The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Nature

  • Mothers Meeting

    #CCC055 #octpowrimo #Family #birds #Ducks #Food They sat on the bank while the water moved around waiting for dinner Discussions Arose on new shore arrivals home and seeds from far away dads watch from the bank as ducklings play in shallows before tea arrives parents need not worry as the kids waddle on shore leaving…

  • Waiting

    #CCC054 #Acorns #Seeds #Waiting After falling from a height these little seeds of green and brown are waiting about for their opportunity See, they’re waiting for the local wildlife to pick them up or perhaps a child or their mum and dad Waiting for that opportunity where they’ll head for a warm, cosy bed returning…

  • The Crossing

    #CCC053 #Bridge #points #water #crossing Tween two banks of trees A river flows freely by while birds look on below living on the bank is fine for otters and voles but some need to cross so helpful people put a handy place to go from bank a to b and it just happens to be…

  • Awakenings

    #MFFFC #FFFC #Forest #Mornings At the top of the hour waking up, was the big forest trees as the sunbeams hit their leaves with a message “Kids, it’s time to get up” excitedly, they rustled their branches nests moving as they did so – the first, the industrious insects collecting leaves at the bottom of…

  • Nature’s Weaver

    #CCC049 #Nature #Spider #Web Clinging off the leaves and branches miss arachnid busily lays her silk draping it over leaf and berry creating something something beautiful but for her lunch dangerous

  • Evicted

    #WDYS It must be cold at the top of the earth – the sea is throwing out ice cubes to order, and polar bears pick out the best ones when warm

  • A Moment of Risk

    #WDYS image Karsten Winegeart /WDYS Call it foolhardy crossing to the other side of this fast waterfall it may look lovely but take waterproofs. if you want to stay dry as the drops tumble cascade and fall quickly down to the waterpool

  • Something Different

    #1to3_Tsc #themeadow #Salford #Photography In a change to my usual poetry stuff. i’ve decided to play around with an image as part of xingfumama’s photography challenge The photo was taken with my Sony Xperia camera and put through Smart photo editor for editing The view ? Area of Salford’s Peel Park, known as the Meadow…

  • Making a wish

    #MFFFC #Rainbow #Tree image: Sakina Faisal / Unsplash Tall tree reaches out to it’s brightly coloured friend out in the distance his wish is simple a return of his green coat covering branches and perhaps return of some feathered friends welcome company till their arrival he’ll pass the time – nurturing the hanging seed pods

  • rendezvous

    #simply6minutes sat in the twilight two iguanas enjoy pondskating delights Meanwhile the moonlight provides perfect places for glowworms to perform