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Judged by appearance
Popular misconception
Defines perception
Too many stereotypes
Inciting blind prejudice
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The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in Chalfont St Giles, on the village green, outside Merlin’s Cave… which is not a historic site, but simply a pub. The photo had a little help from editing software to make it more prompt-worthy, as it was taken on a sunny day, but it was the sign that caught my attention. The village does a nice line in signs.
We were in Chalfont St Giles because of the church and it was definitely one of our most self-conscious ‘raids’. Having unsuccessfully attempted to get in on a number of occasions, we had arrived to finally find the church open… and just a few minutes before a wedding was about to begin. About to beat a retreat, the bride’s brother invited us in… and the vicar interrupted rehearsing the groom to point out some of the things we should look at.
Blown away by the subjects depicted in the medieval wall paintings, we were sent to look at the corbels in the chancel, including the ‘hart in hand’ that illustrates the legend of St Giles. It is an incredible little church, and one where we found the ‘signs’ that led us to some startling ideas… We did go back for another look, without the wedding, but it was that first visit that put the place in the gazetteer of one of our books…
Where Milton wrote of Paradise, Salome dances still,
and holds the platter while the Jester moves in for the kill.
The walls tell many stories, some forgotten, some unknown,
the paint depicts the legends, but the tenderness is stone.
Look up, above the altar, and in Saint Giles loving hold,
a story of compassion for a fellow heart is told.
The King sent out his hunters, but the arrow’s flight is blind,
the wound was in the saintly hand protective of the hind.
From The Initiate
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Thank you so much to everyone who took part this week and apologies for the couple of quiet days on reblogs while I was away.
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Ritu Bhathal at But I Smile Anyway
Kim M. Russell at Writing in North Norfolk
James Pyles at Powered by Robots
Bladud Fleas at The Moon is Rising
Trent P. McDonald at Trent’s World
Sisyphus at Of Glass and Paper
Anjali Sharma at Positive Side Of The Coin
Ramyani Bhattacharya at Panache
Fandango at This, That and the Other
Daisybala at freshdaisiesdotme
Ennle Madresan at Abandoned Amenities
Roberta Eaton at Roberta Writes
Linda Lee Lyberg at Charmed Chaos
Dorinda Duclos at Night Owl Poetry
Anita from Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie
Diana Wallace Peach at Myths of the Mirror
Christine Bolton at Poetry for Healing
Kerfe Roig at methodtwomadness
Hayley R. Hardman at The Story Files
Hélène Vaillant at Willow Poetry
Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thanks, for reblogging, Jaye x
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I loved YOUR take on this one Sue.
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Thank you, Penny! 🙂
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I love the sculpture of the hand protecting the hind. How tender and beautiful. And a wonderful poem, Sue. This was a fun prompt. 🙂
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It’s beautiful, isn’t it? The vicar was keen to point that one out. It tells St Giles’ story in a single image.
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Oh! Sue I loved your poem a warning to us to look with more than just our eyes.
The poem about At Giles and the House is so beautiful, did you write it.
As to the entries, bravo everyone.💜
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Thanks, Willow…we have more senses than we often engage 😉
The second poem is from the gazetteer at the end of one of Stuart and my books. I had fun writing them as clues to where we had been. 🙂
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It so delightfully tells the tale 💜
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Reblogged this on ladyleemanila and commented:
sign round-up 🙂
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🙂
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I loved this prompt!
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Wish I could turn up a few more of this type 😉
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🤗
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One of your best prompts, Sue. The reads were delightful.
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I enjoyed them too 🙂
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🙂
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