The Inkwell

Category: Character

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    Snug as a Bug

    #WDYS Being born can be a hectic affair After your mum’s delivered you , A stream of Beckoning nurses and doctors are checking You Out Being given your first feed And then your first nappy Before being wrapped up and put in Your first place of sleep Bears all around you As you enter the […]

  • Mr Mog
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    Mr Mog

    There’s a clever cat , lives down our street with the name of Mr Mog He lives from garden to garden sleeping under trees and logs He entertains the neighbours with balls and scratching posts all and when it comes to teatime Mr Mog is having a ball Corned Beef at Number Seven, Sardines at […]

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    Writer

    #fowc #Writer When there’s a story to be told right there you’ll find him it’s what he does telling you a tale of exceptional drama – he’s like a reporter , but he might dress it up to keep your attention

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    Statue

    I began life as a granite block hewn from a northern cliff – leaving mum wasn’t fun the grand artist and i got on for a while as he and his team chipped away at me creating a monument to a local dignitary it was warm in the workshop and hard as i am his […]

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    At the Starting Line

    #Iminfiction She’s sat on her own waiting. Can’t go off on herself so she’s waiting want’s to go travelling in the northern sunshine off to the sandy beach where everythings sublime but while her owners packing her backpack she’s sat at the start line – waiting.

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    Make friends with a tree

    #writeclub #tree You’ve seen this arboreous giant nearly every day walking down the sandy pathways and grabbing some shade from the warmth of the sun he provides a nice place for picnics thing is….have you ever considered your green leaved friend? it can’t be easy for him being outside in every conceivable weather while satisfying […]

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    There’s a dragon in the garden

    #writeclub There’s a dragon in the garden making people smile he was placed on the path, by the daffodils and he’s been there for quite a while See when the moon is full and made its rise the people passing by get a wonderful surprise you might just be thinking of who, what and why […]

  • Rusty old Armour

    Sir Albert Street of Eccles had problems with his kit Bits of rust had started to form collecting lots of grit and up there in the town’s castle fort Sir Albert he sat in his keep doing running repairs to his chain mail and occasionally he did weep For the townfolk their blood it did […]

  • Waiting
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    Waiting

    Sat in the water Staring at her own reflection Still tied up where the last boaters used her Solitary at nightfall, She watches the reflections of Stars while She waits for someone to take her out on the water Sunrise, a Signal Somethings going to happen as She takes another paddle around the lake

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    Cereal

    #Fowc #Cereal What a life! you spent most of your life underground finding the strength to head for the sky till one morning the harvester arrived and you and your mates found yourself bundled into bags and sent to a place where you were chopped up moulded and mashed to be thrown into a box […]