my time to do this is waning & that makes me sad.
#wintersolstice
#wintersolstice
December 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I know that most people don’t like the dark part of the year, but I love it. It’s such a creative, inward time. I can spend all night reading & drinking tea (or whiskey) & every dark morning writing poetry. Winter Solstice means my time to do this is waning & that makes me sad.
#wintersolstice
#wintersolstice
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When I was younger, I used to write poems all the time. They served as a diary. Later on, I started a blog where I kept them. Nowadays, my inspiration seems to have gone downhill and imposter syndrome has kicked in but I thought I'd share a couple of them (most are too personal to post here).✍️
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
When I was younger, I used to write poems all the time. They served as a diary. Later on, I started a blog where I kept them. Nowadays, my inspiration seems to have gone downhill and imposter syndrome has kicked in but I thought I'd share a couple of them (most are too personal to post here).✍️
Regret
The brain tries to evade it:
Have a drink
Watch a movie
Call a friend
But underneath it all,
Regret’s dirt-filled nails
Scratch incessantly
#vss365
The brain tries to evade it:
Have a drink
Watch a movie
Call a friend
But underneath it all,
Regret’s dirt-filled nails
Scratch incessantly
#vss365
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Regret
The brain tries to evade it:
Have a drink
Watch a movie
Call a friend
But underneath it all,
Regret’s dirt-filled nails
Scratch incessantly
#vss365
The brain tries to evade it:
Have a drink
Watch a movie
Call a friend
But underneath it all,
Regret’s dirt-filled nails
Scratch incessantly
#vss365
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A walk in the rain
A sudden #squall hits me
Soaked to the bone
Drenched completely
In the wind I see him -
An #otherworldly #muse of air
Just a dream of #love
Or an #idealistic hope
Best leave it to #memory
And walk home.
#weirdmicro
#vssdaily
#BlueSkyRelay
#emoetry
#vss365
#WritingCommunity
A sudden #squall hits me
Soaked to the bone
Drenched completely
In the wind I see him -
An #otherworldly #muse of air
Just a dream of #love
Or an #idealistic hope
Best leave it to #memory
And walk home.
#weirdmicro
#vssdaily
#BlueSkyRelay
#emoetry
#vss365
#WritingCommunity
December 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A walk in the rain
A sudden #squall hits me
Soaked to the bone
Drenched completely
In the wind I see him -
An #otherworldly #muse of air
Just a dream of #love
Or an #idealistic hope
Best leave it to #memory
And walk home.
#weirdmicro
#vssdaily
#BlueSkyRelay
#emoetry
#vss365
#WritingCommunity
A sudden #squall hits me
Soaked to the bone
Drenched completely
In the wind I see him -
An #otherworldly #muse of air
Just a dream of #love
Or an #idealistic hope
Best leave it to #memory
And walk home.
#weirdmicro
#vssdaily
#BlueSkyRelay
#emoetry
#vss365
#WritingCommunity
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Sunburst
The apogee of our existence
floats by without our knowledge
Only when we look back
do we realize when we held our faces up to our highest light, basked in its glory
Then that sunburst day
Ever so quietly diminishes
Ever so stealthily prepares
us for the final farewell
#vss365
The apogee of our existence
floats by without our knowledge
Only when we look back
do we realize when we held our faces up to our highest light, basked in its glory
Then that sunburst day
Ever so quietly diminishes
Ever so stealthily prepares
us for the final farewell
#vss365
December 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sunburst
The apogee of our existence
floats by without our knowledge
Only when we look back
do we realize when we held our faces up to our highest light, basked in its glory
Then that sunburst day
Ever so quietly diminishes
Ever so stealthily prepares
us for the final farewell
#vss365
The apogee of our existence
floats by without our knowledge
Only when we look back
do we realize when we held our faces up to our highest light, basked in its glory
Then that sunburst day
Ever so quietly diminishes
Ever so stealthily prepares
us for the final farewell
#vss365
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Life is a strange and glorious bouquet filled with beauty and heartbreak, laughter and rain.
Don’t give up.
#photography
Don’t give up.
#photography
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Life is a strange and glorious bouquet filled with beauty and heartbreak, laughter and rain.
Don’t give up.
#photography
Don’t give up.
#photography
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#MPPrompt
Childhood
Cotton candy
Buttered movie popcorn
Country store penny candy
Sipping lemons through candy straws
Teenage
Chewing gum
Bottled Coca Cola
First gulp of beer
Pizza with all the toppings
Childhood
Cotton candy
Buttered movie popcorn
Country store penny candy
Sipping lemons through candy straws
Teenage
Chewing gum
Bottled Coca Cola
First gulp of beer
Pizza with all the toppings
Today's #poetryprompt:
The past tastes like ______
Feel free to use variations on the theme (childhood tastes like___ etc.)
#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts
The past tastes like ______
Feel free to use variations on the theme (childhood tastes like___ etc.)
#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#MPPrompt
Childhood
Cotton candy
Buttered movie popcorn
Country store penny candy
Sipping lemons through candy straws
Teenage
Chewing gum
Bottled Coca Cola
First gulp of beer
Pizza with all the toppings
Childhood
Cotton candy
Buttered movie popcorn
Country store penny candy
Sipping lemons through candy straws
Teenage
Chewing gum
Bottled Coca Cola
First gulp of beer
Pizza with all the toppings
Consolation
Grief gives her own consolation
That twilight-blue dusk
where others pass you by
But you know you’re not alone
Even as you walk with yourself
The astounding gift of mystery whispers by, soothes you in a way you never knew before
#vss365
Grief gives her own consolation
That twilight-blue dusk
where others pass you by
But you know you’re not alone
Even as you walk with yourself
The astounding gift of mystery whispers by, soothes you in a way you never knew before
#vss365
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Consolation
Grief gives her own consolation
That twilight-blue dusk
where others pass you by
But you know you’re not alone
Even as you walk with yourself
The astounding gift of mystery whispers by, soothes you in a way you never knew before
#vss365
Grief gives her own consolation
That twilight-blue dusk
where others pass you by
But you know you’re not alone
Even as you walk with yourself
The astounding gift of mystery whispers by, soothes you in a way you never knew before
#vss365
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Reposted by Tracy Shawn
Reposted by Tracy Shawn
Nature’s loving touch
the wisdom of tenderness
strength blooms in silence
#Emoetry #Tender #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry
#BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Photography #Nature #Flowers #Marigolds #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #Strength #Kindness #Resilience #Tenderness
the wisdom of tenderness
strength blooms in silence
#Emoetry #Tender #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry
#BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Photography #Nature #Flowers #Marigolds #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #Strength #Kindness #Resilience #Tenderness
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nature’s loving touch
the wisdom of tenderness
strength blooms in silence
#Emoetry #Tender #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry
#BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Photography #Nature #Flowers #Marigolds #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #Strength #Kindness #Resilience #Tenderness
the wisdom of tenderness
strength blooms in silence
#Emoetry #Tender #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry
#BlueskyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky #Photography #Nature #Flowers #Marigolds #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #Strength #Kindness #Resilience #Tenderness
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Together
Yes, I listen to crows,
my neighborhood friends
Augury of good days and bad
Caws of joy or warning,
we scan the horizon
Their wings iridescent on sunlit days, eyes alert always
Together, we continue to revere our trees, our earth, our time beneath the sky
#vss365
Yes, I listen to crows,
my neighborhood friends
Augury of good days and bad
Caws of joy or warning,
we scan the horizon
Their wings iridescent on sunlit days, eyes alert always
Together, we continue to revere our trees, our earth, our time beneath the sky
#vss365
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Together
Yes, I listen to crows,
my neighborhood friends
Augury of good days and bad
Caws of joy or warning,
we scan the horizon
Their wings iridescent on sunlit days, eyes alert always
Together, we continue to revere our trees, our earth, our time beneath the sky
#vss365
Yes, I listen to crows,
my neighborhood friends
Augury of good days and bad
Caws of joy or warning,
we scan the horizon
Their wings iridescent on sunlit days, eyes alert always
Together, we continue to revere our trees, our earth, our time beneath the sky
#vss365
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#Chivalrous stardust
Descends and covers you
A bodily halo, I see
Connecting a bridge
Over droplets of charm
To me, I see
The way dreams
Bounce into realities
Tip toeing carefully, I see
#vss365
Descends and covers you
A bodily halo, I see
Connecting a bridge
Over droplets of charm
To me, I see
The way dreams
Bounce into realities
Tip toeing carefully, I see
#vss365
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#Chivalrous stardust
Descends and covers you
A bodily halo, I see
Connecting a bridge
Over droplets of charm
To me, I see
The way dreams
Bounce into realities
Tip toeing carefully, I see
#vss365
Descends and covers you
A bodily halo, I see
Connecting a bridge
Over droplets of charm
To me, I see
The way dreams
Bounce into realities
Tip toeing carefully, I see
#vss365
Dreamed Magnificent
She bought herself stargazers,
inhaled their scent, eyes closed to frosted windows
Took herself dancing,
rebuked the chivalrous hand
Twirling with herself under glowing blue lights
Then, finally, slumbering between jasmine-scented sheets,
Dreamed magnificent
#vss365
She bought herself stargazers,
inhaled their scent, eyes closed to frosted windows
Took herself dancing,
rebuked the chivalrous hand
Twirling with herself under glowing blue lights
Then, finally, slumbering between jasmine-scented sheets,
Dreamed magnificent
#vss365
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Dreamed Magnificent
She bought herself stargazers,
inhaled their scent, eyes closed to frosted windows
Took herself dancing,
rebuked the chivalrous hand
Twirling with herself under glowing blue lights
Then, finally, slumbering between jasmine-scented sheets,
Dreamed magnificent
#vss365
She bought herself stargazers,
inhaled their scent, eyes closed to frosted windows
Took herself dancing,
rebuked the chivalrous hand
Twirling with herself under glowing blue lights
Then, finally, slumbering between jasmine-scented sheets,
Dreamed magnificent
#vss365
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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