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Category: Monuments
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bringing a spot of colour to the green lawn with a second task fulfilled a reminder of all those who’ve served in war and have passed or been killed keeping a promise made long ago – we shall remember all and keep a moments silence after the buglers call
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#promptuarium #gods #stonehenge The Druids were disturbed on Tuesday morn to find their inner sanctum slightly different to the way they’d left it on Monday Night It seemed that the younger gods liked playing with the columns of stone and so did their Danish cousins They found a structure at woodland elsewhere put together with…
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Older than me For this challenge, I scoured the archive of my photos looking for an old photo…..I didn’t find one (Ha Ha) but among my archive I did find this Just up the road from where I live in Salford. It was built in the 19th Century, and the spire still shows the date…
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Luminescent Tuesday 10th April 2018 It glows lighting up the darkness for all who seek the light colours brighten the morning sky produced by insects that do fly up the trees and plants around feeding on nectar, without making a sound to others they brighten a darkened day but theyβre happy to just fly around…
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Immerse Salford, 11th July 2017 when taking an interest in a subject, it pays to get the most of the subject matter. Do your research, but don’t restrict yourself to a library π books are great, however if you can see an item relating to your interest….it makes your interest solid.. tangible. Its probably why I…
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The wreckage that built up was left in the sand till one day a man from museum had plans
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Three Coins in the Fountain Salford, 7th June 2016 Three coins in a fountain, in a patch of green in a City in Europe Three coins – thrown in at first light of a Mediterranean Morning Three coins, shimmering under the blue water Three coins, magnified in the wet Three coins, small currency, change for…
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In response to <a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/ready-set-done-4/”>Ready, Set, Done</a> Statue Sitting on Marble Surveys his patch of Green. Oh, Noble Father of this Town See the Fruits of your Tremendous Feet As Colour covers ground With Happiness All Round A Mirrored Syllable Poem where the top half of the poem (2-4-6-8) Mirrors the Form on the…
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In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Immortalized in Stone.” Sat at a writing desk telling a tale making readers smile without fail. No ink to speak of, a laptop instead writing down memories that they’ll read of – when dead. Legacy strong – held now in trust Your own self portrayed in a…
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Manchester 25th September 2015 Inky’s thoughts on what the winged residents of Manchester think of the statues great and good….. Victoria sits, on her throne – aghast as the winged horde give their all on statues laid, that her people paid of her best men standing tall. And as Peel and Cobden stand there, opposite…