The weekend challenge on Weekly Prompts is: Urban. Please visit their fabulous site by clicking >> Here … Below is my response to their prompt, and the poem is also included in my new book “Perceptions”, due to be released in early December
Featured Image Above: by Derrick Knight >> https://derrickjknight.com/2022/04/28/across-the-stream/
Perceptions
Urban Glare (Perceptions, page 43)
Down into the valley
I wander
Away from urban glare
Beyond reach
Of those who do not care
About nature’s faded flare
Along a cool creek
I wander
Away from urban air
Beyond sight
Of those arrogant stares
Who do not see nature’s plight
Ivor Steven (c) November 2022
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An excellent, unexpected, take on the theme, Ivor. thank you for using my picture and providing the link.
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Thank you Derrick … book publishing time is near 🤗📘
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What a wonderful collaboration. Congratulations to you and Derrick. I follow his blog as well.
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I so enjoy the relaxing bucolic settings of Derrick’s fabulous photos and I look forward to visiting his site every morning, for a beautiful start to my day 🤗🌏🌞
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Am waiting for you to follow
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A post featuring a Derrick photo and an Ivor poem is always a winner! So VERY enjoyable!! 🙂 🙂
And a perfect song to soundtrack both of you and your art presented here! 🙂
(((HUGS)))
❤️❤️
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Thank you Carolyn and I so looking forward to the book finally landing on my doorstep … basically it’s been a 12 month long project 🤗🌏📘😍🎼🐶
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🙂 📘 ❤️!!!!
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What a super poem to accompany Derrick’s New Forest image.🙂
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Thank you also for linking to our challenge, Ivor 🙂
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Always my pleasure Sue 🤗🌏😍
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There are too many who do not see nature’s plight, Ivor. I think that soon, no-one will be able to ignore it…
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I agree Ingrid.. this greedily commercialised materialistic world don’t even realise how filthy their own front yard is, let alone walking out into the back yard 📘🌏
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great photography, poem and video Ivor, I really like his voice 🙂
Best of luck with your sales!
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Thank you Kate… something different for me, a hardcover glossy photo/word book… a reasonably expensive project… it’ll be interesting to see how my sales go … looks like I might have to sell the books for $35 – 40 each … but I thought I might as well have go .. I’ll be 72 next year so why not give it a crack 🤗📘🌏
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good for you, take life by the b–ls!
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Yes.. I think the extra adrenaline flow is good for me 🤗🌏
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then keep up the good work young man 🙂
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Nature is beautiful
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I love nature so I named my first son nature bills
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Thanks for follow me you are so kind
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A beautiful poem to a lovely picture. 👍
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Thank you Emmanuel 🤗📒
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Urban Stares can be quite stale and dry!!
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We all need more fresh air ..
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So much respite and beauty in your words and this song Ivor!
lovely!!! 💞
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Thank you Cindy … and I am a fan of Loner Deer’s 🎼🤗🌏
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