Manifested dream
The shores of reality
Painted in pastels
Masked facade of fantasy
Reveals the dreamer’s laughter
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The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at Portmeirion, Wales, during one of our summer workshop weekends a few years ago.
Portmeirion is the strange and colourful village created by the architect and conservationist, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis. Tucked away on the Welsh coast, at first glance it resembles a picture-postcard Italian village, and yet all is not what it seems… and many things are far more than they seem.
Williams-Ellis sought to bring humankind and Nature together, illustrating with his architecture the ideal and harmonious relationship that should exist between us. Many of the buildings and statuary are recycled from other, far-flung places…and, if you get there before the crowds and have the place to yourself, it is a place so full of tantalising mysteries that a single visit could never be enough.
And yet, this village is well-known to many who have never set foot there, being the place where the 1967 television series, The Prisoner, was filmed, co-written by and starring Patrick McGoohan as Number Six.
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Thank you to everyone who took part, visited or reblogged the posts or left comments for their authors. A new prompt will be published later today. As always, I will reblog as many contributions as space and time allows as they come in… and all of them will be featured in the round-up next Thursday.
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An invitation to writephoto writers…
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Thank you to all Contributors!
Kerfe Roig at K- Lines that Aim to Be
Ruby Manchanda at Whhispering Thoughts
Christine Bolton at Poetry for Healing
Anita from Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie
Happysoul at Live Love Laugh Learn
Annette Kalandros at Hearing The Mermaids Sing
Goutam Dutta at Goutams’ Writings
Balroop Singh at Emotional Shadows
Frank Hubeny at Poetry, Short Prose and Walking
Jez Farmer at About the Jez of It
Brian F. Kirkham at The Inkwell
Dr. Crystal Grimes at Mystical Strings
Anjali Sharma at Positive Side Of The Coin
Goff James at Art, Photography and Poetry
Michele Jones at Out of the Shadows
Aseem Rastogi at Transition of Thoughts
Mason Bushell at Mason’s Mind Menagerie
Trent P. McDonald at Trent’s World
Honoré Dupuis at Of Glass and Paper
James Pyles at Powered by Robots
Joelle LeGendre from Two on a Rant left a poem in the comments
Thank you Sue for the mention 😊
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My pleasure, Jude 🙂
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My pleasure – thanks for the mention!
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🙂
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Reblogged this on Campbells World.
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Thank you for sharing, Patty.
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Reblogged this on Art, Photography and Poetry.
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Thanks for the reblog, Goff.
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Pleasure. Have a great day.
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You too, Goff.
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Thanks.
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I enjoy your photos. The dreamers laughter to me ties in with the sounds of the water and the birds which can be dreamy and seem like giggling laughter on a good day 🙂
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Thanks, Jules. I was thinking of the history behind this place when I wrote the poem.
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A lovely poem, Sue! 🙂 Another wonderful pic that broadened my imagination. 🙂
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Thanks, Lisa…glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Reblogged this on Our Eyes Open and commented:
Fantasy was theme last week for Sue Vincent’s #WritePhoto. Here is the roundup of all the participants. Happy blogging everyone! 🙂
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Thanks for sharing, Lisa 🙂
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You’re welcome. 😊
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Thank you so much for such thought provoking and lovely prompts each week!
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I love sharing all the stories and poems 🙂
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Lovely thoughts Sue, great photos and inspired replies it’s amazing how varied they all are 💜
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I know… every week there are new stories and poems to amaze and delight 🙂
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There are 💜
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