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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻

@mohayeswriter.bsky.social
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I write stories for people who like a dash of humor with their suspense & intrigue. Sorry, I don’t respond to DMs Web: www.mohayeswriter.net #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amquerying #vss365 #writing

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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 21h
‘I can’t believe you’re into fishing.’ ‘I love it. It’s all about using the right #lure.’ ‘The last guy I dated was sucha poser. He just thought we’d get away from people & get high.’ ‘Sounds like a total loser.’ ‘Do you have a favorite place to catch fish?’ ‘Yeah. In the water.’ #vss365
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David Shaw #vss365 host Oct 1-15 @davidcs-aw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They heard whispers. Of riches and fame. It pulled them in. They left behind the safe enclave of the earth to step toward the uncertain horizon. It convinced them they were safe, until it captured their attention and lives. On this day, the #vss365 #prompt is #lure.
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
‘Are you into exercising?’ ‘Oh, yeah. It’s my favorite thing in the whole world.’ ‘Do you want to go with me on a strenuous hike up the #mountain?’ ‘Hmmm. I’m not so sure about that.’ ‘Well then, what kind of exercise do you like doing?’ ‘I prefer diddley squats.’ #vss365
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David Shaw #vss365 host Oct 1-15 @davidcs-aw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Under the sky's dread and gloom they stood taller than mankind. Against rain or wind, they never faltered. That's why today's #vss365 #prompt is #mountain.
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘You’re a roofer? But you’re a woman.’ ‘Yes to both.’ ‘Is it fun being up there working with a #cloud backdrop?’ ‘Sometimes.’ ‘Are there a lot of women doing that kind of work?’ ‘You’d be surprised. You should check out our annual convention. All the shingle ladies will be there.’ #vss365
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David Shaw #vss365 host Oct 1-15 @davidcs-aw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sometimes we dream of greater days ahead especially during dark times. That's why today's #vss365 #prompt is #cloud.
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘You’re a lawyer, right?’ ‘Well, a paralegal.’ ‘So, my dad told me that he’s gonna #bequest all his money to my older brother to distribute to my siblings. Unless my brother dies, then it comes to me.’ ‘What’s your question?’ ‘Who do I call if this happens?’ ‘My guess is the coroner.’ #vss365
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David Shaw #vss365 host Oct 1-15 @davidcs-aw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hi! My name is David and I have the honor of being the #vss365 host for October 1 to 15. I would like to thank @whisperingpoems.bsky.social for her amazing words and her creativity. Give her all the flowers. My prompts will come out at 3:30 am (GMT). See you then.
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Bequest Day 15 - Our Legacy, we #Bequest to the world What remains is the ones who remember: a gesture, a phrase, a kindness, a way of standing in the rain. We leave behind more than we ever knew. The story does not end. It becomes a part of something larger than itself. 💫🖤
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Got any suggestions for a good book to read? I need a #reprieve from my boring life.’ ‘I’m not much of a reader. The last book I read was more like a how-to guide.’ ‘What was it?’ ‘How to Survive Falling Down a Staircase.’ ‘Any good?’ ‘It was a step by step guide. Came out last fall.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Reprieve Day 14 - Death is a #Reprieve cause it teaches us to just be The long exhale. Names loosen. Edges soften. Old recriminations fall away. Nothing left to prove. Only the quiet of letting go. 🖤🖤🖤
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘What’s that smell?’ ‘I’m burning sage to #purify my space to get rid of all the bad energy clogging my creative flows.’ ‘Does it work?’ ‘Apparently not, unfortunately.’ ‘How can you tell?’ ‘You’re still here.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Purify Day 13 - In Elderhood we prepare, we #Purify and reflect We carry stories of a lifetime. Some are spoken. Some are no longer necessary. Our silence begins filling rooms. We begin to separate what matters from what merely happened. 👴👵🖤❤️
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘How long has been since your last visit to the dentist?’ ‘Ah, let’s see. It’s been a few years.’ ‘Your teeth aren’t in great shape. You might need to #renounce some bad habits.’ ‘Like what?’ ‘Do you smoke or drink coffee?’ ‘Um, like most people, I prefer to drink it.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Renounce Day 12 - As we grow older, into Late Adults, its time to #Renounce Fewer possessions. Truer sentences. The noise begins unhooking itself. We learn that not everything needs to be carried. ❣️❣️❣️
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘How’d you get that nasty gash on your arm?’ ‘I thought my sense of well-being & #nurture would help me interact with nature.’ ‘What happened?’ ‘I encountered a bear on the trail. I was told the best course of action was to make myself look bigger.’ ‘So?’ ‘I said I had a podcast.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Nurture Day 11 - It is a joy to #Nurture as we turn Care Givers Years of tender new beginnings. Our hours poured into other bodies. Our sleep given away. Our hearts learning that love can be exhausting and still give love. 💖💘💖
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘You’re pretty useless.’ ‘What did I do now?’ ‘You’re a writer. I asked you to help me with posts to sell our stuff and these are all, like, essays.’ ‘Maybe you should be more specific.’ ‘Can you give me a short sentence that will sell this old, but working, calculator?’ ‘I #reckon.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Reckon Day 10 - It time to #Reckon those Midlife questions The mirror starts asking different questions. The past taps its ring against the glass. What did we build? What did we lose? And who is this standing here now? 😎🖤🖤
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘It’s hard going grocery shopping with this #hunger in my belly. Everything looks good.’ ‘Well, you know I don’t like ultra-processed foods made with who knows what.’ ‘Right. Natural foods. Natural processes.’ ‘What kind of cheese looks good?’ ‘How about EDAM? It’s made backwards.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Hunger Day 9 - In the Builder years its all about #Hunger Then hands get busy. Walls. Meals. Mortgages. Promises. Love begins to look like routine. And beneath it all... the wanting. 💚💙💚
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘Do you have any big plans for the Fall?’ ‘I’m so glad you asked. I have a #passion for watching all those doomsday prepper videos, so I’ve been stocking rations & supplies. With AI running amok, that day’s coming sooner than we think.’ ‘I’m talking about Autumn.’ ‘Oh, not civilization?’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Passion Day 8 - Ohh.. the #Passion of that Early Love Aah! the faint scent of lavender between the pages of a familiar book. Two hearts learning to share the same weather. 💙💚💙
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Meeting new people is hard, I mean, are we gonna #embark on some great friendship?’ ‘I know. Finding commonality gets harder as you get older.’ ‘I guess that’s why people socialize with people they work with.’ ‘My job sucks.’ ‘Mine too. I dig holes to find water. It’s, well, boring.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Embark Day 7 - Lets #Embark to the world of a Young Adult The horizon calls. We leave before we know what leaving costs. A suitcase. A little courage. A great deal of uncertainty.
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘Does this #stormy weather affect your hearing aids, Gramma?’ ‘Not really, hon.’ ‘That’s good. It’s so windy today.’ ‘Actually, I think it’s Thursday.’ ‘Well, OK then, I guess it’s Thursday.’ ‘Me too. Let’s go to the pub to get a beer. You can drive us.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Stormy Day 6 - and then we are #Stormy Teeens Out comes a voice trying on thunder for size. We test the walls. We test the world. We test ourselves. Sometimes we mistake breaking for becoming. 👶🖤👶
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
‘How was dinner with your family?’ ‘Same as always. Starts out great, then my sister says something stupid, my brother has to turn it to a #conflict and contradicts her, then my dad goes ballistic.’ ‘What about your mom?’ ‘She told me not to take sides. So I took the broccoli & ran out.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Conflict Day 5 - As a Preteen - we face #Conflict A strange skin at the threshold.. laughter on one side, ache on the other, learning to share the same chair. 😊😆😭😢
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘Did you hear the President’s gonna give us $5,000 if we vote Republican?’ ‘I #marvel at your level of intelligence. However, I wasn’t aware that the President was such a fan of dark humor.’ ‘I’m confused. What does a $5,000 payment have to do with dark humor?’ ‘Because nobody gets it.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Marvel Day 4 - We #Marvel at a Child in us A pocketful of mysteries. A cardboard sword. A blanket kingdom. A knight. A warrior princess. A moon that might answer back. The world has not yet learned to say impossible. 😊🖤😊
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
‘Ever have one of those nagging feelings that, no matter what, you think you did something wrong?When you have to #explore your whole thought process?’ ‘Well, sometimes I wonder whatever happened to people who I gave directions to.’ ‘You’re terrible at directions.’ ‘Exactly.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Explore Day 3 - we get to the Toddler stage and #Explore Every day is a negotiation with gravity. Knees learn the language of floors. Feet discover that the world is movable. And so, we begin to wander. 👶🐥👶
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
‘You need to get up. You can’t sleep all day.’ ‘I’ll have you know, I’m actually doing a specialized form of yoga that helps to #sustain my ability to tolerate all the craziness that’s going on in the world these days.’ ‘What’s it called.’ ‘Namaste in bed.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Sustain Day 2 - INFANCY A small fist against a huge sky. Need is our first language. We reach. We cry. We are held. 💕
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
‘Thanks for being on time.’ ‘No problem. I should tell you, I’ve never worked out with a personal trainer before. And I hear you’re also a comedian.’ ‘That’s right. I try to make workouts fun.’ ‘Ok. How shall we #commence?’ ‘Let’s start with lunges. That’s a big first step.’ #vss365
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Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#vss365 #Prompt #Commence Day 1 - THE FIRST BREATH 🐣 Salty air enters the lungs. The world arrives! the first light, the first sound, its first everything. Let’s begin. 😍
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
9/15: Autumnal #vss365 #prompt #autumnal Definition: Autumnal refers to things that are suggestive of autumn season. It has been my honor to server as host for vss365. @whisperingpoems will be the new host from 9/16 - 9/30. Thank you for making this time so enjoyable for me.
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‘Feeling lazy, are we?’ ‘It’s the seasonal change. Switching from the scorching hot days of summer to the #autumnal cool brings on the quest for cozy. I just want to wrap myself in a blanket & drink my coffee in slippers.’ ‘I can see that. But don’t you think a mug would work better?’ #vss365
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
9/15: Autumnal #vss365 #prompt #autumnal Definition: Autumnal refers to things that are suggestive of autumn. Few sights are more beautiful than trees with brilliant foliage—bold reds, yellows, oranges, and browns. The sense that we have changed. Song: Diamond Dust; Jeff Beck
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#vss365 My experience hosting this prompt has been awesome. Thank you all for your support! The wonderful poet and dear sweet friend of many of us here, @whisperingpoems.bsky.social will be your host from 9/16 - 9/30. Please give her every support you so generously provided me.
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘It’s weird how the body adapts for survival.’ ‘Is this one of your stupid joke attempts? Your #sanguine personality can be annoying.’ ‘Well, when one sense is gone, other senses get stronger.’ ‘Oh?’ ‘Like when people have no sense of humor, their sense of self-importance increases.’ #vss365
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
9/14: Sanguine #vss365 #prompt #sanguine Definition: Being sanguine means being cheerfully optimistic, confident, and hopeful, especially in difficult or uncertain situations. It describes someone who consistently looks on the bright side and believes things will work out for the best.
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
‘Night hikes are fun, don’t you think?’ ‘It’s a lot of work to get away from the glittering city lights for a better view of the sky.’ ‘But we can see so much.’ ‘Well, it’s not like we’re gaining #esoteric knowledge of the stars.’ ‘True.’ ‘I mean, Orion’s Belt is just a waist of space.’ #vss365
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
9/13: Esoteric #vss365 #prompt #esoteric Definition: Knowledge, concepts, or interests that are intended for or likely to be understood by only an enlightened circle; a small number of people with specialized knowledge or interest. From the Greek esōterikos. Song: Simulation Swarm; Big Thief
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
‘Let me help you up.’ ‘Thanks. Getting old is an adventure. I thought I’d age gracefully & be that person at the bar who speaks with #eloquence about life’s lessons.’ ‘I’ve seen many people fall off barstools.’ ‘Alcohol preserves many things. However, dignity is not one of them.’ #vss365
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
9/12: Eloquence / Eloquent #vss365 #prompt #eloquence Definition: Eloquence is the ability to speak or write in a way that is fluent, compelling, and persuasive. Songs: - Bernard Haitink; Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral" with Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘Are you watching a documentary?’ ‘Yah, it’s an in-depth look at how rivers are natural ecosystems & how they’re in danger.’ ‘Is it trying to get people to overcome their #naivete about how climate change is affecting us?’ ‘Not really. It’s about beavers. Best dam show I’ve ever seen.’ #vss365
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Verde Mar @tetrametracall1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11: Naivete / Naïveté / Naive #vss365 #prompt #naivete Definition: Naivete (pronunciatio: nigh-eev-ih-TAY): a lack of worldly experience, wisdom, or critical judgment. It often manifests as an innocent, trusting approach to life. Song: Ghostly Kisses; Keep it Real
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Mo Hayes 📚📖👩🏼‍💻 @mohayeswriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
‘What do you call this weather?’ ‘I’d call it a #melange.’ ‘Totally. A little mix of everything.’ ‘Was that thunder?’ ‘I don’t know. It’s hard to hear anything over the air conditioner blasting.’ #vss365
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