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Mary Mackey, author
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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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November 8, 1-3:30PM
Canessa Gallery, 708 Montgomery, San Francisco

I’m reading with three other poets in this beautiful, sunny, airy, historic small gallery where an art class will be in the audience and live sketch while we read.

I will be reading from my new collection.
Ancient town buried hoard 3,000 years ago in UK — then never dug it up.

https://tinyurl.com/458tv5te

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Kindness Week – November 10-16, 2025

The smallest act of kindness can go a long way.

#kindness
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“Great story showing people trying to understand other people.”

-Amazon review of The Horses at The Gate by Mary Mackey

https://loom.ly/yPdE_FU

#HistoricalFiction #ReadingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”

- John Burroughs

#Sunday
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Diverse Roots of the Mycenaeans: How Multiple Cultures Shaped Ancient Greece

https://loom.ly/s1cPLSc

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
86 Ancient figurines, vases, vessels, and amphorae return to Greece

https://tinyurl.com/jh23kxak

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams: New and Selected Poems 1974 to 2018

Winner of the 2019 Eric Hoffer Prize for the Best Book Published by a Small Press

https://loom.ly/1fx4leo

#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
it is not love
I am asking

love comes from years
of breathing
skin to skin
tangled in each other’s dreams
until each night
weaves another thread
in the same web
of blood and sleep

©Mary Mackey
Excerpt The Kama Sutra of Kindness

#PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Reposted by Mary Mackey, author
Scientists call for stronger action to save Indonesia’s vanishing seagrass meadows news.mongabay.com/2025/11/seag... 🧪🦑🌎
Scientists call for stronger action to save Indonesia’s vanishing seagrass meadows
SANUR, Indonesia — Indonesia’s seagrass ecosystems are crucial for climate action, biodiversity and coastal livelihoods, yet remain a largely neglected asset, marine scientists and conservation…
news.mongabay.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In This Burning World

on the long road down the hill
the cobblestones tip us like drunken sailors
under a sky smeared with volcanic dust

at the bottom lies a sea
clear and pale as the skin
beneath our arms

excerpt ©Mary Mackey

https://loom.ly/7iRK-MU

#poems #poetry #PoetrySky
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Doom is on the way, and lovers from two cultures find themselves in the thick of it. Marrah finds and rescues the odd-looking stranger who's lying on the beach, almost drowned, after his boat has sunk.”

-Kirkus review

https://loom.ly/hZ_RW7U

#HistoricalFiction
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more."

- Melody Beattie

#gratitude
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Reposted by Mary Mackey, author
5c. Also on the line is Wayland's Smithy, an ancient Neolithic burial site, first built around 3590 BC. Crop circles seem to connect different eras of spirituality together, which poses even more questions!
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“Gossipy, fun, moving, darkly humorous, and a little scary—especially the Trump piece. McIntosh seamlessly blends story, memoir, and prose poem.”

-Elaine Equi

www.amazon.com/Escape-Fat-F...

#EscapeFromTheFatFarm
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The November 2025 Full Moon, known as the Beaver Moon, occurs on today.

It is also a supermoon, meaning the moon will be slightly closer to Earth and appear brighter.

#FullMoon
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"This is the story of the evolution of one human consciousness as it developed – through biological, societal, and personal experiences plus her own propensities – into an energetically creative poet and writer."

-Amazon review

https://loom.ly/8VATbfc

#poems #poetry #creativity
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Carved Animals Found in Turkey Tell Story of Prehistoric Myth Making

https://tinyurl.com/yzyhkhr2

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Reposted by Mary Mackey, author
Stone tool discovery suggests very first humans were inventors. I'd be amazed if they weren't. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stone tool discovery suggests very first humans were inventors
The find shows that the technology was passed down through thousands of generations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
November 8, 1-3:30PM
Canessa Gallery, 708 Montgomery, San Francisco

I’m reading with three other poets in this beautiful, sunny, airy, historic small gallery where an art class will be in the audience and live sketch while we read.

I will be reading from my new collection.
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Bronze Age Monument Discovered on Oileán Acla in County Mayo Ireland

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2embzpku

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“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
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
KDVS Dr Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour

Dr. Andy Jones, PhD with Mary Mackey and Robert Nykodym

Listen here: https://tinyurl.com/mry3we6s

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November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
5,000-year-old human-faced pottery fragment unearthed in central Türkiye

https://loom.ly/8HMmaIk

#Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod #NeolithicEurope
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“The lines are tense with the vulnerability of lovers, strangers, and travelers with no ticket home.”

-D. S. Nurske

https://loom.ly/Cypgmnk

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November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Walking in Two Worlds

On the border between sonho e silêncio/dream and silence
Something crouches in the rugs
rustles in the china cabinet whispers in
the tables and chairs

excerpt
©Mary Mackey

https://loom.ly/QV4Nb2g

#poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM