Category Archives: Photography

Distorted reality

I stood outside my son’s bedroom, bundled up against the cold that was dropping a few meagre snowflakes on the morning. Camera in hand, I was snapping away happily when I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the window. … Continue reading

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Onward #midnighthaiku

Seen from yesterday Memories of happy days Paint tomorrow’s wish *  

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Discovering Albion – day 9: 199 steps

I’ve always had a soft spot for Whitby. Even the trip to get there from my childhood home takes you across the North York Moors and if you are lucky enough to go in summer, chances are the heather will … Continue reading

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Glimpsing…

* From the corner of my eye… Through a keyhole… half seen unheard Beneath the door… Behind a crack in the curtains A shiver of tree leaf gurgling-silver over brook-stone. Continue reading at France & Vincent

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January

Cool breath of marble lingers Kissing eternity Blushing glass ghosts Secret embrace remembered Soft porcelain morning Wakes from night Sacred sisters dance With stars And flowers melt Ice-prisoned hearts

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Heal #midnighthaiku

Healing from without Magical remedies sought Wishes in the wind * Embracing what is Without blame or bitterness Healing from within *

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Leverage

* Months it has taken. Months of meticulous research… Meetings in the darkest of disreputable corners where conspiracies are born and take fevered flight across stormy nights. All roads lead to the lair of the Black Beast. That fell apparition … Continue reading

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Washed #midnighthaiku

A silver morning Veiling pall of misery Washed clean by cloudbursts

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Eurynome…

* I sing to the moon. I pray to the moon.  I cry with the moon,   and she tells me the ‘why ?’   of beauty and the beast… * Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Found #midnighthaiku

Wild places calling Memories whisper of home Longing torn in two Cloistered and sheltered waiting Freedom found only within  

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