The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Architecture

  • Window, Framed

    #MFFFC #Window #Ivy #Creeper The Creepers and Vines Moved slowly up the wall heading for the roof They soon created a colourful carpet that went from end to end occasional moves by dad with the secateurs kept sun in window and passers by liked the way the colourful leaves framed the window pane

  • The little village with a big secret

    #simply6minutes Hidden away some place near the coast out of the sticks this wonder lies location perfect for anyone searching for sun its a wonderful place to visit daily activities in the market and fun and games on the beach you’ll want to have a room there – but the accommodations really small

  • Over the Bridge

    #octpowrimo The path of water is a little bit larger than your average puddle That’s why the vans with the bricks and the steel turned up at the weekend and while you had to go a different way than usual something bright and shiny was being built soon you can get from point a to…

  • #writephoto Those who were selling the plot said it had “Potential” Classic period features Original stonework but it needed a bit of work before you moved in So surveyors and architects draw up the plans explained to the builders, carpenters and all who pull up to the construction office in their vans new plumbing and…

  • Stairwell

    #writephoto Creepy limestone steps turning and twisting rising up higher and higher as they meet daylight Ascending the steps a bit of a task be careful as you climb and look out for those handholds Walls wet from last nights rain Dawn showing sunlight from an open door that isn’t there Sunshine – a promise…

  • Octpowrimo – Day 22 – Broken pieces

    #Octpowrimo #Brokenpieces Imperial War Museum North, Manchester UK (via the Inkwell), 22nd October 2019 How does someone express the act of war ? take you through a hundred years and tell that tale – that no one else can tell anymore. The man with a vision took a thing for brewing his cuppa and changed…

  • Originally posted by Inky on Allpoetry.com Now posted for your reading!   Enjoy Do you like building? well, I do! I’m stood amongst my creations, with my great arm, aloft in the air.  It’s a thankless task this job I do, but you’ll never hear me complain – oh, no, no, no.  You see, the…

  • an acrostic on by inky about Stowell spire on the corner of Trafford Road , in Salford Soaring up to the heavens Perhaps it be fitting – the old church spire be Illuminated – lighting up the Roads and pavements around it Everybody knows it as a local landmark

  • Over the bridge

    Pedestrian Walking on water ? not exactly as they straddle the Locks , Quays and Rivers of my home town never shy of their responsiblity – they get people to their destination from A to B and back again easing a walker’s worry they’ll get wet in the water revolutionary ? in their day necessity…

  • Landmarks

    Salford,30th June 2017 Hi folks. The prompt for today’s post comes from a strange source – in that its not technological at all – it’s the humble letterbox. Aside from my scribbles – and photography – I am a keen philatelist – or stamp collector. There’s a reason for this – the pictures give me…