The Inkwell
Call it cultured if you will
A meal time of summat tasty served up at
The local museum and art gallery
Head and mind kept occupied by
Exhibits shown and
Displayed around the workspace
Roast or Corned beef, Maybe Ham
And a drop of Tea or coffee to wash it down
Likelyhood is, you might even have one of those buns under the cloche!
(Now if readers look down the side, you’ll see the soul was fed earlier)
Manchester Museum, 1st March 2021
It’s not easy being king of the dinos
you’re buried under the land
for what seems like ages
and kept away from the sun
so you take a bit of a nap
all of a sudden, something with teeth like yours
is uncovering you, in the cold
and they’re using your bones like a jigsaw puzzle
all put together in a grand place of learning
the other dinos around in the space dont say very much
but the descendants of the cavemen are all pointing their magic boxes at you
so you pose and you smile at the little uns below
as you give them a grin
#Stained #Glass #Window #Poetry #art #crafts
Produced from pieces of coloured glass
individually picked out and placed in a frame
capturing a scene of a famous building
together, as the sun shines through each piece
up on the walls a coloured scene appears
reactions – by the people amazing
enjoying the site on the steel walls
#IWM #Airfix #Duxford
A poetry piece by B.F. Kirkham.
There’s a bucket of wings on the table,
but this ain’t no KFC
You’re there with your mates at the ready
and take home a plane for free
You pick up the pieces as listed
the fellow from museum there to help
as your classmates fumble with pieces
and boys and girls start to yelp
Behind you is the perfect model –
they tell you it took men all those years
as part of the wing it does come off
and it almost brings you to tears
Patience – comes call from behind you
as you fiddle with the pieces for a while
it won’t take you long – and you can’t get it wrong
as the teacher gives you a smile
Suddenly it all comes together
the tail end the wings and the prop
resembling that big plane behind you
and its something you don’t want to drop
So you say ta to the model instructor
with your plane that’s been made paid and mended
and your classmates all fly, those planes from time gone by
before the trip to the museum is ended.
Salford (via Manchester Museum), 20th June 2020
King of the Dinosaurs!
woken up by the sound of a wide brush,
and now sitting proud in a grand hall
towering over us all
while human children look and read,
what he liked, for a feed.
#Fowc #Advance #Museums
A group of eager young minds
Dropped in on a historical building or two today
Very interested in taking in the displays
And getting a feel of some real items used of the time
Now , anyone could tell their enthusiasm was building as one or two led a
Charge up the stairwell –
Except for one thing – none of them knew their way around!
Salford 5th February 2020
A tale of a meet and greeter at IWM North, Manchester
Take a good handful of young minds
and interesting artifacts from a fire engine to a British tank
under some really unusual lighting
give them a tale of a teapot smashed and
hold their attention with items in a display – leave for 5 –
then let them handle an old helmet or two
! While you tell them all about it !
#Fowc #Horizon #HorizonII
Half way tween the earth and the sky
On which the sun exchanges places with the moon
Reality is although you can see it
In your eye line – you’ll find it impossible to reach
Zero degrees – and its all so far away
On the occasion you’ve reached your destination –
Next thing you see – is that place you want to be
#Fowc #Awesome
Salford 4th June 2019
If this reads a bit like a list – It’s not supposed to be!
Things I’ve done, Places I’ve seen
Being a cog as part of a much larger machine
Taking up writing as self – therapy
Helping out run some great events for free
Greeting students at the museum door
Laying down tiles of a competition floor
Rising to heights of an ancient scene
Keeping a log of the places I’ve been
26th November 2018
I Composed this piece after reading fellow poet Luna’s Poem #93
You can find that piece here
Sent it to her first, then i thought i’d share it with the rest of you all…enjoy
If you want to comment, feel free to post – Inky.
I watched from the other platform
the girl with the not so happy smile
she let the express go by her
and was sat by the tracks for a while
sat on her own – as the trains went by
something began to question why?
so over the platform I started to walk
and sat by the platform – and the two of us talked
The Inkwell