The Inkwell
There’s something about your shade
you could be a fresh lemon, or a zesty lime on the canvas
the artist just can’t decide,
for the fruit in the bowl can be your colour while it ripens up
turning yellow or green when its ready for eating
#Fowc #Combine
I. Baking
Take your favourite root vegetable
add it with some fat, flour, and a sugar for sweetness
put some additional berries or nuts
stir in, and stick in the oven
when ready – retrieve – cut up
and enjoy
II. Art
Trying to get the colour of
flowers in the garden
isn’t that hard
dropping some red with blue, or blue with yellow,
produces some lovely colour for those blackberries
you’re capturing in that pot
III. Chemistry
Creating new substances from items in the lab
has to be done with care
elements coming together in glass beakers
make colourful mixes , sometimes with
intense reactions –
so it makes sense to use a bit of forward planning
take care with those acids and alkalis and look out at
reactions – don’t forget your gloves and goggles
you’ll be grateful you wore them if the mixes turn violent
IV. Crops
pointing headwards in the sky
threshed and processed for the best yield
then sent to the mill to meet the stones
crushing them down for bread flour
or maybe even cornflakes
Zingy is how you might call it
each pore of the citrus fruits skin
holds a little bit inside
and as your figures begin to split
the fruit’s smell contained therein
escaping into the room
where it does reside
enhancing the flavour into which you’ve just bit
Wrapped up in Marzipan
this ever special bake
isn’t a mince-pie
that’s something that isn’t a flan
but definitely what you would call a cake
filled with fruit that’s full of flavour
and perfect for all the family to try
a pudding that everyone will savour
Cherry red they call it – taken from the french
except there are times you can’t call it
red – not in the traditional sense
its more pink than that
shade stronger than your average strawberry (even in ice cream)
each shade seems different, but so then are cherries on the tree
#Octpowrimo #Cobbledstreets #England #Northern #Salford #Lancashire
A piece of poetry by inky, based on the terraced house on Lark Hill Place. A restored Victorian Street in Salford’s Museum and art gallery.
Old building by cobbles,
Oak table , and chairs
Copper kettle boiling on the stove
near to the stairs
Fruit from the Grocers,
cutup and cored,
is ready for the pie bowl
in the oven its stored
Washboard, and Dolly Tub
in Backyard unhooked
ready for washing
that’s been overlooked
And when its been cleaned
and gleaming with pride
they’ll dry on a line
on pegs hanging outside
Sweep by the cobbles
some work is his goal
so he watches the chimney
as the food cooks on coals
And today, family living here
is having them a guest,
so they’ve laid out the cutlery
and porcelain that is best.
#FOWC #Shake
Sailing through the air, go the dice
Hitting the table hard
A chance you get a double six ?
King of wishful thinking
Everyone knows those odds are long
Someone’s setting pulses racing
Hearts all a flutter
As the fruit and icecream
Keep pulsing and turning in the blender
Entry into the glass – moments away
Salford, 5th July 2019
A piece of poetry, taken from my repository on Allpoetry.com
The rotten apple of the bunch,
was saved from sentence of th’bin
it was placed inside a plot of soil
and kept warm there and in.
Now Children wondered – would it grow,
with loads of apples there in tow?
Dad he watered plot every day
So apple could try to make its way
And as the apple started to root,
from out of the ground – popped up a shoot
the apple had started its journey to be
a lovely fruitful apple tree
And leaves and branches started to take
as Dad and Children round tree did rake
and then one day – as the sun it did rise
the family had a fruity surprise!
Little Green apples hung from the tree,
occasionally pecked by a bird or a bee
these would grow – and time would fly
and then the apples – would end in a pie!
#CYW #Atomictangerine
Salford 24th May 2019
#Apricot #cyw #fruit #acrostic #poetry
A small yellow fruit, with a
Prune like stone in its centre
Ripe on the tree –
It’s colour – yellow, and when
Cut from the stem
often feels furry – much like a peach
Then again – its sweetness is nice at any time
