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bird from school
@birdfromschool.bsky.social
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A shy bird of made of wires. Ever early; eats no worms.
Writing, language games, some Esperanto. Remember me from school?
Pronouns: surprise me.
Flyover country, Northern Hemisphere
wires by my friend Cindy Oliver (not me)
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A dragon breathes fire, declaring: "Keep writing, Clare!"
February 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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You gave me no choice but to read the whole book. Good decision.
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Illustration of a petrel flying by a glacier. Caption reads "But such a Land As Was--Cold and Bleak and Bare. From The Strangeland Bird Life, Illus. Cobb X Shinn A group of five penguins greets our friend the petrel. Caption reads: "The Stranger Made a Dignified Bow" Illustration of an irritated penguin giving a petrel a shove. Caption reads: "Stormy Quite Lost His Balance and Went Sprawling on the Ice" The back two pages of the book. Illustration of birds (eider duck, albatross, stormy petrel, grey goose, puffin, sheath bill, emperor penguin, gull, adelie penguin, tern) appear, overlaid by two reading children in silhouette.
February 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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January Blues? Here's "The Tomb of Pan" (233 words) by pioneering fantasist Lord Dunsany, as reprinted in The Golden Book Magazine (Jan 1927). More info in the comments.
📚🪐💙 #mythology
A magazine page. The illustration depicts a snowy day with a rabbit racing through a snow field and conifers. The fiction piece "The Tomb of Pan" is shown in its entirety. Accessible version linked in the comments.
January 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Extra #writing motivation for my good friend R.G. 💕🚂
the bird, wearing a conductor's cap, declares: "All Aboard the Writing Train!"
January 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Here, Amy Hogeboom illustrates one of the great unforced errors in all of #poetry. (Sep 1928)

Please don't shoot the #birds
Cover of The Golden Book magazine, which illustrates a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner in which an albatross is shot. It's a bad idea.
January 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Thanks kindly, Walt Whitman; I will endeavor to be 𝑎𝑠 "ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦" 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 in the new year. #poetry #booksky

(photo of The Golden Book, Jan 1927)
We enjoin upon all our readers, young and old, feminine and masculine, married and single, by all means to make themselves as "happy" as is consistent with reason, this nigh-at-hand New Year's Day. Walt Whitman (Editorial, 1847)
January 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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La biro diras: Nova Jaro, Nova Komenco, Bonkorako!
January 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Another of Amy Hogeboom's covers, this one from Oct 1926. That color palette! That outfit! The integration of the logo! The leaves at our heroine's feet!

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#booksky #design #magazines
The Golden Book Magazine. A natty 1920s woman amongst the autumn foliage on a windy day.
January 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Just look at this lovely cover illustration by Amy Hogeboom from The Golden Book Magazine (Jan 1927). Hogeboom also authored several "how to draw" animal books.

I'll share some of magazines' contents (including a Lord Dunsany story!) this month as well. #booksky
Cover of The Golden Book Magazine. The illustration features a young, redheaded woman, drawn in art deco style, who wears an impressive red-and-white coat and frolics outside in winter.
January 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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la birdo diras, "Fenomena, Fanjo! <3"
December 28, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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a bird with a moustache declares "Heather! You're for real. Wear that moustache proudly."
December 28, 2024 at 1:41 AM
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the bird says: "Dear EB--you'll be fine! Congrats on pushing your work this far. Enjoy what comes next, which may be very exciting indeed! <3"
December 26, 2024 at 7:23 AM
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#esperanto
la birdo diras: same al vi, senesperulo! feliĉajn feriojn!
December 25, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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the bird on the lilypad says "Shelly, you survivor, you! Many happy returns! Love the leopard print!!"
December 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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#writing #editing #editingmoustache
this bird TOTALLY wears an editing moustache
December 6, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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a bird on a lilypad says "congrats on the nom, Pauline! (Ribbit Ribbit)"
December 5, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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My friend Trina, this one broke my heart, my sternum, and all my primary feathers. #poetry #birds
the bird died of a broken heart
December 5, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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(PLEASE imagine BB King singing that)
December 4, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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Let's play a game. Quickly find & share a phrase from whatever you're reading or writing that would make good Lyrics from a Blues Song!

#writing #booksky #music @theresewalsh.bsky.social @bookfella.bsky.social @littlestrings.bsky.social @trinadas.bsky.social @sotirazbook.bsky.social
card reading "Lyrics from a blues song"
December 4, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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Makes perfect sense to me. I've known a few who visited Oscar Wilde's tomb. Hope to do that too, some day--how could one not, when it's this fabulous?
December 4, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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I have not. Just googled it, though--stunning. Thanks kindly for the recommendation.
December 4, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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the bird says "happy writing, clare, and may your strings never break"
December 4, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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You just broke his heart.
burt can't believe his ears
December 4, 2024 at 5:55 AM
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A sign! Hope to hear what you thought some day.
December 4, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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A card from the game Bring Your Own Book. Playing is easy: 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 & 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐑 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 (𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲!) 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡. #writingcommunity #mythology #games #booksky @bookfella.bsky.social @kateandsee.bsky.social @trinadas.bsky.social
the card reads "a line from a creation myth"
December 4, 2024 at 12:53 AM