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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 14h

#ThursdayTreat #poets #poetrylovers📚 Happy #NationalPoetryDay 'What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.' Inversnaid, Gerard Manley Hopkins #nature #wonder #environment #silicasun 📕💚

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 14h

#ThursdayTrim - Happy #WorldPostcardDay #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #poetrycommunity #litmags 📖 building on this year's theme of paper bridges from supplies of vintage archives from afar 📚 Wishing all a lovely new month silicasun.wordpress.com 🌳 #silicasun 🍂📙💚

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ITS READS LIKE RAVINGS OF A NUT CASE. HAVE A NICE DAY.

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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

My research into Nanny Morgan has been one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done. Ann Morgan's story highlights the importance of honouring historical legacies in folkloric narratives. She deserves to be remembered. nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann... #Folklore #Witches

Bourton church, where Nanny Morgan was buried

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 20h

#NationalPoetryDay: 'To Mary Anning' by John Kenyon (1784–1856), written after he met her in Lyme Regis in the autumn of 1836 and published in his 'Poems for the most part occasional' (1838). More recently, Mary Anning has featured in the work of at least nine modern poets.

Top left, portrait of Mary Anning in a green cloak and straw bonnet; bottom left, portrait of John Kenyon; right, Kenyon's poem, 'To Mary Anning' with each verse ending with 'Mary Anning', limiting his rhyme options somewhat.

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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m told it’s #NationalPoetryDay in the UK today. I’ll try to round up some of my best caustic comments this evening if I get over my attack of the vapours - do feel free to suggest any old favourites.

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Vanessa Knipe @vjknipe.bsky.social · 14h

The bright harvest moon.
Text reads: O come with me, thus ran the song, the moon is bright in autumn's sky, and thou hast toiled and laboured long, with aching head and weary eye. ~ Emily Brontë

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For #WednesdayWords 2 #WyrdWednesday #OTD #Literature #DonQuixote 📖 “For neither good nor evil can last forever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.” ― Miguel de Cervantes, The Life and Exploits of The Man of La Mancha in 4 Volumes 📚 #silicasun 📘🧡

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#TuesdayTalk - #HarvestMoon end of summer ☀️ #FallEquinox equal days and equal nights 🌃 ancient people looked skywards, built structures to the sky 🌆 'Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.' --F Scott Fitzgerald 📕 Happy #AutumnEquinox #creatives #authors #poets 📚 #silicasun 🍂📙💚

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who's drunk? One of the so-called “shadow pictures” from Temperance Stories and Sketches (1879) by Edward Carswell — a collection tales, poems, and illustrations warning readers against the perils of alcohol, tobacco, and gambling. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

JACK PUMPKINHEAD is a fictional character from the Land of Oz in books by American author L. Frank Baum. Jack first appeared in the 2nd Oz book 'The Marvelous Land of Oz', 1904. Images of my cherished copy! #FairyTaleTuesday

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Ruskin Society @ruskinsociety.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🎨 Alpine Peaks: Jungfrau and Others John Ruskin, 1846, watercolour on paper. Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery / Bridgeman Images. #Ruskin was greatly impressed by the Jungfrau. He described it as "the most beautiful mountain in the world" (Praeterita, vol. III, §34).

John Ruskin's Alpine Peaks: Jungfrau and Others (1846), a watercolour and pencil study sheet of Swiss Alpine mountains. The composition consists of several separate studies of snow-covered peaks and ridges arranged across the page. Handwritten labels identify mountains including the Jungfrau, Eiger, Finsteraarhorn, Schreckhorn, Wetterhorn, Aarhorn and Breithorn. A dark, rocky massif occupies the centre, while sharper, snow-clad summits appear to the right and lower sections. Executed in pale blue-grey washes with delicate pencil outlines, the sheet combines topographical accuracy, geological observation and atmospheric effects characteristic of Ruskin's Alpine studies.

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Renard Press @renardpress.com · 10/08/2026

🧡💙Have you discovered our Renard Press Editions? Signed, flapped, numbered editions, in this rather glorious regalia – featuring @iainhoodwriter.bsky.social and @annmorgan.bsky.social – and an anthology of all the contemporary books from our first five years, raising funds for Bookbanks. 🙌

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#SundayShare - supernatural mysteries, a ghost walker treading the unknown, where spooky shapes stalk the night in this parade of phantoms for #SpookySunday 👻 The Ghost Walker Edgar Wallace's occult detective murder mystery 📙Are the #ghosts real or unreal? ☠️ #silicasun 💀📖💙

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#SundayShare - It's National Book Lovers Day 📚 Wishing all #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #poetrycommunity #creatives #BookLovers #NationalBookLovers mounds of #books for #HappyReading #readingisapleasure 📖 Every day is #reading day 📙#silicasun 📘💚

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Dano Loves Music @danolovesmusic.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

My 19th favorite song of all time is “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” by Meat Loaf.

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Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hello Sunday. 🖼️ Margaret Tempest

Family of five rabbits huddled under an umbrella with a robin, mouse in red jumper running to take cover, dandelion beside them against rocky outcrop with landscape in distance, illustration.

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Ruins of Despair @ruinsofdespair.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Spectropia: or, Surprising Spectral Illusions, Showing Ghosts Everywhere, and of any Colour, by J. H. Brown (1865) #SpookySunday See comments for instructions on seeing ghosts everywhere.

FOURTH EDITION.
SPECTROPIA
OR
SURPRISING SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS.
SHOWING GHOSTS EVERYWHERE
AND OF ANY COLOUR.
BY J. H. BROWN.
LONDON:
GRIFFITH & FARRAN, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.
R. & C. TREACHER, BRIGHTON.

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hokusai: 'One Hundred Ghost Stories In A Haunted House', 1790. #SpookySunday #ghosts #yokai #Japan #JapaneseArt

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#BookWormSat medieval marginalia for #InternationalRabbitDay 🐰 celebrating #rabbits #naturescenery #grass #trees #cottontails #OTD 🐇 Happy international #RabbitSay #writers #readers #poets #litmags 📚 silicasun.wordpress.com 🪗 #silicasun 🐇📕💚

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#SaturdayShare - A new day dawns 🌅 stay inspired #authors #poets #writers #creatives #litmags 📚 I have a new #WIP & multiple drafts 📖 #HappyAugust 🌽 and Keep writing 🖊️ silicasun.wordpress.com ☀️ #5amwritersclub #booklover #readingisapleasure 📕 #silicasun 🍃🏖️📙💛

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Folklore Twitcher @folkloretwitcher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter. ” 🐰 Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit #BookWormSat 🎨Beatrix Potter #InternationalRabbitDay

HARES and RABBITS - Beatrix Potter - Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nature is not a place to visit. It is our home

Winnie the Pooh & Christopher Robin inspect a hollow oak

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 27/07/2026

🎉PUBLICATION DAY!🥳 NAMING THE SNAKES New Writing Scotland 44 Eds: Chris Powici, Allan Radcliffe & Anna C. Frater The best new short fiction & poetry from forty-three writers who are Scottish by birth, residence, or inclination. Available now from all good bookshops! 💙📚 asls.org.uk/publications...

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New Writing Scotland 44

Edited by Chris Powici, Allan Radcliffe & Anna C. Frater Published in: Paperback, 244 pages By: Association for Scottish Literature, Glasgow, August 2026 Price: £10.95 ISBN: 9781906841683 Cover image…

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Light as the moon’s path over the sea the run of the hare over the land" Anna Crowe from 'A Calendar of Hares' 🎨 'Running of the Hare' Robert Gillmor #BookWormSat

The poem is featured in 'A Secret History of Rhubarb' (Glasgow: Mariscat, 2004) Of her poem, Crowe writes: "I have tried always to keep faith with the creature itself, bearing in mind its behaviour in the wild as well as the mythic, magical values it has acquired in human consciousness over the millennia" 🎨 Linocut showing both stages of 'the run of the hare'. Brown hare on a grassy background. (1936–2022). Gillmor produced many natural history illustrations, among his other artistic works, over a long and successful career

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JD is on the case 🕵‍♀️ @flackjd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Owl,” said Rabbit shortly, “you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest—and when I say thinking I mean thinking—you and I must do it.” -The House at Pooh Corner A.A. Milne #BookWormSat #InternationalRabbitDay

Illustration by Ernest Howard Shepard from "The House at Pooh Corner." Rabbit walks through the Hundred Acre Wood on a nice spring day.

Illustration by Ernest Howard Shepard from "The House at Pooh Corner." Rabbit can be seen standing in the doorway talking to Owl.

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#FridayFocus 🦒 Happy National Wildlife Day 🐺 #writers #readers #poets 📚 Celebrating all our precious living creatures of our beautiful planet 🌍 #conservation #environment #nature endangered #species #animals #insects #birds #sealife #wildlife 🦍🦀🦌🐍🐖🦁🐳🦋🦉 silicasun.wordpress.com 🐻 #silicasun 🐅📕🧡

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CarmineCLoudDinosaur @cc1025.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Happy National Wildlife Day!

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Dirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026

"Le démon des glaces” (The Arctic Marauder) 🎨 Jacques Tardi (1974) #nationalcomicbookday

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#ThursdayThoughts for #folkloreThursday featuring some literary zeitgeist offering #fantasy perspectives from her range of #scifi must-reads #novels Ursula K LeGuin 📚 silicasun.wordpress.com 🌊 #silicasun 🌌🔭👽📙💙

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#ThursdayThrowback #OTD #OnThisDay National #PaperbackBookDay 📚celebrating a wealth of memorabilia from #Penguin 🐧paperbacks 📘 making their earliest entry in 1940s England with #PenguinBooks 🐧 #classics #rarebooks #BookCommunity #booklover 📙 #silicasun 🐧📕💚

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

THE MOWING DEVIL or 'Strange News out of Hartford-shire'. An English woodcut pamphlet from 1678 that narrates a tale of Satan mowing a field in Hertfordshire. The images of reaping & gleaning are reminiscent of #harvest folklore; also cited as an early example of a crop circle #FolkloreThursday

Depiction of the devil mowing a field in Hertfordshire from 1678

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Jo Coyne @jopolkadot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

“There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice” F. Scott Fitzgerald ❤️

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Trampoline Poetry @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trampoline #33.9 is excited to have poems by Sarp Sozdinler, Bleah Patterson, and Darren C. Demaree. www.trampolinepoetry.com Take care.

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Trampoline Poetry

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I lost my Dad this summer and wrote something the day after his funeral mass. Thank you dearest @m-ixedbag.bsky.social and @lit-namjooning.bsky.social team for including it and another piece in your beautiful Issue 3. ❤️https://literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/this-new-zealand-by-pat-foran

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This New Zealand by Pat Foran

I didn’t see the loneliest tree in the world reaching out to me that morning, remember the conceptual popsicle stand the color of then that afternoon or hear the lo-fi moon static-crackling on my radi...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026

"Rumpelstiltskin is backed by the same venture capital firm responsible for sports betting, artificial intelligence startups, and tech-forward fast-casual restaurants, so you can trust that we have the best interests of your family at heart." buff.ly/stGSoST

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Rumpelstiltskin Isn’t Your Typical Fertility Startup

“Our founders took years of experience in casino design and timeshare sales and swaddled them together into a first-of-its-kind solution that asks: Do poor p...

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Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Abridged fairytales:

Goldilocks and the three bears – home invader has cereal, break stuff than falls asleep.

Hansel and Gretel – some kids eat an old lady’s house. Also cannibalism.

Beauty and the beast – Stockholm syndrome girl falls for ugly guy. Except he isn’t.

The princess and the pea – mattresses piled on a vegetable determine fitness to govern.

Cinderella - wardrobe malfunction prompts, strange footwear, mating, ritual.

the three little pigs – ham-fisted construction keeps wolf at the door.

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#WednesdayWords - It's out! Proud to announce my #poem METAMORPHOSIS pub'd today in this fab 1455 Women Writers Anthology 2026 📚on theme of Silence thnx to editor Sean Murphy @1455litarts.bsky.social 📖 Details/Copies here: 1455litarts.org/wwa/ amazon.com/dp/B0HHL23X28 #books #authors #silicasun🔔📓💚

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1455 books | Women Writers Anthology: Voices on Silence

165 women wrote about silence and what it holds: inheritance, protection, resistance, grief, memory, expectation, and survival.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Grow your own oak tree #12 Over 50 million years the Genus Quercus has evolved into 500 species on 5 continents including deciduous & evergreen varieties 90 are in North America, but only 2 in Britain as there are no weather extremes to trigger variations, & a recent ice age

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 23/09/2026

In Daoist astrology, autumn is the time of the White Tiger of the West and the element of metal. It represents a movement inward, a time to reflect, to grieve, and to celebrate the good things life brings, in preparation for the harsh truths of winter. #WyrdWednesday

A white tiger painting next to a maple tree beside a mountain's fog, by an unknown artist.

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For equinox in the low country, the real harvest circle is walked by a mule. Cane-grinding days bring neighbors to the kettle, skimming foam & watching fiery sparks to divine the coming cold. Fond memories from my childhood! #WyrdWednesday #Georgia #Wiregrass

Archival black-and-white photo of a mule hitched to a long wooden sweep pole, powering a cane-grinding mill at the edge of a tall field.

Source: Library of Congress
Ginning the sorghum cane while making syrup at a mountaineer's home in Breathitt County, Kentucky
Creator(s): Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1940 Sept.

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A well-known #legend of the northern counties features a Bogle who threatened to curse a farmer's field. But he agreed not to if he could reap it in a single day - then he'd also keep all the grain. But overnight the farmer planted iron spikes among the wheat, thwarting him #WyrdWednesday #folklore

Woodcut by John Lawrence of the Bogle and the farmer standing next to a cornfield, both armed with scythes.

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Then the roar of the river was suddenly overscored by a dreadful screaming voice... What I heard I cannot bring myself to record; suffice it to say that Satan was evoked by every adoring and reverent name." - E F Benson, 'Gavon's Eve' (September 15 apparently) #WyrdWednesday

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Rekha Valliappan @silicasun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

⏰ Start your countdown clock for the exact moment of the autumn #equinox, 01:06 (UK) 23rd Sept, when the Northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere are equally illuminated. The day length in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland will be ~the same as in 🇳🇿New Zealand 🤓🧪🔭 📷: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

The main diagram shows the Earth's annual rotation around the Sun, surrounded by a zodiacal scale that gives the names, symbols and images of the signs of the zodiac. The seasons and the positions of the equinoxes and solstices are marked. Text at the corners describes the Zodiac and the Earth, and a longer text at the bottom explains the Phenomena of the Seasons.

From https://collections.rmg.co.uk/media/501/182/l1073_001.jpg

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