The Inkwell#Octpowrimo
He’s Smiling Again
enjoying a break from regular learning
reading the weekly funnies
suitable for all kinds of kid
and drawn by masters of their art
and learning the jokes in the middle
he’ll be entertaining his friends
out on the field
around playtime
Salford 15th February 2019
Charlie Brown
waited for the postman
for a response to the card he sent
to the red haired girl – across the field
unfortunately
he missed him
as Snoopy was dining on the card
that fell on the Brown’s hallway floor
Funny thing is this fame game,
you confidently cross the wooden stage
prepared for the task in front of you
only to be hit by that beam of light
casting a huge shadow at you
Its like the light
is a giant magnet
wiping clean the act
nothing left to do but perform the other routine
along with the fourteen prat-falls as backup
Salford, Tuesday 26th July 2016
The Angler’s Lament
By Brian F Kirkham
In response to the prompt
Elusive
Sitting on his unfolded seat of Green
The Angler surveys the nets he’s between
With his hook he’s gone to and fro
but for his labour – not a lot his nets show
He casts out new lines – brimming with bait
(making sure his arm is straight)
and looks at luncheon as he waits
Another cup of tea he’ll pour – listening to tales on Radio 4
But what’s this , a noise ? Not far away
a familiar noise – the fish are at play
for by next door – in another basin
are those fish underwater – who’s laughter is raisin’
I heard a wail, from down below
That monstrous beast will have to go
It had six legs, or eight or ten
And decided our bathroom, was its new den
I heard my mum’s most distressed wail
Hearing the woe that was in her tale
So to the bathroom I did go
to see the creature hiding below
A spider trying to climb the bath wall
He’d get half way, but then he’d fall
And though to climb he had the knack
He only made it half way back
So I didn’t squash him I did relent
And off to front garden did he get sent
Building a home tween two fir trees
So mum she could wash whenever she pleased
The Inkwell