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Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter. https://marymackey.com/

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 18h

“Mary Mackey’s poems are powerful, beautiful, and have extraordinary range. May her concern for the planet help save it.”
—Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior

https://tinyurl.com/2j4f6yak

#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 8h

Fascintating!

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 18h

Fishing some 5,300 years ago: a Neolithic fishhook made of wild boar tusk, wrapped with a fishing line.
The size of the fishhook is 6.5 cm. It was used to catch pikes.
Found in the lake-dwelling settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, Switzerland.

On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld

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The picture shows a fishhook made of wild boar tusk. Only the curved, pointed end and the upper part are visible. The rest is wrapped in fishing line. The fishing line is made of twisted bast.

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 8h

Enjoy!

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 8h

Congratulations.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 16h

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

― Mark Twain

#KindnessMatters #RandomActsOfKindness

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 17h

Agriculture spread via coexistence and gradual mixing; deep roots of the Anthropocene revealed

https://tinyurl.com/4z3d5rjp

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 18h

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful!

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

The unique magic of poetry lies in its capacity to open our minds and stretch the boundaries of our perspectives.

#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

The tooth that solves the Stonehenge mystery after 5,000 years: Scientists uncover new evidence about how the stones were transported there.

https://tinyurl.com/2wjn9f29

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

“Mackey’s crisp-edged perceptions are set down with a sensuous, compassionate, and utterly unflinching eye.”

–Jane Hirshfield

https://loom.ly/Cypgmnk

#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for sharing.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Beautiful cover.

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Sixteen Rivers Press @sixteenrivers.bsky.social · 2d

Two poems to wet your whistle by poet and longtime friend of Sixteen Rivers Press, Molly Fisk. #poetry #poetrysky #writingcommunity #poetnews

Two Poems by Molly Fisk

Salvation Menu A biscuit with specks of black pepper. Warm beets and cool plums together under shaved fennel. Maybe you think food is only fuel, as simple as shoveling coal into the maw of a steamb…

oneartpoetry.com

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for posting this.

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jack heathen @jackheathen.bsky.social · 2d

Pentre Ifan, the remnants of a probable Neolithic burial chamber near Newport in North Wales, for #TombTuesday (mixed media drawing on A2 paper).
#PentreIfan #dowsing #neolithic

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Poets often play with language, using metaphors, similes, wordplay, and ambiguity.

This requires readers to engage actively with the text, interpreting multiple meanings and considering the relationships between words and ideas.

#poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

A Hunter's Moon is the traditional name for the first full moon after the Harvest Moon, which is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.

A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit.

#FullMoon

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Mackey chose to make the ecology of the tropical rain forests of Costa Rica one of her primary themes, depicting the beauty and fragility of a complex natural ecosystem endangered by human incursions.

https://loom.ly/L7AyhmA

#fiction #liberation #immersion

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for raising awareness.

Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible find.

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Iza Miszczak @izamiszczak.bsky.social · 3d

Türkiye’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, announced that archaeologists have uncovered a T-shaped pillar depicting a human face in Karahantepe—marking the first such discovery in history.

www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/1200...

12,000-year-old human-faced pillar unearthed in Karahantepe marks new chapter in archaeology - Türkiye Today

A human-faced T-shaped pillar found in Karahantepe marks a historic first, revealing early artistic expression from 12,000 years ago

www.turkiyetoday.com

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