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Category: Cities
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#Napowrimo #summer #icecream I read the news today, oh boy Record Temps for a city summer sun worshippers sing for joy Ice cream trucks bells, sing, o boy and sellers cant believe their luck as their bells ring out for joy Silver pennies, and pound coins gold pass for ice cream sodas cold with little…
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#WDYS #City #people #shadows the sun shines above sending a message to all below – hey walk tall
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#napowrimo #life #street Saturday morning Sunshine peeps beyond the curtain no need for an alarm clock the magpies are discussing morning manoeuvres from the tops of adjacent rooftops Wheels rumble up and down six lanes of purpose built tarmac destination unknown stadium, museum, art gallery or park? Sense of something happening with set up of…
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#Ishaisms Can you hear that? , for a short perfect moment there’s nothing passing by everyone who’s not on the nightshift is indoors The birds are asleep resting on the soft bedding that lines the twigs of their nest and the cats aren’t outside so they rest soundly 24 Hr City ? sleeping on the…
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#Metrolink #Rail #Manchester The Lines of Iron wait for the wheels to come in as the tram travels in from North South east and west into the centre The Lines of Iron Twist and bend Rising and falling as the tram travels in through Green trees and and Glass Towers into the centre And whether…
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On the sun’s fall beyond the horizon, while others sleep he’s there keeping watch sat on his spot on a willow branch he looks about with his wide open eyes occasionally swooping down on rodents up to mischief sharing a perch with some feathered chums flying and swooping to sirens and hums all by the…
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The rain descended landing on rooftops and roads concentric circles forming in little bird baths on the streets roads and pavements High rise apartments Heroes, or Villains ? you may ask as raindrops are caught at the top of their rooftops escaping the reservoirs Residents of flats Kings and Queens of one bed homes Searching…
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#fowc #market Main place to get your shopping A destination for every kind of good , from Rich red apples to something to eat them off Keep walking and you’ll find stall holders Engaging with their customers, selling The finest wares, and all for the price of a pitch
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#writeclub #napowrimo They built a place by a running stream Technology basic but builders keen It was the beginning of the city Basic wells grew in size to the chieftains surprise and mud and straw to create huts were changed for stone – hewn and cut Houses needed food so they built some farms and…
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#MLMM From the top of the tower he had an ideal view of the comings and goings down below Looking down he could see all the cars and the buses making their way through the big city And as they moved through the city big as they were – the people looked like tiny ants…
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