The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Clothes

  • Dollies

    #Home #Memories #Clothes #Childhood #Washing #Line Doing a marvellous job out in the cities gardens locking laundry fast in position as they’re loaded onto the washing line it also has another task engaging the local feathered friends and stopping them raiding the fruit patch

  • Bobble Hat

    #Christmas #Bobble-Hat Behind all those big pressies out from the branches of the christmas tree bought by one of your older relatives with best intentions – and thinking of those less than warm days outside expect a bit of a giggle – but you can play out in the snow now

  • Oversized Sweater

    #Autumn #Warmth #Woollen #Octpowrimo Sat in a darkened spot of your Wardrobe all summer the sight of the East and West winds playing with fallen leaves were A perfect opportunity to let it see The daylight, keeping the Edge off the crisp winter winds outside till you Returned to the warmth of your home indoors

  • Ironically, composed at the end of June! Covered in sparkly festive stars, keeping Heat from the cold snaps that occur Reactions – mostly positive – bringing Instant smiles to those who see me wearing it Some might say, it makes me look like a Christmas tree To others, they see the sense of keeping out…

  • #Simply6Minutes It’s no wonder the model looks shall we say “displeased” as she walked past the press hacks and their snap happy cameramen looking like something served up in the restaurant next door ending up on the pages of Vogue or Paris Match or More likely the pages of Farmers weekly and the miniature dogs…

  • Wool

    #socs #wool #acrostic While the sheep on the hills or out on the moors – like to keep their overcoats from time to time – the local farmers like to spin and weave them to end up as something suitable to wear in a northern winter

  • #Fabric #Schooldays Beware of the cotton and nylon they maybe wearable but they’ve got one heck of a temper when stressed It starts at the factory when the threads are pulled and tugged and continues when they are cut and sown wanting to be back in their bundles and rolls School day games on the…

  • in response to the #writeclub #napowrimo prompt “Back to front” Summertime sees an array of clothes when you’re sat down on the beach but tops never seem to behave themselves, when they’re out of reach. For you come from Sunbathing, ready for togs and you end up looking like a rolled over log, for that top…

  • Loose

    #fowc #clothes #loose Your spring wardrobe is going to need how can i put this ? pruning for the shirts and trousers you’re wearing seem a little baggier this month The mince pies and turkey sandwiches have been burnt off leaving a sizable gap tween your waistline and waistband Spring Zephyrs flow past your coloured…

  • #fowc #dull They’re dependable – they always have been but i couldn’t see them tripping the light fandango and while you can be seen with them pruning back the garden it’s unlikely you’ll be coasting across the dancefloor not without a real clean and some fresh polish to breathe some life into those shoes