Monthly Archives: January 2020

Keep ~ Goff James #writephoto

Reblogged from Art, Photography and Poetry

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Carved hills

One of the most striking things you can see as you drive through the English countryside is the great white shape of a hill figure cut into the landscape. There are many to see, at least fifty known figures, ranging … Continue reading

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Keep ~ Anita Dawes #writephoto

I am cast in stone Chained beneath the castle walls My soul yearning to be set free The dark cross sentinels Guard the three remaining towers Continue reading at Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie

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Solitary #midnighthaiku

Alone and silent Solitary sentinel Seeks understanding

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The seventh concubine ~ Tallis Steelyard

Reblogged from Jim Webster, aka Tallis Steelyard: Tiddal, Lord of Muchness Tower, was one of the old Partannese nobility. He was born, luckily for himself, in the more civilised part of Partann where it is not merely possible, but expected, … Continue reading

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Darkness Before the Dawn ~ Bela Johnson

Reblogged from belas bright ideas: Humbled by an ending which is only the beginning, I slowly row my boat toward shore, but find there is no safe harbor, no spit of earth on which to land, so I gather up … Continue reading

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Keys of Heaven (10): A Final Resting Place ~ Steve Tanham

continued from Part 9 The village of Lastingham, of the southern edge of the North York Moors, was a fitting place to end our weekend – both for its mysterious wells and also on the basis that the crypt of … Continue reading

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The Prince’s Keep – #writephoto

Originally posted on Observations of The Urban Spaceman:
Cloaked in darkness, I stared out through the window of the ancient tower. The years had not been kind to this place; nor to me. The weather of time had eaten away…

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Thursday photo prompt: Keep #writephoto

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today. Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as time and … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Presence #writephoto

* Faded memories Half glimpsed and half-remembered Snapshots fixed in time Heart and imagination Colour them with presence * * The photo for this week’s prompt shows the Avenue at the great prehistoric complex of Avebury. It was taken several … Continue reading

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