Tag: living
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Restoration
#writephoto Those who were selling the plot said it had “Potential” Classic period features Original stonework but it needed a bit of work before you moved in So surveyors and architects draw up the plans explained to the builders, carpenters and all who pull up to the construction office in their vans new plumbing and […]
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What lies beneath
#writeclub #whatliesbeneath #napowrimo I In the Garden Guarded by Gnomes under the depths of your lawn flower bulbs lie sleeping awaiting the first rays of spring II A little bit deeper you’ll come across sand, soil and clay and perhaps some tesserae from a roman dwelling or villa Coins from a market , eating irons […]
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How do you live with yourself
#writeclub #napowrimo an early one, written in the wee small hours in the morning with thanks to EM Williams @ writeclub for the prompt How do i live with myself ? Its tricky My shadow blends in to the Sudden darkness of night, only appearing in Exceptional circumstances Like when the bedroom light is on […]
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Darkness
#octpowrimo #darkness Sun goes behind the skyscrapers while the moon heads up in the sky cats head out on a midnight feast while owls begin to fly mother birds tend to their chicks while they all try to sleep and dads head out to the garden lawn for morsels they to creep lightbulbs illuminate houses […]
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Hilltop House
#Promptuarium #Hilltophouse You could definately call it – a “Room with a View” from the top of the house – you could see for miles away be able to converse with the swallows and skylarks en-suite facilities – hardly mod cons – but you have toilet and coal fire your only problems – climbing up […]
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Roof of sparrows
#Birds #writeclub Construction began Simply enough a small nest for Mr sparrow and his family nesting in the eves the nest made of twigs mud and bracken and other different leaves Mr Sparrows brother moved in and soon it looked like the terrace below and little uns acted like the kiddies Moving too and fro
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Affordable
#fowc #affordable They’re buying plots of land in my home town like it’s going out of fashion building towers that reach all the way to space most of the grand palaces in these places – rented out to the commuters going home of a weekend spot the zeroes as you pass the estate agents and […]
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Life in Boxes
I They’re everywhere in every street where there’s a spare space colourful boxes with fancy designs on them don’t be distressed this ain’t no graffiti it’s “State 0f the art livin’” in the “Modern metropolis” II Built up? Hardly Supersized sardine tins – stacked like jenga the occupants – can see for miles all the […]
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Lockdown – an acrostic
#acrostic #lockdown Magpies are having a field day as the neighbourhood still sleeps nipping on and off the rooftiles while cats on the ground they creep household activity – minimum everyone’s taken to bed, for somebody said there’s a lockdown, so they’ve decided to rest their heads even the stadiums are empty – no fans […]