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Math Jones
@mathjones.bsky.social
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"Alas, the poet can only say so much.
So very much."

Leominster, Here(&Now)fordshire, UK.
Posting random thoughts on poetry, on mythology, Paganism, Heathenry.
Oh, and that also.

https://linktr.ee/mathjones
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This is part of 1 of 3 poems of mine included in the new edition of Mugwort Mag, edited by Kate Garrett.

It's called Pooka. The other two are called Seer, & Cat as Psychopomp.

You can read them & the works of other strange & spectral writers here:

Ta x

mugwortmag.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/s...?
Screenshot of part of a poem, Pooka by Math Jones, featured in Mugwort Magazine. Text reads: The pooka slipped in at the funeral feast. No one saw. No one was sat at the seat it'd take, the seat left empty for the subject of the Wake, and no one said a word of greeting or guard, but it was felt by all, I'm told, sitting blithely once, now cold. And those who were big pushed rank, grew bigger still to ward their share...
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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From a recent scratch at the Courtyard, Hereford.

Bit of a culture clash - #poetry & #theatre. One relies on words; the other, the visuals, & the immediacy.

The 'poetry show' is being seen more often. That's probably where this fits best, if I can find the opportunities.

Photo: Jack Hayes
Photo of me on a bare theatre stage, stood in light, with the audience barely seen in the darkness. I've an arm raised dramatically, pointing towards them.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Not brand new, but I hope acceptable still...

#LockedDoors, a #PoemsAbout prompt from @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Photo of an old wooden door in an exterior stone wall. Text superimposed reads: His secret fear: 'If you open me, I shan't exist'. Locked Door. Math Jones.
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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*Altar & Sacred Objects Challenge*

Pictures, as you fancy, of devotional objects special to you. No need to explain.

#HeathenSky #PaganSky #AltarChallenge
Photo of a miniscule figure in bronze: they are seated in an ornate throne, carved with birds, whilst wearing a decorated dress. The style is Old Norse.
September 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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#HeathenSky

This gives the links to

1) a spoken word album, free to stream, of Heathen verse on bandcamp.
2) a linktr.ee with connections to Heathen & Pagan verses on YouTube.

It's good listening. Let me know what you think. Ta.

[Shield art by Þorskegga Þorn]
September 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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*Altar & Sacred Objects Challenge*

Pictures, as you fancy, of devotional objects special to you. No need to explain.

#HeathenSky #PaganSky #AltarChallenge
Modern day replica of a gullgubber, showing a figure in profile, with sword & spear, & a helmet topped with a boar.
August 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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* Folklore Pagan Heathen Bookshare *

As & when you fancy, show us a book from your shelves.

No comment necessary.

#Folklore #PaganSky #HeathenSky #Books #FolkWitchBookChallenge
Photo of a book: Frith Heart, A Little Book of Inclusive Heathen Devotional Practice, by Suzanne Martin. Illustrated with Thor's Hammer flying like a comet, & its tail is a rainbow.
August 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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*Altar & Sacred Objects Challenge*

Pictures, as you fancy, of devotionsl objects, special to you. No need to explain.

#HeathenSky #PaganSky #AltarChallenge
Photo of a reproduction bracteate, a rectangular bronze, showing a figure in tunic & trews & a figure in long, pleated dress, with long hair, embracing & kissing. Of Scandinavian origin, Viking Age or earlier.
August 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I made up this card to share links to 'eaglespit' & other things scop-like.

eaglespit is a spoken-word album of verse inspired by Old English & Old Norse myth & poetic tradition, including alliterative verse.

Featuring shield-art by Þorskegga Þorn.

#HeathenSky #PoetrySky #AudiobookSky
Photo of a business card for eaglespit by Math Jones. Text reads : Heathen poet & scop. eaglespit can be found here: mathjones.bandcamp.com or via this linktree: linktr.ee/mathjones
August 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Interrupting usual service for this new arrival -

*Folklore Pagan Heathen book challenge*
A book per day (as you're able), in no particular order. For inspiration & information. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#books #folklore #WitchSky #FolkWitchBookChallenge #FolkWitch #HeathenSky
Photo of a book; Sabrina, Discovering The Goddess Of The River Severn, by Brett Hollyhead. Illustrated with an original painting of a woman amidst water & flowers.
May 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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*Altar & Sacred Objects Challenge*

One picture a day (or as you're able), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the altars and other sacred objects you use in your personal devotions. No explanations.

#WitchSky #AltarChallenge #HeathenSky #PaganSky #OccultSky #paganism #altar #runes
Photo of four ritual pieces. To the front, part of an antler, with a bell tied on by pink ribbon. To left, a seated figure of Thor, capped & bearded, holding his hammer on his lap; from an archaeological find. To right, an original design of a figure of Odhinn, standing in cloak & hood, holding a spear. His face is half hidden. Between & behind, a large block of wood, carved through pyrography, to a likeness of Loki: complicated knotwork, a leering face & long, lolling tongue marked with bindrunes. Detail of the Loki figure; Elder Futhark runes burned into the side of the wood, spelling 'Troubles need...' continues to the other side. Detail of the Loki figure; continuing from the other side, Elder Futhark runes burned into the side of the wood, spell '...bring treasures.'
May 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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*Folklore Pagan Heathen book challenge*
A book per day (as you're able), in no particular order. For inspiration & information. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#books #folklore #WitchSky #FolkWitchBookChallenge #FolkWitch #HeathenSky
Photo of a book: The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, by Hilda Ellis Davidson. Illustrated with a bronze figure, a woman kneeling in a grass skirt, arms up as if holding something. Large round eyes, glazed in trance?
May 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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*Altar & Sacred Objects Challenge*

One picture a day (or as you're able), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the altars and other sacred objects you use in your personal devotions. No explanations.

#WitchSky #AltarChallenge #HeathenSky #PaganSky #OccultSky #paganism #altar #runes
Photo of a ritual hammer against a wooden background. The hammerhead, half-seen, is solid metal. The short handle has a band of brass around it, embossed with the thorn rune. The rest of the haft has been skillfully carved to a bearded face, broad grin, wearing a cap or helmet. Suggestive of Thor, or Thunor.
May 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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*Folklore Pagan Heathen book challenge*
A book per day (as you're able), in no particular order. For inspiration & information. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#books #folklore #WitchSky #FolkWitchBookChallenge #FolkWitch #HeathenSky
Photo of a book: Myths & Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian & Celtic Religions, by H.R. Ellis Davidson. Illustrated with an ancient carved stone figure.
May 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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*Altar & Sacred Objects Challenge*

One picture a day (or as you're able), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the altars and other sacred objects you use in your personal devotions. No explanations.

#WitchSky #AltarChallenge #HeathenSky #PaganSky #OccultSky #paganism #altar #runes
Photo of a woman’s face carved from wood. She has long straight hair falling to each side from a crown. A smooth & peaceful face.
May 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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*Folklore Pagan Heathen book challenge*
A book per day (as you're able), in no particular order, of some recent reads I enjoyed. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
#books #folklore #WitchSky #FolkWitchBookChallenge #FolkWitch #HeathenSky
Photo of a book: Gods & Myths of Northern Europe, by H.R. Ellis Davidson, illustrated with three figures from a Viking tapestry.
April 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Tomorrow, Tuesday, I'm reading live & online.

From my book, The Knotsman,

to launch the #audiobook

The link's to the (free) ticket page.

I hope you might join me. Ta

The Knotsman's a Cunning-man, loosing binds. His story's told in verse & prose.

www.outsavvy.com/event/26770/...
Front cover of a book, The Knotsman, by Math Jones, published by Arachne Press. A man in profile, dressed in breaches, tunic & a wide brimmed hat, strides, long-legged, across a landscape of knotwork & bones. Drawn to suggest a wood-cut print of the Seventeenth century.
April 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Photos by Leena Batchelor & Script Haven, @scripthavenltd.bsky.social

Deeply affirming for me, to set these words & their music onto the air, into the ear, off the page...

The Knotsman will also be released as audiobook, with @arachnepress.bsky.social.

News soon.

#PoetrySky
#AudioBookSky
A montage of photos of myself in animated performance, gestures, looks, pulled faces, in the warm & inviting bookshop, Script Haven, in Worcester, UK.
April 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Up on Bache Camp, a hillfort in Herefordshire.
Landscape photo of ancient hillfort, green & rugged, under gathering dark cloud. Landscape photo of a passage through ditches & ramparts into an ancient hillfort. Trees & shrubs. Blue sky mixed with clouds. Landscape photo, a green steep slopes to one side, a wide, flat plain to the other, grassed & empty looking. Deep, roiling grey clouds above. Landscape photo from a grassed hilltop, a wide view of fields & hills. The image is blurred to right & left, the middle part is clear. Due to a raindrop on the camera lens.
April 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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*Altar & Sacred Objects Challenge*

One picture a day (or as you're able), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the altars and other sacred objects you use in your personal devotions. No explanations.

#WitchSky #AltarChallenge #HeathenSky #PaganSky #OccultSky #paganism #altar #runes
Photo of a framed print of a painting. In a richly coloured & primitive style, a powerful female figure in robes & furs holds a staff & shield. Her long hair is surrounded by a golden glow, & a snake-like circle makes an aurora around her.
April 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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*Altar & Sacred Objects Challenge*

One picture a day (or as you're able), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the altars and other sacred objects you use in your personal devotions. No explanations.

#WitchSky #AltarChallenge #HeathenSky #PaganSky #OccultSky #paganism #altar #runes
Photo of a framed picture, scratch board, where scratches on a black overlay reveal white beneath. Picture shows a robed & hooded figure, long beard, holding a staff and a boardgame: tafl. In front of the frame is a wooden bowl crammed full of pieces: arm-rings and bracelets, woven cords, a hessian pouch.
April 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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* Bsky esoteric book challenge.* A book / day (as you’re able), no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best folklore etc. books in your library. No explanations, just covers! #WitchSky #FolkWitch #HeathenSky #FolkWitchBookChallenge #EsotericBookChallenge
Photo of a very thick hardback book, illustrated with two ravens by Arthur Ransome: The Poetic Edda, A Dual-Language Edition, ed. Edward Pettit. The book just happens to have a plush toy of Kipper the Dog stood next, his paw on the cover.
April 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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*Altar & Sacred Objects Challenge*

One picture a day (or as you're able), in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the altars and other sacred objects you use in your personal devotions. No explanations.

#WitchSky #AltarChallenge #HeathenSky #PaganSky #OccultSky #paganism #altar #runes
Photo of a silk-screen print, showing a brawny figure holding a hammer (Thor) in a boat, his foot bursting through. Below, caught on a fishing line, a writhing serpent (Jormungandr). All in a primitive style.
April 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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* Bsky esoteric book challenge.* A book / day (as you’re able), no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best folklore etc. books in your library. No explanations, just covers! #WitchSky #FolkWitch #HeathenSky #FolkWitchBookChallenge #EsotericBookChallenge
Photo of a book: Hrafnagaldur Óðins (Forspjallsljóð).
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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This was a lovely moment from last summer.

Pigeons as a domesticated species thrown out & abandoned. This one remembered.
Photo in a garden, with a birdtable in the distance. The photographer's feet & legs can be seen stretching away, crossed, & sat on a small footstool. Perched on the toe of a slipper is a white & brown feathered pigeon, facing the photographer, its head coquettishly to one side.
April 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM