Lover of words. Writer of poetry. Reader of books. Keeper of notebooks. Taker of pictures. Thalassophile. (Just outside of) Hull. Very proud Mum. Notices stuff.
Joined November 2015
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Bram Stoker, creator of #Dracula, was born on 8 Nov 1847 in Dublin. His Gothic masterpiece was inspired by a holiday in Whitby & that is where he has the world’s most famous vampire landing in 1897. #FolkloreSunday
#Victorian #Whitby Harbour by John Atkinson Grimshaw
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Civilized folk enjoying a crisp evening walk along Saltburn beach 🥰 – at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England
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“since we will always have a suffering world, / we must also always have a song.”
— David Budbill
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This poem appeared in Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse by David Budbill, published by Copper Canyon Press, 1999. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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Introducing An Alphabet of Hull, a city-wide art trail consisting of 26 individual artworks, one for each letter of the alphabet, each representing an iconic Hull person, place or thing, created by local community groups / organisations.
Details analphabetofhull.co.uk
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“For this we live a thousand years; / For this we love, and we live because we love”
— Kenneth Koch
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This poem appeared in The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Shared here with deep gratitude.
I'm a massive fan of Demon Copperhead so very much looking forward to November nights with this.
It's been described as a "Tess of the d'Urbervilles for the 21st century."
Thanks, as always, to @JEBooksHull
The Taurid meteor shower peaks Nov.4-5 — and fireballs could steal the show | Space share.google/oIA2gjFfwmDSVWt…
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🧵Painted by John Atkinson Grimshaw just two years before his death in 1891. Perhaps the best comment on his work came from James McNeill Whistler, whom Grimshaw worked with in his Chelsea studios. He said, "I considered myself the inventor of nocturnes until
ALT The painting is Briggate, Leeds (1891) by Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893). A damp, bustling twilight or evening scene looking down Briggate, one of the oldest and primary commercial thoroughfares in Leeds
Mel Hewitt retweeted
We've been hearing multiple reports that there is a 'd' in 'handkerchief.'
We're monitoring the situation.
Mel Hewitt retweeted
“And just for a moment / You forget / The error and the crimped / Paths of light”
— Rebecca Elson
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This poem appeared in A Responsibility to Awe by Rebecca Elson, published by Carcanet Press Ltd., 2001. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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“Midnight says / the little gifts of loneliness come wrapped / by nervous fingers.”
— Ted Kooser
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This poem appeared in Valentines by Ted Kooser, published by University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Shared here with deep gratitude.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0033q… Happy to have heard an incredible poem in his choices.
