from inkdrop – poetry, places and events
#socs #firstthing
Before you start
running about in the morning, your inner
engine needs its fuel. It’s
a little bit silly to run on empty
keep it simple – a little something to
fill your tum to see you through the morning
activity till lunch time
sausages and bacon are great – but
that’s more akin to twelve o clock – not eight
#promptuarium
The bear and the eskimo
stared at each other
by the entrance to the igloo
While the eskimo feared he’d be lunch
he needn’t have worried
The bear just wanted out of the cold
I
They say that cats are lucky
They say they’ll always thrive
They say they’re just like humans
with character and drive
one thing they don’t tell you
you’re happy to be alive
II
Playing cards with the reaper
as if you have the time
listening to the clock hand
or even the bells chime
wasting your life in a worry
should be considered a crime
III
Getting out when you can get about
Watching the dice as they land
Trying to avoid disappointment
if results are not what you planned
filling a space and enjoying it
and appreciated ? Grand!
Dreamy, light and fluffy
enjoyed by young and old alike
luscious strawberries held in a moment
it’ll be wolfed down by all
captured in the glass as it is
it’s not any old mousse – and
of course – those at the table will ask “Any more?”
usually, its chef’s privilage to go at the mixing bowl – but
someone will be re-using it to make seconds – or sharing….
Royal prince of the flowerbeds, is what they’d call you (if they could)
everyone attracted to your deep purple shades
greenery frames you perfectly
attracting the butterflies as well as the
Lords and ladies, who seek you out in the grounds
#fowc #Liquid
I
Like rain
it drops into the water below
quite gracefully
umbrellas not required
it’s used to clean your cutlery
dinner plates and all
II
Freshly Squeezed from
ripened berries
up in the trees or bushes
it’s the hiding place for vitamins and minerals
tasty – and good for you
III
Enough fuel in the tank ?
Navigating your way to the nearest truck stop
Enabling you to fill your vehicle up with gas for the
Roadtrip ahead
Gas guzzlers do more than smaller vehicles, but
You’ll keep on filling up to get from A to B
Just the colour for Christmas celebrations
icy blue to match conditions outside
note – this colour also has something akin with a festive feathered friend
going about their business – landing on tree, grass roof and fence
living in a nearby nest, tending to the young uns
except – you won’t see them this celebration, maybe next.
#socs #theskyisthelimit
The sunshine peeks through the panes of glass
and what do you see?
feathered friends flying over local rooftops
navigating through clouds and fog
and resting on terracotta tiles
meanwhile you’re sat indoors,
held prisoner by a microscopic bug
don’t let that stop you though –
there’s thousands of places you can go to
from epsilon 5 to the wilderness of western hills
simply by perusing your own bookshelf
#writeclub #letitbegin
Let it begin
a post by inky
The signs were there
the thermometers mercury was staying in its bulb
seeds of an idea planted
bundled thoughts in a box
bursting with emotion
and dripping with creativity
like melted butter on toasted crumpets
page after page filled with pictures and words
the perfect pebble rolling down the snowy bank
the creation you made
your perfect snowball.
#Christmas
The twelth day of christmas is almost here
The decorations waiting to be put back in the box
Till the sound of sleigh bells in December
Resolutions made
Plans prepared
and the room looks like the elves had never visited
meanwhile the evergreens head for the sky
waiting for the springtime trim
and the return of their feathered friends
They say its still Christmas
there’s six weeks or so till lent
but i’m not wishing the season away
the winters not been spent
