The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Learning

  • A few thoughts by inky on todays daily prompt Study Sat in a room, lined with literary works The lad peers through his assessment Understandably, he might not produce the works of Keats this evening, but with Dutiful observance, and conscientious research – he might just do well at his Year Tutors Assessment of his…

  • Silent Sat behind old wooden desks in a grand hall instructions are given out to the candidates before they look at the questions set out before them each can approach the tasks the way they want but no one can discuss the questions that isn’t allowed….it’s not a group task!  

  • Degree As the honour was laid on him the ennobled made a request could the hall staff keep the dining room warm ? he thought that it was best see he’d climbed up great Mount Everest without even catching a chill but drafty University corridors were enough to make him hold still turn up  the…

  • Knit Knights of the realm could be toppled by this – but Not my mum, or my aunties or Nanna Its where i learned some very basic steps To create a scarf for my teddy bear. To be honest, the twists and turns of loops and purls were Extremely difficult, but by the end of…

  • Ink

    #CFFC #LetterI We start with the title of this website for this challenge – the #inkwell composed by your host #Inkdrop Now some of you might not have read my explanation of my pen name.  I was handed my first fountain pen at the tender age of ten.  Just before my entry into the big…

  • Rhyme Sat in class with pen in hand English teachers lesson planned write us a poem, without any rhyme you have a few days – there’s plenty of time So inspiration i did seek going through books for a week and every page would set up the same with two words a rhyming – without…

  • Disappointment Dejection in the content of the students envelope as predicted grades vs positive results hadn’t panned out as they thought on the whole though – they didn’t fail If they head for the the sixth-form – they’ll probably pass Next time.  dreams of higher things will have to wait Till next time Maybe a…

  • Recite Inky, enters the TARDIS again….and lands in Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC High…third year english..and the origins of his poetry I recall old wooden benches – the ones with (ironically) the old inkwell’s set into the base. Mountains of Books handed down from pupil to pupil and placed strategically on what i’d now…

  • Salford 14th May 2017 Another BASIC reflection Maze Here’s an aerial plan from the website dreamstime.com.  It shows the workings of a hedgerow maze in grass Now it might look quite simple to the average person in the street, but this maze and others like it are a great aid in developing concentration skills.  So…

  • Massive Maybe, with your feet Anchored to the ground Some things might look Slightly bigger than they actually are in fact, when you look at a certain vision in a glass lens everything seems bigger than it should be