The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: writing

  • The plum pudding paradox

    #socs #closeeyesandpoint Above, you’ll see a picture of a ‘traditional’ plum pudding, eaten at dessert time around the table at Christmas time….before anyone goes ballistic….i’m following the rules of the previous challenge – and it just happened to fall on the page on the origin Christmas puddings So, when did the craziness start inky? Those…

  • Every kind of potato

    How’d you like your spuds ? , lass, I say, How’d you like your spuds Boiled or Mashed ? Baked or fried with spices and vinegar liberally applied ? Perhaps you’ll like them roasted with herbs or chilli scattered served alongside a lovely fish thats been breaded or perhaps battered Maybe you’ll eat em in…

  • The Dry Tide

    a piece by b.f.kirkham It started with a post-it note a simple square post-it note coloured bright blue so the recipient could read it the sender popped it on the corner of the screen so the recipient could read it A second blue post it note was placed alongside it a little darker in tone…

  • Car

    #writeclub #adventure A car is not an Adventure though it could just get you there saving you the shoe leather or even the bus fare It gets you there from A to B using the various road and track Travelling down endless steel railed paths and buckets of flattened tarmac It’d be great – if…

  • WDYS – Superheroes

    Batman had took Superman for a day off by the beach “So Superman how are you enjoying your time by the sands?” Superman thought carefully – “Its nice, but i can’t help think someone’s in peril out there” Batman looked surprised – “Don’t you ever take a day off?” “Well, when i took Lois up…

  • Chasing squirrels

    They raise attention, about half past eight each morning scampering out of their garden hideyholes just to say hello Finding a little something to have for breakfast or maybe luncheon even when i can’t get out i see them darting round the cul – de – sac on a hunt for nuts And when i…

  • #WWP #Ink It makes quite an impression travelling from well to page communicating words thoughts and ideas from quill , pen or printer to paper

  • Hickory

    A poetic take on the mouse in Hickory Dickory Dock by inky Hiding around in the Grandfather clock wasn’t such a great idea for rather acting o so meek and keeping from furry paws that did seek after hanging off the pendulum for seven days he thought he’d keep busy in other ways saving himself…

  • #Poetry #Farm #Animals Another poem from yours truly using the Salt & Pepper Fonts

  • #Alien #Scifi Salford, 9th July 2020 He arrived with his family by local craft having been given a special pass by the men in black heading into the town, they hit the town running his wife wanted to buy a hat, his lad a sport shirt he’d heard about “The Bradford Bulls” – were now…