a square of sunsets
nests in my skull
all night
my thoughts grow fins
then feathers
then tiny white teeth
somewhere behind my eyes
a room turns itself inside out
and darkness
keeps offering me
its bright little window
#poetry#writing#mind#fridaynight
ALT Abstract watercolour and ink illustration of a human figure leaning over a platypus-like creature, rendered in loose black linework with translucent washes of purple, blue, teal, and green. The creature appears dreamlike and fluid, suggesting transformation, hybridity, and the blurred boundary between human and animal.
Abyssal Self-Portrait
I met my other body
where the blue began.
I said:
I have been trying
to become more human.
It said nothing,
which is how the sea speaks
when it is being honest.
Its arms moved through me
like old thoughts
👉quillshadow.com/visions/abys…#poetry#myth#writer
ALT A translucent watercolour figure stands beside a large blue squid, their forms overlapping in soft washes of teal, indigo, and grey. The squid’s tentacles drift across the image like flowing ink, creating a dreamlike scene about identity, transformation, and merging with the sea.
The underworld isn't dark but flooded.
A journal-style meditation about a zebra and pomegranates.
I like the thought that the underworld might be luminous rather than ruined.
#poetry#watercolor#surrealart#myth#writingcommunity#AIart
ALT Journal-style mixed media illustration of a ghostly human figure touching a zebra, drawn in loose ink lines and blue-grey watercolour washes, surrounded by thorn branches, split pomegranates, glowing lanterns, and handwritten poetic text across a sketchbook-like page.
ALT Surreal journal-style watercolour illustration of a horned figure rising from water, their body dissolving into teal and fiery orange washes. A flowing blue serpent coils through the scene while a celestial fish arcs across the page trailing a moon. Handwritten poem lines appear beside her, surrounded by loose botanical sketches and splattered ink on an aged paper background.
She was not born so much as poured, from a river that remembered colours before names.
Each year, on one day only, she awakens and remembers. A lyric story of Mary Magdalene - witness, mourner, and creature of the forest.
quillshadow.com/visions/east…#quillshadow#fiction#myth
ALT Watercolour illustration of two silhouetted figures holding hands in a surreal, misty landscape. Their hair and limbs flow into delicate, root-like branches that stretch into the earth and sky. A twisted, wind-blown tree leans toward them on the left. The scene is painted in soft washes of green, blue, orange, and beige, creating a dreamy, emotional atmosphere of connection and transformation.
The Forest Became Them
The forest called, and they became,
One with the soil, a silent flame.
A thousand voices merged as one,
The darkened earth beneath the sun.
In every branch, in every stone,
The forest whispered, "You are home."
#DALLE3#AIart#poetry#nature#evolution
I Gave Him My Cloak
He did not ask.
The wind cut through his steps
as he walked from the edge of the sea.
His skin was pale
and peeling.
His eyes did not settle on anything
for long.
He did not look like a prophet.
He looked like a man
quillshadow.com/visions/i-ga…#poetry#myth
ALT Hand-drawn journal-style illustration on a two-page spread: a cloaked, ghostlike figure stands at the shoreline offering a garment to a man walking out of the sea. Loose ink lines and soft blue-grey watercolour washes suggest waves and sky. Handwritten poem text fills the pages, describing the quiet exchange and the man’s departure as the tide erases his footprints.
Once a creature,
a velvet gecko perhaps,
mistook the sky for a door.
It climbed it.
No—
it kept climbing
when climbing failed.
It was a natural
step.
Flattened itself into prayer.
Or pressure.
Or—
God, being distant,
did not answer—
only left fingerprints
#poetry#AIArt 🤍
ALT Hand-written poem illustrated with a watercolour painting of a gecko climbing a starry sky
Silhouettes pressing through a surface like they're trying to reach you.
Animals feel curious.
Humans feel trapped.
Some feel caught between worlds.
Tried a prompt by @umesh_ai and explored where it could go. Credit to @umesh_ai for original prompt 🤍
Which one speaks loudest?
ALT Black and white image of a dingo’s face emerging through a frosted surface, nose and eyes sharply defined while the body fades into a soft blur.
ALT Blurred silhouette of a frog pressed against a translucent surface, with its splayed toes and fingertips clearly visible against the glass.
ALT Close-up black and white image of an echidna’s face pushing through a hazy surface, its snout and fine spines subtly visible through the blur.
ALT A human figure (Cleopatra) behind frosted glass with both hands pressed forward, fingers spread and sharply outlined against an otherwise indistinct silhouette.