The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

  • Start of the day

    #MFFFC #Chipmunk #Mum #Family #Breakfast #napowrimo

    There’s lots to do in the house

    sorting out the larder

    and tidying up the kids rooms

    so while hubby is off on a hunt for fruit

    and the kids are learning to climb trees

    i’m taking a moment

    for a reviving cuppa

    in our family nest

  • waiting

    #napowrimo #garden #birds

    up on the roof tiles

    looking on the space below

    he sits there waiting

    eager young small birds

    hop about their homely nests

    while he sits there waiting

    all is quiet below

    no hoomans appeared meaning

    no breakfast arrived

    but listen … is that?

    a noise on the mat? Coming

    from human , not cat

    breakfast delivered

    Perched in the middle of green grass

    away from the ground beasts

  • The Mill

    #WDYS #Napowrimo

    While the village sleeps

    the flour mill keeps on working

    powered by the wheel

    that is turned by the river

    crushing the whole grains

    making flour for bread

    or something for the fish fry

  • Man on a Wall

    Man lying on a wall : by LS Lowry. on display at the Lowry, Salford, UK

    #Napowrimo #Man # Wall

    A response to a painting at the local art gallery

    Contemplating Life

    from the view of the city walls

    making shapes from the clouds

    formed from the chimneys

    passed collecting local subscription

  • milkshake

    #socs #shake

    made by the cows in the city fields

    if you wonder what made the drink

    light and frothy, it’s down to the Lorries that

    keep rumbling past their tranquil greens

    shaking up the milk thats

    hanging about in their udders

    as they’re milked, the cows

    keep producing the stuff that, once flavour is added, is

    enjoyed by schoolmates up and down the country

  • Spilt milk

    #Napowrimo #Home #Food #Milk #Accident #Cat #Kitchen #Bottle

    I

    The floor was covered

    Could you call it Modern Art ?

    pic by gravitee

    ii

    moggy overjoyed

    by sight of the creamy stuff

    pooled on kitchen floor

    iii

    no need for crying

    no harm with plastic bottle

    just creamy puddles

  • Out on Parade

    #Cats #street #Napowrimo

    He’s out on his patch

    observing comings of the

    daily activities

    hunting out goodies

    whether its his scratch post

    or woollen ball

    the birds are clever

    they know – stay high – avoiding

    puddytats talons

    Domestic he seems

    but his wild side will arise

    when he is peckish

  • air guitar

    Fan of the greats

    he’s got everyone from

    Clapton to Page and Plant on his digital device

    he’s mastering his chords on his acoustic guitar

    but his dream is to be up there with the rock gods

    so he’ll spend his time away from the frets

    mastering his motion and signature moves

    on his air guitar

  • 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

  • singing starlings

    #napowrimo #manchester #arena #concert

    sat in the grand arena

    that was built by the railway station

    and listening to a tale of a

    right royal ruckus, as the

    local lads entertain the

    interested masses with the

    noted tracks from their charted albums

    grand chorus fills the air as those

    standing join in with the band