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Thursday photo prompt – Woodland #writephoto

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt.  If you know where the photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the challenge is closed. I usually share something about the place … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round up – Distant #writephoto

Distant * Faltering sunlight Otherworldly shadows cast A far horizon Within a circle of stones I stand beyond time’s compass * A ring of silver Defining reality Beneath a pale sky Evanescent cupola Covers the sacred chalice * I the … Continue reading

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The Watchers – The Urban Spaceman #writephoto

“Where do they come from?” asked Tab, as he and the Elder stopped by the weathered stone pillars. Ever since he was old enough to crawl, the out-of-place stones had fascinated him. Carved by some unseen hand from a light … Continue reading

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Distant #writephoto – Jan Malique

Infinity rose in the East, place of greatest light, as the tribe stood in silent respect. The day of the Third Sun and hour of the Unfolding Future was upon them, initiating the rite of disintegration and reintegration. Such a … Continue reading

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Long distance relationship – Iain Kelly #writephoto

Harold, are you listening?’ ‘Hmm, oh, sorry. I drifted off there.’ ‘Sandra was just saying that you seem distant sometimes.’ ‘Distant? No, not at all. I wouldn’t say that.’ He  pulled himself up straight on the uncomfortable chair and gave … Continue reading

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Distant – Trent P. McDonald #writephoto

Photo by Sue Vincent My father used to tell me that the stones in the small circle at the edge of the farm were the tolls that Gandalf turned to stone in Bilbo’s great adventure, and that the distant peaks … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Distant #writephoto

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt.  If you know where the photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the challenge is closed. I usually share something about the place … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round up – Crow #writephoto

Crow * Dark winged messenger Silhouetted at daybreak Seldom overlooked Superstition notices Portents anticipated * Battle-weary birds Returning old death to life Much mistunderstood Offering a final gift Complete for us the cycle * Thought and memory Mingled and confused … Continue reading

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The Cursed Crow – Anurag Bakhshi #writephoto

The crow sat on the thin, dry branch, lonely, morose, listless, waiting For the pain to subside, for someone to see him for who he was, without hating Every day he would sit at the same spot, from dawn till … Continue reading

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Ploy – Sight #writephoto

“It’s quite peculiar that the among all of the victims found in the woods, the crows were lingering around.” “What’s peculiar about that. Crows are both hunters and scavangers. Aren’t they?” “Yes, but the bodies are mutilated, and in a … Continue reading

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