Bright is the earth where the dark shadows lie,
Cast by the beams of a glittering sky.
Praise for the shadows when earth days are done;
For the darker the shadows, the brighter the sun.
– from Shadows by Amos Russel Wells (1862 – 1933)
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Istanbul, April 2015
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 22 July 2021
Posted as part of Becky’s TreeSquare
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Travel with Intent 
I’m enjoying your foray into poetry, Debbie, and I love the lines of this shot. “Dark Shadows” makes me smile as many years ago there was a soap opera with that title. We didn’t have a TV but I saw some episodes and it was a blast. Nothing like a good vampire–the kind that sleeps during the day as it should not gallivanting about and shimmering and other non-vampire behavior that seems to happen these days, although I don’t really follow that sort of book or movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows
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Ah, well done!!
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It’s a beautiful post Debbie!
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Love the words and the image Debbie 🙂 🙂
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ooh yes, love this. Great shot too 🙂
I am going to be looking for the shadows today as I walk into town for an appointment
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It’s a good one to focus on, but easy forget. I think I might make that a focus for this afternoon’s walk. I’ve been looking for shadows to hide in but there’s a breeze today so maybe I can think photo instead 🙂
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It’s a really nice breeze, I managed to walk into town. Hope you can too
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Thanks Ive popped down to Margate for a couple of days and today was a relief!
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oh how fabulous 🙂 I am envy your ability to disappear at a moment’s notice. MrB has never really been up for sudden trips so my spur of the moment episodes are rare these days
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Love this, Debs! Poem and photo, both.
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Me too. I loved Istanbul and it had my camera shutter finger very active
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