A monument in southern Spain that dates back to the Neolithic period could arguably only have been built thanks to a sophisticated knowledge of physics and geology. newscientist.com/article/244518…

“Mackey's writing is passionate, humorous, with perceptive wit and critique. Her facility w/ multiple languages provides windows into the spiritual and social lives of other cultures.” -Amazon review loom.ly/Cypgmnk #PoetryLovers #poems #PoetryCommunity #PoetryTwitter

Audrey Ray Daniel and Mary Mackey Reading from Sugar Zone. loom.ly/qqu6i4Y #PoetryLovers #poems #PoetryCommunity #PoetryTwitter

History, religion, weather, cultures, environment, and other interesting information about Prehistoric Europe (also called Neolithic Europe and Stone Age Europe). bit.ly/3L228Fr #NeolithicEurope #StoneAge #StoneAgeEurope

Neolithic hoards are extremely rare but these four polished axeheads were found together near the river Grwyne in Llangenny, Powys in 1860. #findsfriday museum.wales/collections/on…

My memories go back a long way, too long to be true, people tell me. And yet they are there, stored in a wordless space in my mind, because they came before words, existing in a place that someday I will come to understand is the source of my #poetry. -Mary

“Poetry chose me; I did not choose it. Call it an involuntary act of creation, a constantly surprising connection between self and non-self, a movement from seen to unseen and back again.” -Mary Mackey bit.ly/44wDi87 #poet #poems #poetry

Every September 7th, Buy A Book Day rallies readers to combat the declining book-buying trend. With adult readership dropping 7% in the past decade, especially among Millennials and Gen Z, this day encourages a return to the joy of reading. #BuyABookDay

For #AncientSiteSunday Let’s go inside Bryn Celli Ddu, a remarkable Neolithic passage tomb with a solar alignment on the island of Anglesey, Wales! The people who built this tomb to bury their dead some 5,000 years ago, aligned the entrance passage with the rising sun on the

“Sunday, the day for the language of leisure.” -Elfriede Jelinek

The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams Mary Mackey writes of life, death, love, and passion with intensity and grace. Her poems are hugely imaginative and multi-layered. loom.ly/1fx4leo #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetryTwitter

The World’s Largest Neolithic Stone Circle Constructing Avebury Henge required millions of hours of labor. tinyurl.com/mucp839m #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod

Painted Tigers (excerpt) overhead a great snake of stars is coiling and uncoiling like boiling water while beneath the river the ghost trees sleep like abandoned dogs ©Mary Mackey Listen here: tinyurl.com/49re4hcx #poems #poetry #PaintedTigers

Across a landscape of frozen steppes and trackless forests, Marrah and her companions must evade the horsemen before they reach her beloved homeland by the sweetwater sea. loom.ly/Aq6T93Q #HistoricalFiction #ReadingCommunity #MaryMackey

Army Ants a black river flowed down our walls smeared the floor under our cots ate everything scorpions snakes mice termites they would have eaten us too if we had not fled excerpt ©Mary Mackey loom.ly/vazI5mU #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter

Poetry often paints vivid images and scenes through its descriptions and metaphors. #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetryTwitter

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“I started reading this trilogy and I'm sad to say I'm finished. By the end you love these characters and want to keep reading. The author left enough trails at the end so another book could be made.” -Amazon review loom.ly/xkhKakI #HistoricalFiction

The Natif Caves are among the most significant, spanning various historical periods, including the Late Paleolithic (9,500 – 11,000 BC), Neolithic (5,000 – 8,500 BC), Bronze Age (3,000 – 5,000 BC) and the Islamic era. tinyurl.com/3n3cmv4n #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod