One of many past watercolour compositions featuring flowers and plants from my garden. There will be new paintings when things start growing. I don't know what happened to the Chinese Lanterns (Physalis). They don't seem to come up now (must try again).
#art #watercolour #flowerpainting
Rock as Gloss by Mark Goodwin
West North East by Matthew Clegg
Envies the Birds by Angelina D'Roza
Following a spring clean at Longbarrow HQ, I've found a number of hardbacks (ex-bookshop / damaged in transit) that are perfectly readable, but not saleable.
If you're in Sheffield (postcodes S1-S12 only), and you'd like a free book, message your postal address and I'll deliver it over the weekend.
Xmas ponderings 🧵
כִּֽי־יֶ֣לֶד יֻלַּד־לָ֗נוּ בֵּ֚ן נִתַּן־לָ֔נוּ וַתְּהִ֥י הַמִּשְׂרָ֖ה עַל־שִׁכְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ פֶּ֠לֶא יוֹעֵץ֙ אֵ֣ל גִּבּ֔וֹר אֲבִי־עַ֖ד שַׂר־שָׁלֽוֹם׃
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called Pele-yo῾eż-el-gibbor-avi-῾ad-sar-shalom,
www.sefaria.org/Isaiah.9.5
The holly tree stands in front of a wall on a grey, snowy winter morning, with open countryside behind it
“In the holly tree, which is rich with red berries, fieldfares, redwings, and mistle-thrushes are busy feeding”
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
‘The Vitalist Sees the Signs’ by the wonderful @gbclarkson.bsky.social slithered through customs and into my clutches!
Can’t wait to read it now!!!
Ian Duhig recommends 'Singletary'. "I have followed Geraldine's work for decades and Singletary contains all her characteristic strengths of exuberant wit, intellectual depth, idiosyncratic learning, slant wit and real spiritual and deep human love expressed with great linguistic panache. If you don't know her, take this chance to get acquainted."
📚 It's August, which means the #SealeyChallenge is underway! To help you on your journey to read a book every day this month, The Poetry Society has gotten in touch with poets we've recently worked with for some recommendations.
Next up is Ian Duhig, who is on the judging panel for (...)
Thanks to Ian Duhig for the kind and generous endorsement! 🙏🙏🙏 Have a lovely bank holiday, all! #LoseYourself 😊😎☀️
Thank you, James! 😘🥰
Thank you, Ian! 🥰🤗😘
Collage of lime-green hydrangeas in a patio garden outside a house
p.s. I can't find the DM where you gave me your address -- is it on here? Anyway I can take it from your envelope now! :) Will send you mine asap.
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Oh that's a wonderful fun fact 🤣-- is it made of brass? My mother used to have little brass ashtrays & figurines (a lady in Welsh national dress) & cauldrons, etc, which she used to shine up regularly -- the v distinctive smell of the cleaner! I love 'The younger 6 didn't play Bridge'! 😂 Fab book. 🙏
Edition 18 is now available to buy as a PDF file from www.steeljackdaw.com - and delighted to have a poem in this wonderful art and literary magazine
Huge thanks to the editor JasonConway
#poetry #steeljackdaw
Green text against dark blue background. Text reads: 1 Day to Go Deadline: 31 July Midnight BST foyleyoungpoets.org Blue squiggly text reads: Foyle Young Poets of the Year Blue, Red, Green and White paper boats scattered throughout.
Only one day left to enter the #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year Award!
Judges Colette Bryce and Will Harris are searching for writers aged 11-17 anywhere in the world to send in entries on any theme.
Enter here: foyleyoungpoets.org
Chapbook with red cover and blue insert: 'More of How to Read the Bible' 'poems by J-T Kelly'. Image of ancient embroidered slipper.
ORIGINAL SIN When I was born I grew a horn Now all my hats are torn
SUCCESSION Eli's sons were bad Samuel's sons were bad, too The Lord's own sons, bad
Close-up of cover image
Letter from America, bright new chapbook by @j-tkelly.bsky.social -- I like the format, an unusual, non-standard size, I think? Like B5 but not as tall... very nice, anyway & original. The contents too! 😍😊Thank you, J-T. 🙏 Pub by above/ground press run by Canada's sweetheart @robmclennan.bsky.social
It's arrived!! It's fantastic!! will post later👏👏
A four panel comic titled Bird Sounds. In panel 1, labeled thrush, a wood thrush sings its beautiful eeohlay song against a forest background. In panel 2, labeled wren, a winter wren delicately sings tweedly tweedly tweedly. In panel 3, labeled warbler, a yellow warbler delicately sings sweet sweet. In panel 4, labeled heron in a death metal font, a heron screams KRAAGH against a background of fire.
Bird sounds.
Came across this today - beautiful Ulster Scots word
'katirams' - small, swift-flying clouds.(literally "a cat's paw")
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This week above Chicago's Gold Coast, Streeterville, River North and Lincoln Park neighborhoods.
Thank you, dear Julian, for your support! 🥰☀️🌅🏵️🌼
The back view of a pale yellow satin dress falling in tiers from a low back to the floor. The shoulder straps meet in a diamanté decoration centre back
It feels as if this gown was made to be admired from the back, for those in the room to watch the wearer as she left them bereft of her company, leaving just a sparkle of diamanté in her golden wake. Agnes-Drecoll, 1930s #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
It's publication day for this little chapbook, in stock here -- www.shearsman.com/store/Geraldine-Clarkson-Singletary-p753666542 -- many thanks to Shearsman Books and to all who helped & all who will read... 💙🙏🙏 #Singletary
News | Perth Art Gallery announces long-term loan of private Millais collection – more than 300 objects to go on display in Scotland for the first time
Ripe blackberry
You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet
Like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it
Seamus Heaney
Fabulous peacock, and the most special news is that he's in MY garden. All butterflies are welcome but favourite peacock especially ❤️❤️❤️
It's a #butterfly day! 😍🤩🎉🦋 Phwoar! Phone chilled and back to working order just in time to find THIS beauty on my buddleia, a #PeacockButterfly in MY garden. Happy dance! 💃 @savebutterflies.bsky.social #Lancashire #vitaminN #joy #butterflies