Monthly Archives: September 2017

September, looking… – Kim Russell #writephoto

through a time-worn pupil, focused on the blue-grey wash, we paddle in shallows, waiting for the seasonal tide to turn. Here there is no stubble, no furrows, just poetry pure and wild whirring in and out of hedgerows thick with … Continue reading

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Guest writer – Michelle Clements James – A Ghostly Figure in the Hall

Just after my 6th birthday, my parents bought an old house in what was then a rural area.  It was purported to be haunted, though Mom and Dad did not mention that to myself nor my brothers and sisters. I … Continue reading

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#writephoto: Sight by Willow

If you look through Nature’s eye Green of grass and blue of sky. Can you see the wider scene Damage done, can we redeme? We are kept in Mother Nature’s sight. She gives us food, warmth and light. Yet we … Continue reading

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#Writephoto – Sight – Robbie Cheadle

Sue Vincent has come up with this incredible photograph to inspire us this week. You can participate by following this link: https://scvincent.com/2017/08/31/thursday-photo-prompt-sight-writephoto/ This is my poetic contribution: Tunnel vision To achieve and reach the top, Gain forward momentum no-one can … Continue reading

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Back to bedlam

That’s it, summer is well and truly over. The young have returned to school and parents are variously heaving sighs of relief or fretting about those youngsters starting new scholastic adventures. I no longer have children of school age and … Continue reading

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Child-of-One… Stuart France

* * “Having undertaken The way of rebirth What is seen is no longer A three dimensional object-world But rather its dimensionless reality.” * Source: Stuart France

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Beyond #midnighthaiku

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Stolen – #writephoto

Originally posted on In Emma World:
Jasperine collapsed against the tall stone wall, panting hard. She wanted to keep running, but her burning lungs needed some time to snatch at air, her aching limbs a moment to relax. Otherwise she…

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#Writephoto – Passage – The Bag Lady

This natural passage From the hard gray existence Through difficult echoes of life Surrounded by hard truths Is the pathway of life Continue reading: #Writephoto – Passage – The Bag Lady

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Guest author: S. C. Skillman – Mystical Circles Blog Tour

Inside a spiritual hothouse My inspiration for Mystical Circles came from a wide variety of spiritual practices, philosophies and worldviews which I have myself explored over the past decades. I wanted to tell a tale of family relationships, and how … Continue reading

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