Chalk hills
exposed—
Salisbury Plains
Where downs meet sea—
White Cliffs
of Dover
I travel north—
Yorkshire Wolds
west to the River Nidd
Pateley Bridge
Summerbridge
Glasshouses
Hampsthwaite
where old Mr Wainwright
showed me the plaque
of William Makepeace Thackeray
who was burned at the stake
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dVerse prompt to write a quadrille using the word chalk.
Wow! I was not prepared for that sobering last line! Well spilled. The white cliffs of Dover are making many appearances with this prompt. 😉
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