Photograph: Flowers in the Window

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Photographs: The Lincolnshire Rising of 1536

DSC_0008 (3) — This plaque is outside St. James’ church in Louth, Lincolnshire.

The Lincolnshire Rising of the autumn of 1536 was a popular uprising in protest to King Henry VIII’s and Thomas Cromwell’s decision to dissolve the monasteries. It was the spark which led to the more widespread uprising, called the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536-7.

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Sunday Pictures: Gedney Church, south Lincolnshire, England

A recollection of last May’s flower festival.

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Poem From A Picture: ‘Doorways’

The ruins of Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire, England.

Doorways to nowhere,
ghosts whisper from parallel worlds
where alternate timelines run,
better worlds than our own.

Poem From A Picture: ‘A Firm Distant Memory’

IMG_1953 (1) — Flower festival Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire, England. Summer 2019

It’s iconic now,
England versus West Germany,
countries no longer existing,
old adversaries meeting
on a dappled pitch in late July,
still embroiled in controversy;
such as goals which were not goals,
views strictly dictated along partisan lines,
or the keen eye of a Russian linesman.

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Doorways to nowhere, ghosts whisper from parallel worlds where alternate timelines run, better worlds than our own.

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It’s iconic now, England versus West Germany, countries no longer existing, old adversaries meeting on a dappled pitch in late July, still embroiled in controversy; such as goals which were not goals, views strictly dictated along partisan lines, or the keen eye of a Russian linesman.

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Doorways to nowhere,
ghosts whisper from parallel worlds
where alternate timelines run,
better worlds than our own.

It’s iconic now,
England versus West Germany,
countries no longer existing,
old adversaries meeting
on a dappled pitch in late July,
still embroiled in controversy;
such as goals which were not goals,
views strictly dictated along partisan lines,
or the keen eye of a Russian linesman.