The InkwellBorn and Bred in Salford, England - I live a short distance from Old Trafford - Home to Manchester United Football Club. I volunteer at Sale Harriers athletic club and at Imperial War Museum North - where i help as a guide to visitors in the galleries. A blogger, photographer, volunteer and occasional writer.
#acrostic #lockdown
Magpies are having a field day
as the neighbourhood still sleeps
nipping on and off the rooftiles while
cats on the ground they creep
household activity – minimum
everyone’s taken to bed, for
somebody said there’s a lockdown, so
they’ve decided to rest their heads
even the stadiums are empty – no fans to follow the score
reality needs them return now – so the teams can hear them roar
#Civilization
They give you a plot of land
and a pot of cash to spend
your dreams of a marvellous city
grow without end
Tents and huts become cottages
with fields of wheat and cows
technology gets developed
as you read and learn and browse
Advisors give you the knowledge
what to build and who to hire
and keep your island safe
from collapses and of fire
And as you reach the finish line
you’ve almost done the race
completing an ultimate goal
a city grown in space
#octpowrimo #nesting
You would think they’d disappeared
occasional feathered bird flying past the window
up in the eaves and the guttering
note a rustling in the evergreens
occasionally, the dad bird flies out to pick out
worms from the grass, he’s
kitting out the family
nest while mum looks after the nest
of course, he’ll look after the nest
while mum pops out to the birdbath
#Octpowrimo #Photography #Digital
I remember when
photos were stored away
on rolls of brown film
and getting the picture
required alchemy
Magic paper
bringing scenes of colour
to life onto
white backgrounds
with square borders
Trips to the chemist
a necessity
for those precious memories
of a warm summers day
to be brought to life
computer succeeds the chemist
speeding up the process
chemical symbols changed to 0s and 1s
delivered in a day
Smile!
you’ve got more pics in your hand
more memories to store
more smiles to save
#oct19 #octpowrimo
The alarm goes off ringing
its time to get up
a click of the kettle
a clink of a cup
The rumbling of wheels
travelling down the road
tooting their horns
past my abode
Silence for a while
as i’m sipping my tea
broken by tweets
from a bird or three
#poetry #acrostic #home
Brimming with reading material
Old and new
Often hardbacks but sometimes paperbacks
Kindles and other consumable electronics on one bit
Softbacks, toys and notebooks for scribbling on another
Hardwired in the centre – a music box
Entertaining the listener with comedies and audiobooks
Life portrayed in photo and sound digitally
Filed away in a box of digital media cards
#Socs #Wordnotfound
You would think , after years of primary, secondary and even tertiary education
There wouldn’t be a time when i’d need to check my spelling
Then again – the English language is full of wonderous words – and although the grand academics might not like this , some of them have been happily poached from our friends and neighbours across the English Channel.
Some have been invented and Some words and terms have been put in there simply because they’re used in common parlance
Howzat then ? because someone’s asked for a thingummy-bob to fix a watchamicallit as part of a job.
Normally Translated – A Spanner or wrench to fix a nut or a bolt, or an allen key to screw together two bits of wood with those magic screws – you know the ones – Hexagonal holes in the head of the screw
and as words keep on being added – the pages of the dictionary get bigger… And don’t think the computer can keep up – for poor old Hex has to have his Lexicon updated (sometimes daily) to keep up.
The true test ? getting listed in the OSW – Official Scrabble Words list – and there’s plenty in those pages!
#Fowc #Ponder
You’ve been stood by the cafe counter
for over ten minutes
the teapot you ordered will have to be rewarmed
as you ponder over your latest quandry
Lemon, Raspberry, Blueberry or Vanilla ?
don’t hang about – have all four!!!
Salford 17th October 2020
#Octpowrimo
Outside in the darkness
the spirits dance under the LED Nights
that cast their lights over the tarmac road
shadowy forms skip and hop over kerb and walk
while the cats on the doorstep look on
as the night sky twinkles with the far off light
and constellations watch the night time boogie
#Octpowrimo #Memories #Holiday #Turtle #turkey
Travelling from quite a fair distance
Up on my bedside cupboard, lives a soap stone turtle
Regaled in fancy patterns, carved by the artisan
Turns heads with newcomers who haven’t seen him
Likes to hang about with others of his kind
Except – while he is Black and White – his pal is in colour
