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Hede wel the weyes of byrdes.

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DANCERS AFTER DARK — A Shakespearean sonnet using only two vowels (a&e), which follow the pattern a-e-a-e-a-e... throughout the poem:

Anthony_Etherin's tweet image. DANCERS AFTER DARK — A Shakespearean sonnet using only two vowels (a&e), which follow the pattern a-e-a-e-a-e... throughout the poem:

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CHRISTMAS! (Palindrome) Noël. I’m still. I fog, risen. I, with gift, nod. I don’t fight.... I wine! Sir — go fill it. Smile on.


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Ye bettir not pout, Ye bettir not crye, Ye sholde not accept belts And aftirwardes lie: The Green Knighte Ys Cominge To Towne!


Why medieval manuscripts are full of doodles of snail fights theconversation.com/why-medieval-m… via @ConversationUK


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Morning has broken, like the first morning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Kevin and the blackbird, in Royal MS 13 B VIII, f. 20r bl.uk/catalogues/ill…

BLMedieval's tweet image. Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird

Kevin and the blackbird, in Royal MS 13 B VIII, f. 20r
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Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye Ich do love Mondaye thou mayst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte breake No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich do love


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LOCH NESS Upon the vernal equinox, when all our fictions come to pass, a shadow leans across the rocks. Beneath the water, clouds amass; a nebula absorbs the loch’s illusions: hoaxes, dreams in glass — the jostling haze of history’s whims — until, at last, the creature swims.


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acorn time, england, 14th century

WeirdMedieval's tweet image. acorn time, england, 14th century

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The nervous feeling of having a lump in your throat is called SPHERESTHESIA.


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*phoning Lawyers right now....*

Don't miss @Lucy_Worsley on BBC2 tonight as she investigates the Princes in the Tower. Also get your questions ready for @MattLewisAuthor over on the @rsociety_iii account!



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BoJo: Not PM, to not MP, to no job. #palindrome


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A wooden figurine unearthed in Oslo depicts a crowned figure with a falcon on its right arm and dates to the mid-13th century reign of the Norwegian king Haakon Haakonsson, who was himself an avid falconer. archaeology.org/issues/466-220…

archaeologymag's tweet image. A wooden figurine unearthed in Oslo depicts a crowned figure with a falcon on its right arm and dates to the mid-13th century reign of the Norwegian king Haakon Haakonsson, who was himself an avid falconer.

archaeology.org/issues/466-220…

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Maybe we should put VAT on cocaine. #cocaine


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Incredible #illustration by Smith Kriek of the large #Roman villa on the cliffs of #Folkestone, Kent, as it may have appeared circa 300 AD. See more of Smith's wonderful work here: gag-cifa.org/?p=384 #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Kent #RomanSiteSaturday

Roman_Britain's tweet image. Incredible #illustration by Smith Kriek of the large #Roman villa on the cliffs of #Folkestone, Kent, as it may have appeared circa 300 AD. See more of Smith's wonderful work here: gag-cifa.org/?p=384
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Kent #RomanSiteSaturday

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The ruins of a 15th century Friary at Askeaton, Co Limerick

irarchaeology's tweet image. The ruins of a 15th century Friary at Askeaton, Co Limerick

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A soapstone vessel filled with hundreds of Late Antique gold coins was found at the site of Como, Italy's former Cressoni Theater. #FBF archaeology.org/issues/325-190…

archaeologymag's tweet image. A soapstone vessel filled with hundreds of Late Antique gold coins was found at the site of Como, Italy's former Cressoni Theater. #FBF

archaeology.org/issues/325-190…

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IN THE LIGHT — A sonnet, in iambic heptameter, whose metrical feet have rhymes determined by permutations of the Shakespearean rhyme scheme (permuted such that, were there an eighth metrical foot, its rhymes would match those of the first).

Anthony_Etherin's tweet image. IN THE LIGHT — A sonnet, in iambic heptameter, whose metrical feet have rhymes determined by permutations of the Shakespearean rhyme scheme (permuted such that, were there an eighth metrical foot, its rhymes would match those of the first).

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I had a great time talking crosswords and palindromes with @dontattempt for S2 E5 of @PenteractPod. "Live! David Astle pelts a diva devil!" "Decode! Lest David Astle Decode!" Listen here!--buzzsprout.com/834940/10472347


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