The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Poetry

  • Pampered Puss

    #MFFFC #Cat The Wild Life Dah-ling ? That depends on definition Seafood tart served up by a waiter is better than fishing yourself

  • Sneaking in the Veggies

    #fussyeaters #pie #vegetables #meat #hidden #napowrimo You could call him a fussy eater he doesn’t like his greens tell him we’re having salad for lunch he’ll say he’s not overly keen but what’s this that pop’s cooked for dinner? a really tasty northern treat comprised of potato, lamb and carrot and other stuff that the…

  • Early Morning Chatter

    #Napowrimo #conversation #birds #food #wildlife While some humans down tools from the late night shift and others awake with the morning sun beyond the bedroom windows and factory doors there’s a crowd amassing News on the telephone line travels fast round these parts brought from across the blue by our friends from the coast there’s…

  • Out of Something

    #napowrimo #creative #craft #clay #pottery Being Arty, to me, was always something understood as paper, pencil, brush and ink it was a revelation, making something from clay lamination – bringing three types of clay in a mould designed for the house, kitchen or lounge in a workshop with a variety of tools and next, brought…

  • Improv

    #Napowrimo #kitchen #pots #pans #children #music i always thought there was more to the common kitchen saucepan than meets the eye instead of the sound of vegetables bubbling away in a pan imagine my surprise to the sights and sounds of my young relations performing a sort of a tune with the pans and wooden…

  • the expedition

    camping going on a great expedition to some vast unknown land off to the wilds of the Pennines, the beauty of the Lake District or perhaps, just up the road learning about putting up tents and cooking your breakfast over an outdoor fire making things from fallen branches and even fallen leaves while enjoying the…

  • crackin’

    #easter #egg #chicken #rabbit #sunday his mission is done guarding the sweet stuff till Sunday morning he knows where each egg is carefully hidden in each house…so eyes peeled Key Thing is silence till the little uns find an egg and yell “I found one!”

  • Footprints

    #Family #Footprints #Sand Making your mark on the soft golden sand below saying hi to crabs and seagulls alike, brief though as the tide clears up

  • The Message

    #Napowrimo #Nature #Message the big clouds sent their chums a word to every animal , plant and bird that water supplies would be restored today so they could drink and bathe and play The humans hearing this did frown particularly those who were out of town but the big clouds told them not to fear…

  • The Return of an Old Friend

    #RedCardinal #Birds #Nature #Acrostic Image : https://www.pexels.com/@jay-brand-1763356224/ Chirping from the branches signalled to all , this colourful character was back returning to the tree he’d nested down in as a chick it had been a while , but now the sparrows and bluebirds were all happy to see him and listen to tales of his…