The Inkwell
Something to brighten up the borders
of your garden as the leaves on the trees start to
roll around in the autumn wind
the gardeners call it pink, the flower buffs call it purple
of course, while it’s still in
flower – nobody minds what shade it is – it still looks lovely by the lawn
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It’s been warm the past few days
the mercury rising in the kitchen thermometer
but apart from an hour and occasional shower
the only thing to see outside
are the feathered friends who in air have flied
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The stone guards are drenched
out in the backyard
Life of a garden fairy
at the moment – is hard
a lake is forming by the rocks
and drenching their once perfect locks
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And out in the garden the insects are about
with cascading rain – they’re being caught out
emergency mission – fishing them from the drink
before into deep water – they begin to sink
each beetle and ladybird fished from the rain
and put someplace safe – away from the drain.
#fowc #labyrinth
Losing your mind
as you travel its paths
breadcrumbs won’t help you here
you’ll need something a little bit sturdier as you make your way
round the puzzle
if you manage to get to the centre
next thing you’ll need to do is to make your way out
that will take a while – of course
help always comes from a helpful park ranger
#cyw #olivegreen #olive #green
Out in the summer sun
Living it up on Grecian shores
It’s like you were made, for the mezze
Vine Leaves and Feta Cheese
Even the tomatoes seem juicier when you’re around
Gem of a fruit of the vine
Roasted lamb seems to like you
Even served as a stuffing
Enjoyed more now – in jars and in pastes but
Never forget – how tasty you are off the vine
Salford, 21st June 2020
flown in over field and dale
landed among the town’s bracken and bush
entangled in some weird hug with the original bush
where expert eyes, pick up the most sumptuous berries
inspected, and sent off to the kitchen – spending time
next to the sugar and pectin – for creating a tasty jam
A tale of Growing up, by inky.
The fruit fell lightly from the branch
to underneath the tree
my little nephew picked them up
and asked a question of me
“Uncle, i know pears are ready to eat
when they’ve fallen from the tree
but why do we call them pairs ?
when there’s clearly three ?”
#Robin #EuropeanRobin #Redbreast #Bird
Salford, 30th May 2020
Returning to the garden after a brief sojourn
our friend you find on christmas cards, was found resting on the fence
bringing a spot of additional colour to the trees in the garden
its possible, he was interested in the wildflower seeds
near the little spruce trees – but he raised a smile as he hopped about
Salford, 29th April 2020
They’re picking up your plastic
your glass, and paper , man
they’re taking it to the depot
in their big new shiny van
They’re re-using all those used things
you would normally throw away
no time to be sticking them in the ground
they’ve found another way
The rubbish is carefully sorted
from the differently bright coloured bins
so there’s piles of different types of rubbish
from plastics and cans, to steel tins
So they’re mulching up yesterdays headlines
for books in the libraries to learn
and they’re sending your food waste for compost
instead of just letting it burn
But its not just the plants that are thriving
some food waste comes back another way
it’ll return in the van, changed by a plan
to collect more things another day
And as the people are in libraries reading
the kids are growing gardens in school
and what do they think of your food waste
when it’s feeding the plants ? they say – Cool!
#fowc #Crazy
Colourful trail leading up the garden path
rocky slabs laid at really strange angles
at first, you might think – some mad
zany designer had taken a hammer to your pavement, but
you would be wrong – each
piece has been placed on purpose
as you look carefully – each bit of stone comes into
view as part of the picture as a whole
in time you’ll spot a scene as the pieces come together
navigating their way down the garden, and
greeting visitors – welcome to our house!
Salford 17th April 2020
A Spot
by the big trees became vacant recently,
considering the weather, i cleared the space and
dropped some the seed into a channel….no
expectations – i just need to water them during the day
flowers ? they’ll all be different and some you might
go and consider them as weeds in another garden – i just
hope they grow in the hard trowelled soil they’ve been buried in and
in turn, the birds find the bugs and not the seeds!
