Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Poems from Cornish folktales workshop Inspired by the Cornish droll The SPRIGGAN’S Child. What a way to celebrate #nationalpoetryday #looefestivalofwords Looe Heritage Centre, October 1st, 11am. Free. Fun. #nationalpoetryday2026 #cornishfolktales #tales #storytelling 010
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Clouded Yellow, a butterfly I hadn’t seen before, they migrate in clouds of gold and can be found along the coast. This one was in the field at Duloe. #butterfly #naturewriting 070
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Along the hedgerow walk, a brown cow, an ivy capped way stone and bryony skeins hung as every autumn. #naturewriting 040
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026On the edges of Restormel Castle at dusk we enjoyed watching Peer Gynt by Miracle Theatre. Today I was inspired to dust off the piano and play Hall of the Mountain King! 020
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The garden was humming last night , a host of silver y moths , stunning golden bumble bees and a hungry hummingbird hawkmoth. #naturewriting #moth #bee 030
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Duloe stone circle in the buttercups. #stonecircle #cornwall 0211
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I had a lovely time reading my poems and chatting at Black Cat Books Launceston today as part of my time as Causley Poet in Residence . #poetry #poetrycommunity 041
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 27/03/2026For #fragmentsfriday a poem from lakeside in the forest @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #poetry 041
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 22/03/2026The perfect place for storytelling with marionette Enys at Benow festival of women writers at Falmouth Art Gallery! 060
Reposted by Anna Chorltonpault-m.bsky.social @pault-m.bsky.social · 20/03/2026June, July and August are filling up nicely! 😀 051
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Daffodils and primroses in the woodland for #wildflowerhour and @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 080
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Gool Peran Lowen! Happy #SaintPiran’sday and #worldbookday #books #cornwall 072
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026For @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #fragmentsfriday 0112
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 20/02/2026For #fragmentsfriday and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social my lunch break poem #poetry 1111
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 15/02/2026All in gold for @wildflowerhour.bsky.social the first celandine reaching for the winter sun, woodland primrose sheltering beneath its leaf and the first daffodils stretching over the snowdrops. #wildflowerhour 1397
Reposted by Anna ChorltonAlternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The final episode of Season 2 of Spec Fic Radio Theatre features 'The Silver Ball', an #audiodrama based on Cornish folklore by @annachorlton.bsky.social You can listen to all episodes in our anthology here pod.link/1812026298 073
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Delighted The Silver Ball is on Speculative Fiction Radio Theatre ! 120
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Splendid display on the Snow Drop Bank from Our Lady of February. Shinning hope for spring . #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0245
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Bright green bedded on winter branches . #naturewriting #trees 1101
Reposted by Anna ChorltonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 01/01/2026@annachorlton.bsky.social with a poem from the Christmas-Winter anthology. blackboughpoetry.com/news 0112
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Christmas books, I am happily reading through. #booksky 030
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Christmas Robin joined me in the cabin today. 030
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 26/12/2025While busy shifting the sands at Seaton, the mermaid lost her purse! 0161
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Happy Winter Solstice , I am looking forward to the light, these hedgerows having a canopy of leaves and the butterfly hedges full of life snd wild flowers, #wintersolstice 071
Reposted by Anna ChorltonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 19/12/2025@annachorlton.bsky.social at our Christmas - Winter anthology launch last Sunday. www.blackboughpoetry.com/news 031
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Cornish Folk Tales of Place in time for Christmas book! DM for a signed dedicated copy £15 book and postage . #book #folklore #myth #cornwall 060
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Enjoying reading the amazing Christmas and Winter poetry anthology from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social which includes my poem The Loop. #poetry #poetrycommunity 0122
Reposted by Anna ChorltonBlack Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Our Christmas & Winter anthology will be available this weekend! Featuring work by @fiddes.bsky.social @jahshabby.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social @helenlaycock.bsky.social @annachorlton.bsky.social @alayanabeth.bsky.social and more! 24013
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Wintry lakeside today, five cormorants gathered by the shore. #naturewriting #birds 050
Reposted by Anna ChorltonMatthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Shoutout if you’re up for submitting in the new year for our Christmas & winter anthology! This year’s anthology is out very soon!!! @blackboughpoetry.bsky.socialmedia.tenor.coma christmas tree is lit up in the snow with the caption " it 's beginning to look like christmas "ALT: a christmas tree is lit up in the snow with the caption " it 's beginning to look like christmas " 1116
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 22/11/2025I have just typed up a load of my #TopTweetTuesday poems from my Twitter feed and I have over forty poems almost enough for a collection ! Huge thanks to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and all the Top Tweet poets. #poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social 051
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 11/11/2025A winter poem for @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social and #toptweettuesday #poetry #poetrycommunity 070
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I was welcomed by the King chough on entering the castle at Tintagel this afternoon, a truly magical moment! #folklore #KingArthur #Cornwall 1273
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 26/10/2025An amazing week for #fingi with parasol mushrooms in the fields and Fly Agaric in the woods beneath the beech. #WildFingiHour #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social 0120
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Parasol Mushrooms in the fields . We found a den of huge mushrooms under the trees in the fields. #fungifriday #fungi 0201
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Beside the river beneath the beech fly agaric where piskeys play! #naturewriting #fungi #magic 0101
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Really enjoyed Lowender’s heritage day at Redruth with Mazed Tales who were storytelling with puppets and piskies. 030
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Gorgeous writing walk on the moors this morning I love autumn. #naturewriting #cornwall 060
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Sharing my poem Playtime for the theme of #play for #nationalpoetryday and @poetrydayuk.bsky.social this poem was originally published by @icefloepress.bsky.social . #poetry 061
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Signed copy of ‘Falling For a Dolphin’ by Heathcote Williams found in my local bookshop today . I have just finished reading ‘Whale Nation’ and loved it an incredibly moving poem for the ocean’s noble giants. #poetry #booksky #naturewriting 041
Anna Chorlton @annachorlton.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Little lizard in the herb garden . #nature #garden 0141
Reposted by Anna ChorltonSt Gerrans & Porthscatho Old Cornwall Society @stgpoldcornwallsoc.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Cornish Story is a voluntary organisation running a website and a programme of on-line presentations. They are seeking help, both with ideas and with the process of raising funds to ensure their future. If you feel you can help then please get in touch with Garry Tregidga: editor@cornishstory.com 032
