The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Poetry

  • duck pancakes

    #food #chinese #marinated #hoisin #duck #pancakes Special days mean wonderful treats wrapped up in a tasty parcel and doused in aromatic hoisin sauces too

  • pasta

    the water comes to what they call a rolling boil as the pasta falls The Shells catch the sauce made of tomato, and carrot sometimes tasty beef and with pasta drained the sauce it goes wondering every part covered

  • spare time moments

    #dailyprompt1828 bits and pieces pop out of a wooden frame moments to peruse the drawing of plans framework holds pieces in place as frame pieces hold gears and when the last piece pops into the mechanics watch as the marble travels

  • In line

    #socs #travel #line They’re on their way lining a stretch of tarmac towards a temple of sport monies amounted for the travel, a match mag and of course – the half time pie but most importantly filling up their chariots so they can watch their heroes going for glory in the stadium they park up…

  • A Mad Dash

    #shopping #christmas #closed Call it a symptom of “Meticulous” Planning undertaking the mission improbable of nabbing that thing you really wanted from the department store at an outrageous knockdown price week ago – it was still out of reach now – before the bells ring – you can get it Considerations for Dinner realised as…

  • clusters

    Furry bears everywhere await the sound at tables of tumbling delights no tall trees to climb and no bees stinging their paws Honeyed oats bringing cheers and mum and dads all are puzzled to see places. set for bears breakfast

  • Book Club

    #WDYS #Reading #Bookclub Attendance at Book Club Meetings may appear a little low – but then those reading seem to share the same tastes as you they enjoy the same nibbles too!

  • Reluctance

    #Fowc #Reluctance They called it an Arctic Blast but this is (or still is) Winter Jack frost’s favourite season Icy winds blow It’s too cold for snow yet the flakes that have landed as of yet haven’t been sanded so you will fill forgive me if in the third week in Jan attempts to go…

  • Bringing the outdoors in

    #MFFFC The image below is from Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa on Unsplash. The image depicts a watercolor drawing of a vase filled with colorful flowers sitting on a table in front of a wall with an ornate oval mirror hanging on it. Bringing the outdoors in – a short poem by inky Vase of sole…

  • Perfectly Picked (or Pecked)

    #socs #peck Temperatures are rising Towns and cities are waking To the sound of garden bushes and trees Taken over at the Treetops by feathered friends Twigs and sticks transported picked pecked and positioned To build a cosy creche for their little uns