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Photo Challenge #92 December 22, 2015 – The Visit

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Michael

Image: (Awarded 1st Place) Great Grandmother by SFC Lance Widner – Division 1 (Active Duty Military) CC BY 2.0   I dread the visit This isn’t the place for introductions A new great grand child, little Tilly Though she’ll never … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #91 December 15, 2015 – Illusions

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Michael

Image: Anne Worner “Don’t Fall In” CC BY 2.0 Are you an illusion? Are you disillusioned? You look at my image You say, is this you? Don’t use the portrait images The real you is different. A figmentation of your … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #89 December 1, 2015 -Shadows

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Michael

image by Anne Worner “Peace” CC BY-SA 2.0   Lights action. Blank. A flash and then…… Nothing. I awake to this confinement. Around me the city is a hub of sound and activity. People going going going Hustle bustle bustle … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge # 88 November 24, 2015 – Shadowy Figures

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Michael

Image: Nelson L “shadows will always follow us” CC BY 2.0 Shadowy figures Illusions from another time Walk the streets Seeking a resting place Away from the violence The uncertainty that death brings. The old man from under the bridge … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #87: November 17, 2015 – The Tree People

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Michael

Image by Richard Loader You can’t and won’t see us But in the centre right of the image You might see shadows through the fog. We are the tree people. The sprites that mind the branches We watch and protect … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #86 November 10, 2015 – Maryann

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Michael

image by Valentina Kallias ~ “Apocalypse Horseman Pestilence”   Maryann was a jokester She lived the other side of the black stump. She spent half her days on a combine harvester The other on a stump jump plough. The farm … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #85 November 3, 2015 – Illusion

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Michael

Image: “Decompose” by zaldy icaonapo At first you were beautiful No words to describe how I felt Your beauty shone through. All the right words were spoken Promises made, vows exchanged. But it turned to an illusion Your beauty faded … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #84 – October 27, 2015 – On the Post Office Steps

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Michael

Image “Somewhere in Between” by Anne Worner CC BY-SA 2.0. He sits on the Post Office steps His clothes wrapped tightly around A frame that now days feels the cold. He appears as the workday begins and takes his position … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge# 83, October 20, 2015 – The Boy and the Rabbit

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Michael

Destruction, death, Mayhem, chaos, The news was bleak The prospects dim. Across the field resplendent in lavender bloom The boy watched as the metal objects Floated inexplicably in the air above the city. In the panic of their arrival he … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge# 82, October 13, 2015 – Monster in My Garden

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Michael

This week Yves is asking us to go out into your own garden/city and find something bizarre/fantastical to photograph (if possible) and write about. It can be an animal, insect, person, building, food/beverage, festival etc. Commotion Chaos Mayhem Calls here … Continue reading →

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