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Crimson’s Creative Challenge 88

Posted on July 15, 2020 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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Rupert, Princeling Bear

Posted on July 13, 2020 by crispina kemp

Rupert, self-styled Princeling Bear, looked with disdain on the fashionless hordes that these days crowded the bars and clubs, all regimented in their turn-upped jeans and braces, their Number 1 close cuts, their often grubby t-shirts. They had no taste, … Continue reading →

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if I give you all the love

Posted on July 13, 2020 by crispina kemp

Originally posted on The Lonely Author:
if i give you all the love I give you my vulnerability the crescendo of my final breath my vagabond shadow so yours never has to walk alone take the beauty of my quixotic…

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Sunday Picture Post: By the Coast

Posted on July 12, 2020 by crispina kemp

Put on your hikers, pack your lunch, and don’t forget plenty of water. We’re gonna go walking the coastal route. We start at the Ravine, North Lowestoft, which takes us down the cliff, to the sea. Foot traffic crosses above … Continue reading →

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Wishing Wells

Posted on July 11, 2020 by crispina kemp

Such a fantastic response to  Crimson’s Creative Challenge this week has inspired me to share a couple of photos dating back 20 yrs (pre-digi, point&click camera, terrible quality). They were taken at Swallowhead Springs, source of the Kennet river in … Continue reading →

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I Have the Power

Posted on July 11, 2020 by crispina kemp

Nature, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek Low tide: 7:30 High tide: 13:30 This photo 9:30… a way to go Coastal erosion here is a problem. These chunks of granite are the only defence And sand the nature of … Continue reading →

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Of Cobblers and Glovers

Posted on July 10, 2020 by crispina kemp

To love To feel that sweetest of emotions To give To be enfolded, warm as in a fleece To ache in want of you To open, to let you in That you might know me true To receive… Pain. Better … Continue reading →

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CCC87: Gunnr’s Well

Posted on July 9, 2020 by crispina kemp

Gunnr’s Well, that’s how we knew it as of old For Gunnr in his Viking days Did drive his dragon-warded ship Into this sea-scoured shore Tongue swollen with the salty pestilence of sea Seeking purity of water unpolluted And there … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #87

Posted on July 8, 2020 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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In Alignment

Posted on July 6, 2020 by crispina kemp

For me, you are the sun To you, I am your moon Saturn binds us by our feet Neptune weaves our fantasies sweet And Mercury keeps us mentally attuned. Syzygy! 30 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Syzygy

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