V. v. excited to have another new print run of @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social’s beautiful (m)othersongs in time for Christmas -- It’s rare to do a new run 2 years after publication & this may well be the last, so get a copy while you still can! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/mothersong...
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
V. v. excited to have another new print run of @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social’s beautiful (m)othersongs in time for Christmas -- It’s rare to do a new run 2 years after publication & this may well be the last, so get a copy while you still can! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/mothersong...
After a night of midnight plotting I found myself in a new house where whispers echo from beyond the walls—mothersong, glass knocks, flickering lights Do you think ghosts taste our fear or are we just paranoid?
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
After a night of midnight plotting I found myself in a new house where whispers echo from beyond the walls—mothersong, glass knocks, flickering lights Do you think ghosts taste our fear or are we just paranoid?
💙📚 For International Women's Day, recommend ten books by women writers.
Went contemporary.
1. The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
2. Mothersong (Amy Acre)
3. Assembly (Natasha Brown)
4. The Haunting of Alma Fielding (Kate Summerscale)
5. Orpheus Builds a Girl (Heather Parry)
Went contemporary.
1. The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
2. Mothersong (Amy Acre)
3. Assembly (Natasha Brown)
4. The Haunting of Alma Fielding (Kate Summerscale)
5. Orpheus Builds a Girl (Heather Parry)
💙📚 For International Women's Day, recommend ten books by women writers.
1. The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
2. Experimental Film, Gemma Files
3. Tell Me I'm Worthless, Alison Rumfitt
4. The Good House, Tananarive Due
5. Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez
6. The Grip of It, Jac Jemc
1/2
1. The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
2. Experimental Film, Gemma Files
3. Tell Me I'm Worthless, Alison Rumfitt
4. The Good House, Tananarive Due
5. Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez
6. The Grip of It, Jac Jemc
1/2
March 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
💙📚 For International Women's Day, recommend ten books by women writers.
Went contemporary.
1. The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
2. Mothersong (Amy Acre)
3. Assembly (Natasha Brown)
4. The Haunting of Alma Fielding (Kate Summerscale)
5. Orpheus Builds a Girl (Heather Parry)
Went contemporary.
1. The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
2. Mothersong (Amy Acre)
3. Assembly (Natasha Brown)
4. The Haunting of Alma Fielding (Kate Summerscale)
5. Orpheus Builds a Girl (Heather Parry)
It must be somewhere, the original harmony, somewhere in great nature, hidden. Is it in the furious infinite, in distant stars' orbits, is it in the sun's scorn, in a tiny flower, -
Music
BY JUHAN LIIV
TRANSLATED FROM THE ESTONIAN BY H.L. HIX & JÜRI TALVET
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
Music
BY JUHAN LIIV
TRANSLATED FROM THE ESTONIAN BY H.L. HIX & JÜRI TALVET
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
October 15, 2024 at 7:01 AM
It must be somewhere, the original harmony, somewhere in great nature, hidden. Is it in the furious infinite, in distant stars' orbits, is it in the sun's scorn, in a tiny flower, -
Music
BY JUHAN LIIV
TRANSLATED FROM THE ESTONIAN BY H.L. HIX & JÜRI TALVET
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
Music
BY JUHAN LIIV
TRANSLATED FROM THE ESTONIAN BY H.L. HIX & JÜRI TALVET
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
—
Juhan Liiv
(30/4/1864 - 1/12/1913)
"Music
It must be somewhere, the original harmony,
somewhere in great nature, hidden.
Is it in the furious infinite,
in distant stars’ orbits,
is it in the sun’s scorn,
in a tiny flower, in treegossip,
in heartmusic’s mothersong
or in tears?
…
—
Juhan Liiv
(30/4/1864 - 1/12/1913)
"Music
It must be somewhere, the original harmony,
somewhere in great nature, hidden.
Is it in the furious infinite,
in distant stars’ orbits,
is it in the sun’s scorn,
in a tiny flower, in treegossip,
in heartmusic’s mothersong
or in tears?
…
—
May 1, 2024 at 2:58 PM
—
Juhan Liiv
(30/4/1864 - 1/12/1913)
"Music
It must be somewhere, the original harmony,
somewhere in great nature, hidden.
Is it in the furious infinite,
in distant stars’ orbits,
is it in the sun’s scorn,
in a tiny flower, in treegossip,
in heartmusic’s mothersong
or in tears?
…
—
Juhan Liiv
(30/4/1864 - 1/12/1913)
"Music
It must be somewhere, the original harmony,
somewhere in great nature, hidden.
Is it in the furious infinite,
in distant stars’ orbits,
is it in the sun’s scorn,
in a tiny flower, in treegossip,
in heartmusic’s mothersong
or in tears?
…
—
.@amyacre’s Maybe, from her collection Mothersong (h/t @DerBren)
December 10, 2024 at 11:37 PM
.@amyacre’s Maybe, from her collection Mothersong (h/t @DerBren)
It must be somewhere, the original harmony,
somewhere in great nature, hidden.
Is it in the furious infinite,
in distant stars’ orbits,
is it in the sun’s scorn,
in a tiny flower, in treegossip,
in heartmusic’s mothersong
or in tears?
somewhere in great nature, hidden.
Is it in the furious infinite,
in distant stars’ orbits,
is it in the sun’s scorn,
in a tiny flower, in treegossip,
in heartmusic’s mothersong
or in tears?
October 24, 2023 at 6:06 AM
It must be somewhere, the original harmony,
somewhere in great nature, hidden.
Is it in the furious infinite,
in distant stars’ orbits,
is it in the sun’s scorn,
in a tiny flower, in treegossip,
in heartmusic’s mothersong
or in tears?
somewhere in great nature, hidden.
Is it in the furious infinite,
in distant stars’ orbits,
is it in the sun’s scorn,
in a tiny flower, in treegossip,
in heartmusic’s mothersong
or in tears?
Been a wee while since I enjoyed reading a @GuardianBooks poetry round-up quite as much as this one. Amy Acre's 'Mothersong' has got my attention – I'm a sucker for poems about motherhood.
http://bit.ly/3Q8c1nw
http://bit.ly/3Q8c1nw
The best recent poetry – review roundup
Pitch & Glint by Lutz Seiler; Mothersong by Amy Acre; Inf...
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December 11, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Been a wee while since I enjoyed reading a @GuardianBooks poetry round-up quite as much as this one. Amy Acre's 'Mothersong' has got my attention – I'm a sucker for poems about motherhood.
http://bit.ly/3Q8c1nw
http://bit.ly/3Q8c1nw
Last night I went to the launch of Amy Acre’s new collection, Mothersong. There were readings from Amy, Fran Locke, Cai Draper and Jess Murrain, and it was lovely.
October 6, 2023 at 10:34 AM
Last night I went to the launch of Amy Acre’s new collection, Mothersong. There were readings from Amy, Fran Locke, Cai Draper and Jess Murrain, and it was lovely.