#Fowc #Cajole
Matters of persuasion
were easy for Mrs Polar Bear
But on this occasion
No matter how hard she tried
the seal wouldn’t come out
of the larder
“Sorry Kids….its Fish for tea again!”
Author: inkdropk
Born 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.
#Writephoto #Darkness
Due to a change in Ra’s schedule
Arrangements were made to entertain the wildlife
Rainclouds danced about in the changing sky, but they
Kept on calling for the sun to stay about
Night time wasn’t fun for most of the animals in the fields
Exception ? those living under ground who would
Surface, during the dark hours for a
Snack or two.
Categories
Taking Five
#Relaxation #Elephant #Watering hole
Pampering after a long day in the
african sunshine
catching rainbows in their
homemade bubbles
younger members of the family
directing streams of water towards
either mum or dad
reaction – a rockabye in either trunk while in
muddier spots – hippo’s are happy in their holes
Each line of the elephant’s hide
like its mum and dad before it, has been well earned
each wrinkle in the trunk
positioned from moving fallen trees and
hosing down his brothers and sisters
at the jungle watering hole
now – when you catch his eye – he’ll observe you closely
that’s collected wisdom collected in every wrinkle and ripple
Categories
BlueBerries?
#Photography #Poetry #Fruit
The picture of fruit
had changed somewhat
engaged by the air
Red strawberries, captured on film
elevated themselves up the spectrum
damsons, plums and pomegranates – were confused
For each of the fine fruit, picked from the bush
reacted on film quite differently to the eye
unless you were there – you would have called it a camera trick
instead – you put it down to the age of the film
then again – Blue Strawberry tarts ? what a sight!
Salford, 20th January 2020
Bodies like mine, are like
a Barometer – they
react to extremes
of hot and cold – never
mind the big toe test when you
enter the water in the bath
the merest retreat of the mercury is
enough for me to seek out a cure for the
rheumatism in my back, knees, and ankles
#Socs #Links
Like the loops of a chain keeping them together
Like the wires transmitting the news to your TV
Like the road that goes from A to B
Something keeps them together
Romans Rolling over Rural Scenes
Rocky paths for Stallions and Soldiers
Ripping through riverbanks
Miles of track traversing the country
Making its way from Manchester to Middlesex
Mighty juggernauts moving from north to south
Somethings keeps them together
Traversing over hill mountain and dale
To get to the office the shops or the coast
Taking the most direct route possible (sometimes via a tunnel)
Delays ?
Daily occurrence – as
Double time spent fixing holes or faults
Reactions to Roadworks
or leaves on the line ? – Revolutionary
Rolling up to your Destination by bus not train
Sole observer watching by the shore, as
hopping and skipping towards the beach
in a race to get to him
many of Neptune’s and Ra’s children
move hop skip and jump creating colourful patterns
each one hoping they’ll get there first
racing bring smiles to all who see it
Categories
The Rumble
What’s that noise
i hear coming from down the stair ?
someone will have do be aware
everyone knows it can’t be a bear
their sleeping on pillows or on nearest chair
so tip-toeing down stairs little toes do creep
to find their dad on the sofa sound asleep
Salford, 13th July 2020
It’s quiet tonight
as the sun headed past the horizon
i’d have expected to hear a pigeon or two
or perhaps a resident duck, goose or swan
but as a bug keeps all the humans indoors
there’s not a sound to be heard
