Song

#Socs #Song It’s been really quiet recently. Actors and musicians have been in their rooms the theatres have closed because of a bug no buskers on the street either Something needed to be done resident birds calling out in tune celebrating the sunshine telling the human beans indoors it’s time to get up Cats on …

An attempt at Oulipo

Salford, 15th May 2020 Anyone reading the inkwell, will know i like to write a bit of verse from time to time. For this particular literary challenge i had to switch each noun in the poem and replace it with a noun 7 words down So, pulling out my old Longman’s pocket dictionary and my …

Dandelion II

Down in the family garden a roaring yellow flower lives in the borders next to the hyacinths, roses, and tulips Don’t think this is your standard “Weed” each one of these has their own shape and colour liked when the mane disappears and the seed heads transform into something more light and fluffy on the …

Double

#FOWC #Double a sweet tasting response from inky to fandango’s latest one word challenge Not your normal after dinner treat it’s got two of everything, vanilla scoops, chocolate scoops, brownies, the lot covered in drizzles of sweet chocolate syrup even the wafer’s got a dash of cocoa running through it pudding – a nice light …

Escape

Salford 14th September #Promptuarium #Crabs A poem for the above picture prompt provided by the promptuarium Thrown headlong into the fisherman’s basket the captured crabs jostle about no ambition to end up as five star dining, served up by a celebrity chef so they climb on top of one another creating a ladder to escape …

Central

Salford 23rd August a tale of Manchester central, which I knew as G-Mex when I were young (sic) I It’s the place where mighty wheels rolled over lines of steel to take you north and south and east to wonderous places where stress released II Slap bang In the middle of town The rail network …

Gorden Bleu!

14th July 2017 Dusting down the old poetry notebooks again… An Old poem recovered from my dusty old box of writings, written back in October 2012, when i was reminiscing on my Ambassadorial experiences…and mum and dad were out of the house – so i had to go foraging….   Thursday evening and I’m on …