Anna Chorlton
@annachorlton.bsky.social
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Writing in the Cornish wilds. Author of the Cornish Folk Tales of Place series.
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Excited that Cornish Folk Tales of Place mid and west Cornwall is out today! Copies available here or signed copies please send me a DM .
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9 months ago
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Anna Chorlton
Black Bough Poetry
12 days ago
@annachorlton.bsky.social
with a poem from the Christmas-Winter anthology.
blackboughpoetry.com/news
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Christmas books, I am happily reading through.
#booksky
16 days ago
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Christmas Robin joined me in the cabin today.
17 days ago
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While busy shifting the sands at Seaton, the mermaid lost her purse!
18 days ago
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Happy Winter Solstice , I am looking forward to the light, these hedgerows having a canopy of leaves and the butterfly hedges full of life snd wild flowers,
#wintersolstice
23 days ago
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Anna Chorlton
Black Bough Poetry
25 days ago
@annachorlton.bsky.social
at our Christmas - Winter anthology launch last Sunday.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
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Cornish Folk Tales of Place in time for Christmas book! DM for a signed dedicated copy £15 book and postage .
#book
#folklore
#myth
#cornwall
about 1 month ago
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Enjoying reading the amazing Christmas and Winter poetry anthology from
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
which includes my poem The Loop.
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
about 1 month ago
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Anna Chorlton
Black Bough Poetry
about 2 months ago
Our Christmas & Winter anthology will be available this weekend! Featuring work by
@fiddes.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social
@vikkicwrites.bsky.social
@victoriaspires.bsky.social
@paulwritespoems.bsky.social
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
@annachorlton.bsky.social
@alayanabeth.bsky.social
and more!
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Wintry lakeside today, five cormorants gathered by the shore.
#naturewriting
#birds
about 2 months ago
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Anna Chorlton
Matthew M C Smith
about 2 months ago
Shoutout if you’re up for submitting in the new year for our Christmas & winter anthology! This year’s anthology is out very soon!!!
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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I have just typed up a load of my
#TopTweetTuesday
poems from my Twitter feed and I have over forty poems almost enough for a collection ! Huge thanks to
@matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
and all the Top Tweet poets.
#poetry
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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A winter poem for
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
and
#toptweettuesday
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
2 months ago
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I was welcomed by the King chough on entering the castle at Tintagel this afternoon, a truly magical moment!
#folklore
#KingArthur
#Cornwall
3 months ago
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An amazing week for
#fingi
with parasol mushrooms in the fields and Fly Agaric in the woods beneath the beech.
#WildFingiHour
#wildflowerhour
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Parasol Mushrooms in the fields . We found a den of huge mushrooms under the trees in the fields.
#fungifriday
#fungi
3 months ago
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Beside the river beneath the beech fly agaric where piskeys play!
#naturewriting
#fungi
#magic
3 months ago
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Really enjoyed Lowender’s heritage day at Redruth with Mazed Tales who were storytelling with puppets and piskies.
3 months ago
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Fly Agaric in the woods / magic about!
3 months ago
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Gorgeous writing walk on the moors this morning I love autumn.
#naturewriting
#cornwall
3 months ago
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Sharing my poem Playtime for the theme of
#play
for
#nationalpoetryday
and
@poetrydayuk.bsky.social
this poem was originally published by
@icefloepress.bsky.social
.
#poetry
3 months ago
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Campion
#wildflowerhour
4 months ago
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Conversation between heron and a cormorant.
4 months ago
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Signed copy of ‘Falling For a Dolphin’ by Heathcote Williams found in my local bookshop today . I have just finished reading ‘Whale Nation’ and loved it an incredibly moving poem for the ocean’s noble giants.
#poetry
#booksky
#naturewriting
4 months ago
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Little lizard in the herb garden .
#nature
#garden
4 months ago
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Anna Chorlton
St Gerrans & Porthscatho Old Cornwall Society
5 months ago
Cornish Story is a voluntary organisation running a website and a programme of on-line presentations. They are seeking help, both with ideas and with the process of raising funds to ensure their future. If you feel you can help then please get in touch with Garry Tregidga:
[email protected]
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Robin redbreast singing to me at lunch break. Wish I’d been quick enough to record it.
5 months ago
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Hatted by Honeysuckle!
5 months ago
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I had a lovely time reading my poems in the drawing room at Port Eliot amongst the portraits and flowers and history.
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#porteliot
#cornwall
#folklore
#cornishfolktalesofplace
5 months ago
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Spider webbing amongst the marjoram.
5 months ago
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Painted Lady butterfly on the magical heather strewn Tregoss Moor, a Piskey realm. So good to be out story adventuring again!
#nature
#cornwall
#folklore
5 months ago
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I went in search of the Dragon of Porthtowan and I found her!
#naturewriting
#cornishfolktalesofplacs
5 months ago
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Thank you so much Nic Wilson
@nicwilson.bsky.social
for sending me a copy of Land Beneath the Waves I am really looking forward to reading it!
#naturewriting
#booksky
5 months ago
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Stunning black and white bees in the garden. Are they mining bees ?
@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
6 months ago
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Large Yellow Underwing Moth camouflage against the cabin.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
6 months ago
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Peacock butterfly .
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#thebigbutterflycount
6 months ago
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Bumblebee on the echinops.
6 months ago
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Small copper butterfly in my garden.
#bigbutterflycount
6 months ago
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Common centuary along the coast path by Looe for
#wildflowerhour
6 months ago
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reposted by
Anna Chorlton
Superstition Sam
7 months ago
🍀 New Blog Article 🍀 Folklore Favourites Literary Lore Edition: Cornish Folk Tales of Place (Mid and West Cornwall) In which the cat reviews
@annachorlton.bsky.social
's new book of traditional Cornish stories. Read more ➡️
superstitionsam.com/2025/07/01/f...
#Superstitiology
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Walking along the moors today amongst the wild ponies, lambs and chatting Cornish folk tales of place.
#folklore
#cornwall
7 months ago
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Anna Chorlton
Louise Longson
7 months ago
TONIGHT! Last Saturday poets
@suefinch.bsky.social
@julwe1.bsky.social
@wordweave.bsky.social
@annachorlton.bsky.social
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@suewatling.bsky.social
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
reading on Zoom 7.00pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
Join us!
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Last Saturday: An Evening of Poetry Readings
Join poets Sue Finch, Julia Webb, Lucy Heuschen, Karen P Gonzalez, Anna Chorlton, Sarah Wallis and Sue Watling for an evening of words.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-saturday-an-evening-of-poetry-readings-tickets-1409227690959
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Sweet pea bee.
#nature
#bee
7 months ago
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Looking forward to sharing my poems with an amazing group of poets here
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add a skeleton here at some point
7 months ago
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Anna Chorlton
Louise Longson
7 months ago
Join us for a wondrous night of poetry on 28 June with
@suefinch.bsky.social
@julwe1.bsky.social
@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
@suewatling.bsky.social
@annachorlton.bsky.social
and Sarah Wallis - Online Zoom and free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-satur...
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Last Saturday: An Evening of Poetry Readings
Join poets Sue Finch, Julia Webb, Lucy Heuschen, Karen P Gonzalez, Anna Chorlton, Sarah Wallis and Sue Watling for an evening of words.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/last-saturday-an-evening-of-poetry-readings-tickets-1409227690959
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Anna Chorlton
Stuart
8 months ago
King Arthur’s Hall on Bodmin Moor Is This the LOST GREAT HALL of King Arthur on Bodmin Moor?
youtu.be/yWB9xD9n8mM
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Is This the LOST GREAT HALL of King Arthur on Bodmin Moor?
YouTube video by Stu Flies Around Cornwall
https://youtu.be/yWB9xD9n8mM
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I visited the fab West Looe Bookshop today taking copies of Cornish Folk Tales of Place and bought a copy of Cassie, a pen and a stack of seabird cards.
#booksky
#indibookshopweek
#looe
7 months ago
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Foxgloves!
#wildflowerhour
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Carder bee and golden birds-foot-trefoil.
#wildflowerhour
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Honeybee gathering from a bramble bloom.
#nature
#bee
7 months ago
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