Tag: Play

Play

Post author By inkdropk
Post date 29 Dec 2021
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#fowc #play

Play , they say is important in a

little ones life

and with christmas there’s plenty to engage with

yet – what do you find them playing with?

Possibly – it’ll be the blocks

lined around the living room

and perhaps – it could be the teddy bears

yet , no it’s not them

Perhaps – theyre playing with puzzles

lots of those wrapped up this year

alongside the tin toy trucks and aeroplanes

you know – its not them either

Positioned in the middle of the lounge floor

located away from the christmas tree

a cardboard box with wrapping paper

yet with all those toys – it’s their favourite plaything.

Tags Aeroplanes, Blocks, Box, Christmas, Paper, Play, Presents, Puzzles, Teddy, Teddybears, Toys, Tree, Trucks, Unwrapped, Wrapping, wrapping paper

Halloween Holidays

Out at Night

#Promptuarium #Octpowrimo #halloween #goblins

Out in the farmers field

while the pumpkins slept

out in the field

something crept

leaving a trail of

debris in their way

stopping the chance

of hallows eve play

a question they ask

a simple why?

do people persist with the lanterns ?

they like pumpkin pie….

For its not just trick or treaters

on halloween night

who are frightened away

by the lantern light.

They want to have fun

They just want to play

so to Mr Jack-o-lantern

Please go away!

Tags field, goblins, Halloween, jack o lanterns, octpowrimo, Play, Promptuarium, pumpkins, Treat, Trick, Trick or Treat

Childhood Poetry

Old Times

Post author By inkdropk
Post date 22 Oct 2021
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Fun among the trees

as cubscouts swing

back and forth

until the howl for

lunch or another activity

on campsite

until the call back – theyll

swing off the tyres or play on the wood stumps

Tags activity, Camping, Childhood, Cubs, octpowrimo, Outdoors, Play, Scouting, Scouts, swings

Character Poetry Space

Universal Change

#Character #Space #Universe #writeclub

Universe , painted (image by inky from an image from Google)

While the planets

Go round the Sun (our star)

and far off systems

go round their own stars

something keeps

space and time moving

The old man of space

keeps mother milky way , Andromeda

and her other brothers and sisters

turning while he watches on

There have been times

when he really wanted a change of scene

but instead – he kept going

in the same direction

So don’t be dismayed – if the stars out at night

seem out of place – and not quite right

Our dear old universe just want’s to play

It’s why all the patterns don’t look the right way

Tags Brothers, Change, Constellations, Direction, Fun, Galaxies, Napowrimo, Play, Poetry, sisters, Solar system, Space, Stars, System, Time, Universe, writeclub

Animals Art Poetry

Furry

Post author By inkdropk
Post date 1 Jul 2020
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Salford 1st July 2020

#writeclub #monsters #poetry #kidspoetry

as part of my write club challenges, i wrote a piece about a “Monster” with claws and teeth and horns – more like a caterpillar with 100 Feet!

(Anyone with kids remember a Lotsa-Lotsa-Leggs ? 🙂 )

Caterpillar – doodle of a toy by inky.

I know , you know its not halloween

but i’ve got to tell you about this thing i’ve seen

snaking round Salford’s streets

with over a hundred colourful feet

A fluffy centipede , orange fur, purple hair

grown ups walking past they stare

at multi coloured spikes on his back

they move on quickly – in case of attack

If they had thought – they’d would have seen

those spikes were just fur

he want’s something to munch on

to sleep and to purr

And who does he bump into ? – our neighbours cat

who gives him some room in the upstairs flat…

so before going to bed, he eats leaves and shoots

resting on a mat, his hundred or so boots

And during the dusk, you’ll see them both play

with a ball made of wool – in a particular way

playing under the moon and having some fun

and enjoying a nap – when the day has begun

Tags Animal, Bed, Boots, Cat, Caterpillar, Coloured, Eats, Feet, Flat, Fluffy, Fur, Garden, Grown ups, Hundred, Leaves, Lockdown poems, Moon, Multi-coloured, Orange, Play, Purple, Salford, Shoots

Beach Poetry Seaside Seasons

Sunset

Post author By inkdropk
Post date 31 Mar 2020
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Salford, 31st March 2020

A poem on the sun going down by inky – its been published by Forward Poetry, appeared on Luna’s blog at Lunatheblog.com and now its back home – enjoy the read………

The pebbles on the shore
were picked up and stacked
for skimming on the sea

Stacked with care
Precariously balanced
The wind made them wobble

The sun watched as
it created shadowy silhouettes
around the sandy shore

Till the tide began to turn
and the stack on the shore
alerted the little ones

The pebbles on the shore
told the children playing on the sand
it was time to go for dinner

Tags Balanced, Beach, Children, Dinner, Napowrimo, Pebbles, Play, Sand, Sea, Shore, Skimming, Stack, Sun, Sunset, Tide, Wind, Wobble

Poetry

Tag

Post author By inkdropk
Post date 13 Mar 2020
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#fowc #tag

school of fish …. image by inky

down in the deep

where the water is warm

young fish come out of school

to play among the coral

going west and then east

following tide and current,

and as one fish catches the other

he calls he calls out in bubbles…..you’re it.