Mary Mackey, author
@marymackeyauthor
Poet, New York Times bestselling author of Paleolithic Era novels, nonfiction writer, award-winning screenwriter.
Neolithic burials in Southwest Asia have been found with traces of symbolic red ochre and the remains of plaster casts, which are thought to have protected the bodies. rebrand.ly/ur81eti #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod
In Those Days Rivers Could Not Cool Me I once lived in places where volcanoes erupted the water was poison and the night swarmed with termites that tasted like glue Listen here: voetica.com/poem/7668 #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
“In This Burning World is a remarkable collection of poems. It's beautifully written and profoundly moving. The author navigates the realities of climate change while interspersing poems of love.” -Amazon review rebrand.ly/k66he47 #poetry #PoetrySky
The brevity of poetry demands a slower pace, inviting the reader to uncover the layers of subtle meaning and nimble wordplay hidden within each line. #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
Amid the ice, snow, and scree, ancient artifacts lovingly made and lost thousands of years ago are now rising to the surface. rebrand.ly/tncdgxq #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod
“Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.” — Philibert Joseph Roux #poetry #PoetrySky
Stones of the past: 7,000-year-old ‘mustatil’ monuments discovered in Saudi Arabia rebrand.ly/isj5qux #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod
Ancient soil temperatures may have steered millet farming across Neolithic East Asia rebrand.ly/hhvr3b2 #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod
"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.” -Joseph Addison
“I thought this book interesting and one that I most certainly did not put aside. It held my interest with the characters well written and believable.” https://amzn.to/3WZjxkN #fiction #immersion
Through the lens of the ecopoet, the planet's struggle is no longer a distant headline—it is a shared breath, urgent, aching, and undeniably ours. #EcoPoet #EcoPoetry #PoetryTwitter #PoetrySky
Rules of Engagement when sharing your favorite recipe always leave out one ingredient Listen here: tinyurl.com/yfpkcwu7 #poem #poetry #AuthorReading #RulesOfEngagement
“This book has opened a new world to me -- one that I enjoyed learning about. But the one reason why I would suggest this book to friends is because of its beautiful writing.” -Amazon review https://amzn.to/3jzMYMp #HistoricalFiction #FantasyFiction
Story of bread wheat began in Georgia and the South Caucasus: Study rebrand.ly/76390f #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod
Women’s Visionary Fiction is not a new type of Visionary Fiction. It has been around for decades if not centuries. In fact, for all of recorded history (and thousands of years before writing existed) women have been associated with visions. rebrand.ly/qpi4wpv #VisionaryFiction
The year is 4300 BCE. The place is Europe, where Eastern nomads have invaded Shara, a civilized city where a bold and passionate young woman named Keshna comes of age as a female warrior and a daring avenger. https://amzn.to/3Hvx3qD #HistoricalFiction
First inhabitants of Mount Titano www.sanmarinosite.co... #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod
Poetry Flash: Judy Wells and Mary Mackey youtu.be/Y6AsoSIaoCo #AuthorInterview #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
“Great book. Loved to read it. It brings alive ...herstory! Makes me want to travel in Bulgary and Romania.” -Amazon review https://amzn.to/3HNaPSg #HistoricalFiction
In the small space of a poem, every word carries a heavy load, inviting the reader to uncover the layers of imagery and wit hidden within. #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
Late Neolithic — Early Bronze Age Settlement at Skarkos Skarkos is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Aegean. rebrand.ly/r3fihx2 #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod
The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams: New and Selected Poems 1974 to 2018 Winner of the 2019 Eric Hoffer Prize for the Best Book Published by a Small Press https://amzn.to/3kHWX2E #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
University of Southampton archaeologist Dr. Stephanie Blankshein revealed a massive timber structure beneath the crannog at Loch Bhorgastail on the Isle of Lewis. rebrand.ly/zr3m6er #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod
Ancient farming clues may finally expose where humanity's most important wheat first emerged rebrand.ly/ec219c #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod
The Woman in the Moon my great-grandmother married at sixteen a blue-eyed Irish woodworker who promised to build her a life out of apple wood and cherry Listen here: voetica.com/poem/7682 #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky
“Very well written; one could see the harsh beauty of the grass lands, the verdant land of Earth Mother and feel the breath of the sea. The relationship between Marrah and her "beastman" is exquisite.” -Amazon review https://amzn.to/3HylSgT #HistoricalFiction
“Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.” ~ Sam Cooke #summer #summerdays
Scientists Discovered 4,000-Year-Old Burials of Women—and the Weapons They Wielded rebrand.ly/9fgiuu8 #Neolithic #NeolithicPeriod