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Hidden Avebury: Seeking the Unseen

Almost everyone knows of Avebury, the great stone circle within which a village was built. A World Heritage site and one of the most incredible sacred complexes of prehistory, it is justly famous for its beauty and mystery. The site … Continue reading

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Lilith

From her rest within a winter garden She rose, Walking lonely paths Beneath withering boughs. She wanders wild And cold earth murmurs Of Eden’s fruit. A ghost in fevered hearts, The perfume of eternity’s desire, She remembers God’s kiss And … Continue reading

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Half-seeing ~ Steve Tanham

Image: ©️Stephen Tanham The spiritual teacher and philosopher Krishnamurti once wrote: ‘Recognition dulls the mind’. When I first read it, years ago, I disagreed with his proposition. Surely, I reasoned, the act of recognition is a result of intelligence? We … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Poised #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. Use the image below as inspiration to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Frozen #writephoto

* Ancestral footsteps Breaking open the future Inviting my own Present writing tomorrow Melting into memory * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken close to my home, whilst walking the dog one morning, a few years ago now. … Continue reading

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Firing the imagination

I read all the entries to the photo prompt that I have been running here on the blog every week for over three and a half years. Many of them are short poems or flash fiction… none are longer than … Continue reading

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Daybreak

The breeze remembers… Two Voices, One breath And the ghost of joy; A lingering blush… Haunting a morning That melts In eternity’s embrace.

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The Eye-Guy’s Eye… Stuart France

Human Eye * …”I don’t get it.” “In Geometry, before one can draw a human eye, one has to draw a cat’s eye.” “I still don’t get it.” “It’s a process.” “And in any process things have to happen in … Continue reading

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The Eye-Guy… Stuart France

* SPOILS OF THE ABYSS  When Pryderi, Lord of Underhill, was treated for the  injury done to his arm by Tyrnonos, Thunder-of-Water,  his leech, Nudd, found that he was unable to save the limb; so  he hacked it down to … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Frozen #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. Use the image below as inspiration to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or … Continue reading

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