Tyler Robert Sheldon
@bathyorographer.bsky.social
Hi! I’m a teacher in Louisiana, a guitarist, and a cat owner; a collector of cool things; and a poet/writer with a PhD in English. Let’s talk!
I've written some books including Words for Coffee (Spartan Press, 2025). TylerRobertSheldon.com
I've written some books including Words for Coffee (Spartan Press, 2025). TylerRobertSheldon.com
The upcoming issue of MockingHeart Review is going to be amazing! And you can still submit until the end of this month! #mockingheartreview #poetry #journal
December 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The upcoming issue of MockingHeart Review is going to be amazing! And you can still submit until the end of this month! #mockingheartreview #poetry #journal
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Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
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Me, walking past a dog in the neighborhood: hey cutie! How’s it going??
Me, immediately after: did i just catcall a dog?
Me, immediately after: did i just catcall a dog?
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Me, walking past a dog in the neighborhood: hey cutie! How’s it going??
Me, immediately after: did i just catcall a dog?
Me, immediately after: did i just catcall a dog?
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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The older I get, the more I care less about these award shows.
More to the point, the shows' & participants' & designers' displays of obscene wealth are an affront to the millions struggling daily to keep their jobs, homes, healthcare, and food on the table.
More to the point, the shows' & participants' & designers' displays of obscene wealth are an affront to the millions struggling daily to keep their jobs, homes, healthcare, and food on the table.
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The older I get, the more I care less about these award shows.
More to the point, the shows' & participants' & designers' displays of obscene wealth are an affront to the millions struggling daily to keep their jobs, homes, healthcare, and food on the table.
More to the point, the shows' & participants' & designers' displays of obscene wealth are an affront to the millions struggling daily to keep their jobs, homes, healthcare, and food on the table.
The end of the semester is here! Good luck to my students taking finals this week. #teachersky
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The end of the semester is here! Good luck to my students taking finals this week. #teachersky
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
The poster from last night’s reading. Thanks, friends!
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The poster from last night’s reading. Thanks, friends!
That feeling when last nights poetry reading goes so well, you see good friends AND sell out of books! Thanks for coming to ContinuumArt for the release reading of WORDS FOR COFFEE and WHEN I GO WEST, everyone! #poetry
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
That feeling when last nights poetry reading goes so well, you see good friends AND sell out of books! Thanks for coming to ContinuumArt for the release reading of WORDS FOR COFFEE and WHEN I GO WEST, everyone! #poetry
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Good to talk with @flaujae.bsky.social today at Matherne’s Market! Proud of all you’re doing.
September 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Good to talk with @flaujae.bsky.social today at Matherne’s Market! Proud of all you’re doing.
My book WORDS FOR COFFEE is coming out with Spartan Press in a month! On October 1st, be ready for these poems!
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My book WORDS FOR COFFEE is coming out with Spartan Press in a month! On October 1st, be ready for these poems!
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an escape room where the only way to get out is to write the novel you tell everyone is almost done
July 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
an escape room where the only way to get out is to write the novel you tell everyone is almost done
Schoppenfreude—the satisfaction you get from others not couponing as well as you at the store
July 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Schoppenfreude—the satisfaction you get from others not couponing as well as you at the store
My eighth book of poetry, WORDS FOR COFFEE, Will be published by Spartan Press! I’m so excited for this collection, which delivers into the life of my late grandmother, a Kansas City psychologist.
June 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My eighth book of poetry, WORDS FOR COFFEE, Will be published by Spartan Press! I’m so excited for this collection, which delivers into the life of my late grandmother, a Kansas City psychologist.
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Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Return of Two Jedis
Return of Two Jedis
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
4 Fast 4 Furious
4 Fast 4 Furious
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Thirty Nine Sixty Eight
Thirty Nine Sixty Eight
May 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Return of Two Jedis
Return of Two Jedis
Grading Intro to Poetry finals today! Such a rewarding process. I’m so proud of how my students have learned to love poetry! #teachersky
May 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Grading Intro to Poetry finals today! Such a rewarding process. I’m so proud of how my students have learned to love poetry! #teachersky
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Nothing has helped me gain confidence in my writing more than fully accepting and understanding that all the things I think I’m supposed to do to be “relevant” are just things some 20 somethings on the internet made up to feel good. Also relevance is made up. Who cares! Write things you love!
April 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Nothing has helped me gain confidence in my writing more than fully accepting and understanding that all the things I think I’m supposed to do to be “relevant” are just things some 20 somethings on the internet made up to feel good. Also relevance is made up. Who cares! Write things you love!
Okay so I know most of my posts are about writing, but just for fun I have to know: what’s your favorite dinosaur?
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Okay so I know most of my posts are about writing, but just for fun I have to know: what’s your favorite dinosaur?
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Michael B. Jordan is mad he couldn’t see #PrincessMononoke in IMAX
“I was really upset … there was only a 3-day window and I was [busy], it actually bothers me, I need to see it in IMAX”
(via IMAX)
“I was really upset … there was only a 3-day window and I was [busy], it actually bothers me, I need to see it in IMAX”
(via IMAX)
April 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Michael B. Jordan is mad he couldn’t see #PrincessMononoke in IMAX
“I was really upset … there was only a 3-day window and I was [busy], it actually bothers me, I need to see it in IMAX”
(via IMAX)
“I was really upset … there was only a 3-day window and I was [busy], it actually bothers me, I need to see it in IMAX”
(via IMAX)
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"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin
April 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay the longer hours the reduced benefits the end of overtime and the vanishing pension" ~George Carlin
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Just fucking getting newsed in the face every fucking day
April 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just fucking getting newsed in the face every fucking day
Today’s fountain pen ink: Sailor Shikiori Doyou! #fountainpens #writersky
April 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Today’s fountain pen ink: Sailor Shikiori Doyou! #fountainpens #writersky
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Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
April 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.