Dinah Roe
@preraphsrule.bsky.social
C19th literature. Victorian Poetry. Pre-Raphaelitism. Caregiving / Care. Editing Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti (Longman). Visit the Poetry By Carers project website https://carerspoetry.org/ for poems by caregivers.
Christina Rossetti would have been pleased, I think. Here is her memorial sonnet for John Henry Newman, who 'Chose love not in the shallows, but the deep'. 🏳️🌈
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Christina Rossetti would have been pleased, I think. Here is her memorial sonnet for John Henry Newman, who 'Chose love not in the shallows, but the deep'. 🏳️🌈
Yeah ok, but you're not helping your case by suggesting Americans should fork out this much for a kettle. 😱
October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Yeah ok, but you're not helping your case by suggesting Americans should fork out this much for a kettle. 😱
Okay, we have a winner for tonight's viewing. I quoted this film in my high school yearbook, and literally no one knew what I was on about. So I had to move. Thank you all for the brilliant suggestions - I now have a longlist which will take me through to Dec. Next up will be 'Local Hero'.
September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Okay, we have a winner for tonight's viewing. I quoted this film in my high school yearbook, and literally no one knew what I was on about. So I had to move. Thank you all for the brilliant suggestions - I now have a longlist which will take me through to Dec. Next up will be 'Local Hero'.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
FYI: For those who are eligible, Covid-19 vaccination appointments now available to book via NHS (appointments start in Oct) www.nhs.uk/nhs-services...
me and my book project
July 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
me and my book project
Help. I'm being trolled by my curl cream.
July 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Help. I'm being trolled by my curl cream.
Best chair I ever saw had one of these, which she threatened to waggle at anyone who went over time. No one went over time.
July 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Best chair I ever saw had one of these, which she threatened to waggle at anyone who went over time. No one went over time.
Just misread this as 'Shaving Mozart', and thought it was another sort of show entirely. I think the heat is getting to me.
July 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Just misread this as 'Shaving Mozart', and thought it was another sort of show entirely. I think the heat is getting to me.
Me: It's been a trying week. But surely moving on to editing the next Christina Rossetti manuscript notebook (1846-47) will cheer me up!
Christina Rossetti, Page 1:
Christina Rossetti, Page 1:
July 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Me: It's been a trying week. But surely moving on to editing the next Christina Rossetti manuscript notebook (1846-47) will cheer me up!
Christina Rossetti, Page 1:
Christina Rossetti, Page 1:
Not the solution to the poetry-editing dilemma that I was hoping for. #amediting #rossetti
July 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Not the solution to the poetry-editing dilemma that I was hoping for. #amediting #rossetti
I think these monstrous people are out of a different Penn Badgley vehicle. (Season 4)
June 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I think these monstrous people are out of a different Penn Badgley vehicle. (Season 4)
Working on Christina Rossetti's 'Sappho' (1846) today, am reminded of the best rhyming couplet of all time, from Cole Porter's 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare':
One must know Homer and, b’lieve me, Bo.
Sophocles, also Sappho-ho!
One must know Homer and, b’lieve me, Bo.
Sophocles, also Sappho-ho!
![Brush Up Your Shakespeare [title]
The girls today in society,
Go for classical poetry,
So to win their hearts one must quote with ease
Aeschylus and Euripides.
One must know Homer and, b’lieve me, Bo.
Sophocles, also Sappho-ho!
Unless you know Shelley and Keats and Pope.
Dainty debbies will call you a dope.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5zkkf6ml2z7uu3ri4qwfmvyp/bafkreihi4vlpt4gngcmgy7fwo3rd3vim7ed26erz3h6exhfbfsuibmsoie@jpeg)
June 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Working on Christina Rossetti's 'Sappho' (1846) today, am reminded of the best rhyming couplet of all time, from Cole Porter's 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare':
One must know Homer and, b’lieve me, Bo.
Sophocles, also Sappho-ho!
One must know Homer and, b’lieve me, Bo.
Sophocles, also Sappho-ho!
AI chatbots are not just garbage - they're dangerous garbage.
June 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
AI chatbots are not just garbage - they're dangerous garbage.
Just searched Christina Rossetti's Poetical Works (1904) for 'dead bride'. These are the results (in blue), in case you wondered how my day is going. 💀
May 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Just searched Christina Rossetti's Poetical Works (1904) for 'dead bride'. These are the results (in blue), in case you wondered how my day is going. 💀
Same, Cowper. Same.
May 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Same, Cowper. Same.
Fewer. Give me strength.
![A cartoon dog in a lab coat pointing to a poster that says 'Semicolons Can be Fun'. Another dog stands by, saying, 'No[sic] thank you'. Caption reads: 'Recent studies suggest that not only are people using less semicolons these days...'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5zkkf6ml2z7uu3ri4qwfmvyp/bafkreif73jgnt3ii7lnsgdb5fvpl655m4kgoe52bdvjhtfunubzb7ha73m@jpeg)
May 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Fewer. Give me strength.
Me: Gee, it's been a lot this week, what with the rise of fascism, the University sector in crisis, etc. I know what will life my spirits: poetry!
Christina Rossetti: Not so fast.
Christina Rossetti: Not so fast.
May 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Me: Gee, it's been a lot this week, what with the rise of fascism, the University sector in crisis, etc. I know what will life my spirits: poetry!
Christina Rossetti: Not so fast.
Christina Rossetti: Not so fast.
My old man's a dustman
May 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My old man's a dustman
The average American has three friends
May 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The average American has three friends
Argh, my eyes, my eyes! Please stop this AI slop & hire some artists already.
April 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Argh, my eyes, my eyes! Please stop this AI slop & hire some artists already.
