
The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken outside a Sheffield pub, the Noose and Gibbet, where the notorious highwayman, Spence Broughton, was gibbeted after his hanging at York in 1792. As pub signs go, this macabre example is in a league of its own…. but it ceratinly attracts the attention of the casual passer-by, though I imagine it might spook a few unsuspecting visitors when darkness falls and the wind blows the cage…
Caged
With bars of illusion
Honour-bound,
The cage of perception
Pushed and pulled
By expectation,
The hanged man sees only bars
Not the space between.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s photo prompt. Some posts have been reblogged, but please click on the links below to visit all the posts and leave a comment for the author! A new prompt will be published later today…come and join in!
Louise at Fantasy Raconteur
and a haiku
Ken at rivrvlogr
Jane Dougherty Writes
KL Caley at new2writing
pensitivity101
Michael at Morpeth Road
Ritu Bhathal at But I Smile Anyway
Stuart France
Noah Weiss at Never a Worry
willowdot21
Jan from Strange Goings On in the Shed
Kerfe at Method Two Madness
Angela at Quiet Corner
A Darkened House
Kim at Writing in North Norfolk
Steve Tanham at Sun in Gemini
Geoff Le Pard at Tangental
Noelle Granger from Sayling Away
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You’re right.. a truly a macabre sign!
Great entries!!
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Late again…
https://methodtwomadness.wordpress.com/2016/08/18/ghosts/
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The link in your text is for the week before…I was late with that one too…but interesting to see a little light contrasted with the darkness!
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Reblogged this on Palpable Pennings and commented:
Hello Everyone! 🙂
And a Big shout out to those who love using their cameras more than often! Do check out this photo prompt every week and share your captured beauties with us all!!
And yess it features my blog post too! 🙂
Happy Reading! 🙂
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Thanks for the mention… and for taking part 🙂
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Great entries out there! 🙂
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Pushed and pulled by expectations, seeing nothing but the bars and not the spaces… WOW, this is some powerful imagery that puts anyone reading those lines of yours into the scene.
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I think a lot of us are already in it, Randall.
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