Education has produced a vast population
They spend twelve months
teaching children to walk and then talk
and the next twelve years
teaching them to sit down and shut up
when all you have to do
is teach them all to read
its a source of amusement and fun
to happy little minds
Source : Trevelyan, Diller, Gilchrist and Plato (Via P. 96 & 97 of QIs Book of Quotations)
Sat on the serving tray
Each little bit of you oozes festive smells,
Allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg
Salsa away with seasonal fruits, mingling
Over a drop of festive tipple
Note how the alcohol burns away in a wonderful display
And leaves a fruity taste to accompany the
Lovely sultanas, currants, candied peel and cherries
#promptuarium #prompt
Salford, 20th December
She walked though the Christmas market
Still wearing the Christmas cracker ring
Some lad from her past gave her
Sentimentality ? Perhaps, but then
Something told her, one day they’d meet again
Solitude, the vehicle that drove her to
See her sweetheart under the town hall clock,
Stars meeting up when eye met eye
#promptuarium #rabbit
At the bottom of the field , there’s a rabbit
Who’s height nearly blocks out the sun
His shadow covers most of the vegetable patch
And to the farmer that isn’t much fun
But he’s tricky this tall furry rabbit
Can’t be shot at and turned into chops
For as soon as the workers can see him
Down a big hole he just pops
And chasing him round fields are a no no
As between them there’s nowt but a mess
More than crop circles created
The locals are somewhat impressed
So instead, hes hived off some patches
For this rabbit to do what he please
In the hope he keeps off the carrots
And dines out on lettuce and peas
Salford 15th September 2018
#CFFC #Books
It’d be true to say – I like reading.
I go for books with a bit of character in them, Goscinny and Uderzos Asterix books were a favourite of mine as a kid – and I’ve now got my hands on six anniversary editions
Bedtime Reading
My favourite author is Terry Pratchett, he created some brilliant characters. And I’m happy to say I had the pleasure of meeting the man himself at a Waterstones bookstore in Manchester, before his untimely death. One day i’ll have the nerve to pick up and read his final epic – the shepherds crown – but till then I’ll satisfy my discworld fever, by reading one of this lot (and the smaller paperbacks)
and when i’m bored with that (NEVER! sic) youll find me skimming through my comedy collection – The Goons, Monty Python, Morecambe and wise and Scott adams
4th September 2018
#Beeinthecity #Manchester #Buzz
A poem in honour of those colourful bees currently nesting in my city
The hive will be in Gtr Manchester till 23rd September – it’s well worth a visit.
(for those who haven’t read my #beeinthecity posts – they’re artworks!)
Banks-B , #Beeinthecity on Manchester’s Market Street
The hive arrived
Home for some bees
With artistic flair
Swarming around
City streets, with a
Hint of colour
Covering the sights
Of the county
North to south
Bringing smiles
From Salford’s quayside
To Manchester’s airport
Tuesday 4th September 2018
#Food
a foodie acrostic, by inky
Carefully crafted by cooks of the highest order
A combination of the finest root vegetables , stock and seasoning
Rotating slowly in a silver pan until the
Root veg is just right, you can eat it as it is
Or stick a blender in the pan to make it nice and smooth
To pour into a serving turrine
#OWPC #Park #Salford #Seat
Located on the bends
of a path worthy of the best athletes workout
two places to take five, sit down
to give those feet a moment, and
enjoy the greenery
relax amongst the trees and take in the fresh air
you’ll enjoy the view, and your feet will appreciate the rest
#Promptuarium
I suppose you thought that was funny ?
here I am sat by the bins
enjoying what could be my only meal for miles
and you decide to disturb my breakfast
Innocently enjoying the fish in the box
then over my foot comes this big heavy rock
expecting me to just fly away
I was too busy eating – no time to play
If I were human – I might have had words
but thing is being feathered – I’m only a bird
you wouldn’t want my beak coming round you to peck
so why use a big stone – I could have broke my neck!
I should count myself lucky – it wasn’t from a gun….
but disturbing my breakfast – wasn’t much fun
so i’ll return the favour – when you come back from the shop
expect something to land – coming down with a plop!
Salford 23rd August 2018
Squeaky doors
are better clarion calls
than any alarm clock
on the market
Slumbered silence
broken by a cistern
attracts you to the noise
of the nearby main road
Luna’s departure
allows Ra to announce
“The morning is here!
it’s time to get up”
And motorised monsters
or kings of the road
make their way delivering boxes
either side of the tarmac
Solitary Swallow
converses with the neighbours
on a nearby roof –
tweets the news – no laptop required
The rumble of early morning traffic
cascading through the windows
is followed by the crack of an egg
falling into sizzling bacon fat
Kettle whistles through the concrete
up through the bedroom floor
your first cup of the day is ready
milk and two sugars ?
