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Thursday photo prompt – Crow #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 … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round up – Window #writephoto

Windows * Within or without Perception or perspective Where I am standing A frozen vision falters Defining separation * Poised transparency Divides to illuminate Inner and outer States of being held apart Illusory barriers * Fragrance of roses Grown beneath … Continue reading

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Creation – Stuart France

* In Mesopotamian mythology a Mother Goddess, with the assistance of a God of Wisdom, created men out of clay, mixed with the blood of a slain God. The Primeval male and female human beings were not allotted a life-span. … Continue reading

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Deluge!… Stuart France

* Various stories relating a catastrophic flood are told by classical authors. These flood stories may derive from a single Mesopotamian original used in travellers tales for over two thousand years along the great caravan routes of Western Asia. In … Continue reading

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The Incomparable Comper III… Stuart France

* … “The Veronica?” “It is one of the ‘Stations of the Cross’. One of Christ’s female adherents approaches her Lord and wipes the sweat from his face as he struggles to Calvary under the back breaking load of the … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Window #writephoto

Welcome to the first writephoto prompt of 2018! A huge thank you to everyone who took part in 2017! I hope you will stay with us throughout the coming year. Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round up – Blue #writephoto

Blues * Hearts seeking solace See the heavens reflected Earthly emotion Painted cerulean tides Touching horizons of tears * Silent solitude The colour of compassion Brings peace to the soul Waves whisper on the seashore Wider horizons open * Light … Continue reading

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The Incomparable Comper II… Stuart France

* … “And for a long time that is all we had.” “That, and the Green light of the Lady Chapel.” “That, and the Gold-Green light of the Lady Chapel.” “And, when that is all you’ve got you tend to … Continue reading

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Curse of the Hay-Collar II … Stuart France

* So the Lord of Dyved climbed the Fair-Mound of Arbeth and the seven chieftains of Dyved climbed with him…  As they sat in counsel on the top of the Fair-Mound, they saw a woman, wearing gold brocade, riding by, … Continue reading

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Curse of the Hay-Collar… Stuart France

* Tyrnonos, Lord of Dyved, ruled the seven townships in a dark land. Tyrnonos was known as the Thunder-of-Water, for his mother found him in a cavern, behind a water-fall, and there was no braver man in all the realm. … Continue reading

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