Tag: Thursday Photo Prompt
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BRIGHT EYES
Through the gloom she found their spot where the flowers bloomed in the sunshine that sneaked through the gap in the tree canopy above. The ground was damp but she gave it no mind as she lay down in the wild grass. The sun warmed her face and arms, spring was in the air once…
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THE WIZARD’S INN
The Wizard’s Inn had never appeared in the ‘Top 50 Pubs of Norfolk’ published annually by the Norwich Gazette. It had never featured in the local tourist guide or any Good Food guide. The ale was bitter, the atmosphere musty, the decor dated. Yet despite this it served a loyal band of regulars day in,…
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THEIR TRANQUIL PLACE
Their own quiet spot: the water brown from the muddy bed; the beach a mixture of sand and silt; the tree that grew out horizontally from the water’s edge before curving up towards the heavens. It was here they had first stolen away together, away from the group of friends hanging around the park in…
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INVITATION
‘Do come in,’ she beckoned to the people passing her gate. They veered away from the old crone. When she was younger they had come more easily, enticed by her warm, youthful face. Back then the community had been poorer. Beggars who lived on the streets and cripples returning from the war had gladly accepted…
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TIMELESS REGRET
Battered by the elements he soldiered on. The years had taken their toll on him, more so than the landscape around him. The erosion of the rocks and gnarling of the trees happened incrementally, while his own physical degradation had hit him in the blink of an eye. He tramped over the fields and through…
Iain Kelly 