Could you unscramble the code before breakfast ?
On the off chance you could do it in the time allotted
Nine letters stand tween you and a golden prize
Until then the safe remains locked, its contents sealed
Noted wordsmiths tried and failed,
Decoding the puzzle might take longer than they took
Rotating the dials to produce the codeword
Untold fortunes await….whilst a
Moment of concentration is called for
#writephoto #thejourney
Salford (via Rochdale and Oldham), 17th August 2019
a tale of a rambler , by inky for the writephoto challenge
He went a walk with an empty backpack and staff
off to get a loaf of bread
many hadn’t heard from him for days, some
even thought him dead
For his boot prints went on and on
for what others saw as miles
past footpath and valley , hill and dale
and spot of nature where he’d stay a while
enjoying the fine weather
the silence and peace
and wildlife around him
it was a release
Drawing a scene half way up a hill
taking in sunshine and cup o’ tea till
time came to face his fate
coming back home far too late
#poetry #haiku #cat
Sitting in a tree
Dreaming of sunken treasures
Salmon or sardines ?
Salford, 14th August 2019
Someone at the depot, didn’t really
Enjoy the manual extraction of
Paper , Metal , Plastics and Glass
As they passed him by on the conveyor belt
Reaction ? swift as bright coloured cousins joined the usual receptacle
And Markets created to conjure household rubbish by the
Tonne, into something much more pleasing to the
Eye, as yesterdays news transformed into blank new canvas
#CYW #Blue-Violet #Colours
Tuesday 13th August 2019
Some say this flower
Has its own unique place in the flowerbed
As it’s not blue, or violet – and please
Do Not call it Purple – there’s far too much blue in
Each of its petals
Some call it Violet-blue, but gardeners know it as Blue-Violet
#Fowc #Inconspicuous
Salford, 12th August 2019
He was always there
that face in the crowd of a thousand
blink and you wouldn’t miss him
till one day – you looked
and you found , he’d gone
disappeared
and you wondered – why
#FOWC #Layer #Food
Salford 11th August 2019
Another foodie poem from inky in response to fandango’s latest one word prompt
Lovingly created by the bakery
A coming together of three flavours
Years of expertise – combining pistachio, lemon, and strawberry
Enveloping them in a creamy butter icing
Rich ? depends what your palette says
An acrostic response to https://patriciasplace.me/2019/08/07/in-other-words-hello/
Hi there….I know you
expected me to be sleeping
lazily on my bed in the
living room – I couldn’t wait indoors… so
out in the garden I am – can we play ball now ?
#Fowc #Nest #Nature
Above my head, by the window ledge
a family of birds is living on the edge
living in a nest in view of my eye
occasionally searching for food do they fly
Waking me up with their earliest call
transcending the windows and solid brick walls
flying to treetops through clouds in the air
and searching out berries without a care
#Fowc #Creepy
Cold dark corners of the house can
Really send shivers up the spine
Especially at night
Ethereal spirits dance among the cobwebs
Passing as they do around the floors
Yet – you’ll only call out – spotting the web’s creator!
