The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Romantic

  • Bouquet

    In response to the latest #Napowrimo  challenge A collection of flowers Grown with Care provides a burst of colour to anybody’s home Creating something beautiful in form and in colour as Red Tulips meet with White Lilies and Blue crocus hide ‘tween Yellow daffodils If looked over by a careful eye Said flowers will keep…

  • In response to the prompt Fleeting That girl with the jet black hair caught me quite unawares as I passed her on school hall stairs communicating , as if in a dream that her and I could make a team and though I thought I had no chance she still had hopes of a romance…

  • Longing Random thoughts enter the head of a girl I once knew back in the day   Memories still fresh brushing past one another in class passing smiles   And a moment of snow Under Mistletoe At the winter school dance When I took my chance   Separation from that quirky smile almost too much…

  • In response to the prompt :  If I Could Turn Back Time I’m brought back to a Christmas Dance, or was it Valentine’s Day ? Fifteen years old, and wet behind the ears…. A memory of a beautiful girl with Jet Black Hair, and a smile that would melt the frostiest of hearts.  I recall the…

  • Missing I sit here, writing all alone waiting for your exquisite tones Hoping that you will throw me a bone… because i miss you We parted, on good terms but separate ways and as the hours turned into days I wondered why you went away because i miss you Where did you go? Where did…

  • Coloured lights flicker off the big glitter ball as you arrive at the dance at the old school hall Friends from your past, Greet with a cheer as you are the one, they want to be near! All of those faces, from days of old Come into the warmth, and out of the cold and…

  • I was looking for rainbows in cloudy skies…you appeared. From across a Disco-lit hall – my eyes caught you. A scent of a rose filled the room, you called me. Monochrome scenes , in Black and white, turned to colourful radiance. My entire world was focused on just one beautiful thing, My lonely heart ,…