The InkwellI
Bitter, Salty, Sweet or Sour
Sensations landing on your tastebuds
What is that wonderful fruity flavour
It’s on the tip of your tongue
but you haven’t said it yet
II
Raspberry Jacket and Banana Shirt
with trousers and shoes to match
maybe it’s the height of fashion in the magazines
certainly makes you talk of the town on the shopping run
III
Country or Town
Suburbia or out in the sticks?
Cottage, Terrace, Mansion or Shed ?
Choice of Home – is down to you
but it’s not everybody’s cup of tea
Salford (via Manchester Piccadilly) 15th June 2020
#fffc
Don’t go off the rails
it’s an experience to be enjoyed
notable scenes and brilliant landscapes
in combination with some fantastic food
normally, your food wouldn’t come with such great views
gastronomic delights with fantastic scenery
Salford, 3rd June 2020
Baked – like a cake – but for longer
it’s middle depends on it’s flavour
sometimes it’s jam if its a dodger
creamy flavoured middle if custard or bourbon
usually eaten with a beverage, like tea or coffee
incredible range down the biscuit aisle
taken and dunked, regularly, around afternoon tea
#promptuarium #Lockdown #birds
The birds are having a whale of a time
perched as they are on the quay fencing
taking in the rays
of the warm summer sunshine
their only dilemma for today
is when their waiter service is returning
for its great hopping to the waters for take out
but they’re missing their seeds of gold
and some of them have their feathers in a frizz….
word on the bridge is – its down to a bug
point him out they say – we want our feeders back!
#Fowc #platform
Perched on a bench – sat by a
line….waiting
as the station announcer
tells you over the tannoy, that your train isn’t arriving
for another forty minutes
on the plus side….the cafeteria is nearby so you can
ravish your teeth on another British Rail Pastry
moment to enjoy while you wait….
#fowc #Dough
Down in a corner of the kitchen
Over by the bread bin and
Under a tea towel
Great things are happening – the bread’s beginning to prove
Hot ovens await, and butter and jam soon after
Salford, 29th April 2020
They’re picking up your plastic
your glass, and paper , man
they’re taking it to the depot
in their big new shiny van
They’re re-using all those used things
you would normally throw away
no time to be sticking them in the ground
they’ve found another way
The rubbish is carefully sorted
from the differently bright coloured bins
so there’s piles of different types of rubbish
from plastics and cans, to steel tins
So they’re mulching up yesterdays headlines
for books in the libraries to learn
and they’re sending your food waste for compost
instead of just letting it burn
But its not just the plants that are thriving
some food waste comes back another way
it’ll return in the van, changed by a plan
to collect more things another day
And as the people are in libraries reading
the kids are growing gardens in school
and what do they think of your food waste
when it’s feeding the plants ? they say – Cool!
Salford 24th April 2020
#Napowrimo #Napowrimo.net #Banana #Fruit
An acrostic on one of my favourite fruits
These wonderful fruits – start off green
as they make their long journey to my fruit bowl
kept in cold storage and delivered by boat
exiting one set of islands for another and
navigating their way to the nearest store
The secret is to make sure, the fruit
ripens at the right time
as although its very sweet to eat – its
not appealing to young eyes if they’ve turned more than yellow
so into the frosty vans they travel
paying attention to the temperature
only when the time is right will they
reappear on the shop front
to be bought by the customer
excitable little minds asking
dad or mum to put them in the shopping basket
ending up tween two slices of wholemeal or
accompanied by some nice vanilla ice cream
there’s many ways a banana can be enjoyed
even cooked in a pan and served up with a
nicely made butterscotch sauce
Salford 9th April 2020
The wildlife of the locality
have had their free reign
with everyone inside
and no sight of rain
swooping around
enjoying the air
landing on rooftops
without a care
meeting up with old pals
on a moonlit street
the pickings are meagre
there’s no one to greet
watching the geese and ducks
out on parade
spotting scattered birdseed
heading off on a raid
Salford, 7th April 2020
#Food #Morning #Breakfast #Napowrimo
A prompt from Writerswrite.co.za – cheers to the promptuarium for providing the list of prompts
Best meal of the day, some people call it….
Ripe tasty bananas slapped between two pieces of buttered bread, or
Egg, boiled and salted, and served up with bread soldiers
A hearty breakfast – they say, is fit for a
King….Bacon, Eggs, sausage, tomatoes….
French toast is an alternative if you don’t like chasing your food
As are cereals….but don’t forget toast and
Strawberry jam….its a crowd pleaser
That’ll please any fussy eater (or cheese if they don’t like the sweet stuff)
