The InkwellA write club acrostic, written by inky.
#Imperialwarmuseum #Airfix #Planes #Squadron #Military #Aircraft
Sat atop a great height
quite a few planes, old and new
used to being in hangars, have found
a home by the waters of a canal
definitely a peacetime operation
red arrows escorting a Spitfire veteran and
other D-Day participants – resting on their runway
new recruits ready to escort them from another bookshelf
Salford (via Manchester Museum), 20th June 2020
King of the Dinosaurs!
woken up by the sound of a wide brush,
and now sitting proud in a grand hall
towering over us all
while human children look and read,
what he liked, for a feed.
Salford, 6th April 2020
#fowc #engine
Every mechanic knows – it’s
Not the wheels , but the engine that
Get’s a driver from A to B
It’s truly – the heart of any transport
Naval, bus, car or motor bike
Exception – if you’re reliant on foot or pedal power
#FOWC #History
Heralds wrote tales down in books, while
in caves, our ancestors painted the tales on walls
some documenting the building of great monuments
then others, telling tales of the horrors of war
of course, the stories that remain are the ones in the books
retold by scholars for minds of a different age, and
yet – time passes by – and History moves forward
#poetry #learning #expectation
Salford 16th February
A piece on school visits
Three coaches rolled up in the car park
One blue, one black, one green
Passing auntie, the football and the shops
Traffic jams were no fun
Or Waiting for the man with the sign to
Pass go from stop
There were grumbles getting off the coach
Old Trafford exchanged for the war museum
Pupils listening to sir, bore on
The security …. more of the same, but
Out of a corner….a new name
Person from a new place….change of space
Tanks and planes…new things to see
Objects to touch….and all for free
People to tell tales of air land and sea
And your guide at the entrance is about the space
A person to turn to with a friendly face
Telling a tale of the car, plane and gun
Making your visit a bit more fun
#Fowc #Advance #Museums
A group of eager young minds
Dropped in on a historical building or two today
Very interested in taking in the displays
And getting a feel of some real items used of the time
Now , anyone could tell their enthusiasm was building as one or two led a
Charge up the stairwell –
Except for one thing – none of them knew their way around!
Salford 5th February 2020
A tale of a meet and greeter at IWM North, Manchester
Take a good handful of young minds
and interesting artifacts from a fire engine to a British tank
under some really unusual lighting
give them a tale of a teapot smashed and
hold their attention with items in a display – leave for 5 –
then let them handle an old helmet or two
! While you tell them all about it !
#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 it into something – iconic
Smashed with a hammer
Earth air and water
came together and reformed
Falling at the side of a waterway
painted by a painter
who’s centre stood next door
And in the evening sunlight
the air shard shone as shimmering light
cascaded off its solid steel
Morning beckons
and the tales from the shards
can be heard across town
from the tales within.
#Octpowrimo #Cobbledstreets #England #Northern #Salford #Lancashire
A piece of poetry by inky, based on the terraced house on Lark Hill Place. A restored Victorian Street in Salford’s Museum and art gallery.
Old building by cobbles,
Oak table , and chairs
Copper kettle boiling on the stove
near to the stairs
Fruit from the Grocers,
cutup and cored,
is ready for the pie bowl
in the oven its stored
Washboard, and Dolly Tub
in Backyard unhooked
ready for washing
that’s been overlooked
And when its been cleaned
and gleaming with pride
they’ll dry on a line
on pegs hanging outside
Sweep by the cobbles
some work is his goal
so he watches the chimney
as the food cooks on coals
And today, family living here
is having them a guest,
so they’ve laid out the cutlery
and porcelain that is best.
#Fowc #Gratis
Sunday 16th June 2016
Gratuities gratefully accepted, but
Really, the entrance is free
As you wonder around amongst
The artifacts, in the grand building you entered
In fact, by dropping a few pence in the box – you might
Save the costs of preserving the items you walk around
