Tag: Schooldays
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Excel
#socs #cel #excel #school #xylophone #music Even the most junior of musicians need celebrating xylophone hammers beating out melodious melodies creating a tune, mum and dad enjoy even if you’re hitting the bars at the wrong moment loved by all who hear it in the school assembly hall
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Silent
#Socs #Silent It’s no wonder the dictionary is so full today letters seem to have tip-toed in without a sound chorus of approval from teachers as characters wrangle their way in like dark knights entering the castle crescent as you write, the letters appear like ghosts but read them out wrong – in class – […]
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Scent
#socs #scent Its travelling on the wind something you’re reminded of something from your adolescent youth up in the air – it triggers a memory engaging a moment from schooldays sweet as strawberries crafted before the school disco when engaging young beauties shared a moment with the new lads on the dancefloor taking their hands […]
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Marble
#Marble It’s been rolling about In your pocket for a while now Waiting to bump into its chums on the playground floor Travelling at some speed into the collective amassed Some greet him warmly whilst others dart off quickly
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Not So Bad
#schooldays #promptuarium With the current lockdown the kids are back in school forget the bug that’s virulent the doctors overruled Schooldesks spaced out plenty while lessons start anew learning english maths and all for tests that are a due And playtime the kids are spaced out in their own little spots and squares its not […]
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How do you spel dat ?
#school #schooldays #schooldaze #dinosaurs #spelling Another rememberence another skool – daze where in “High School” Armed with Splints, Pencils and Pens you sat in year 1 Geography or History discussing the big dine – o – saurs and where they lived Tee-rhino-saw us and dip lod die cuss on places not Salford or even London […]
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Retreat
#fowc #retreat Salford, 24th February 2021 Another Lakeland Reminiscence Retreat – Normally a call for escaping an attack from an enemy….. (but not in this case) for me, it was a week away from the City in the picturesque settings of the Lake District, up by Derwentwater in a place called Keswick. Arranged by the […]
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In the Hangar
#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 […]
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Castlerigg
#Napowrimo #Room #Dorm Reflection of a shared room (school retreat) Keswick, 1987 Up in the hills by a mountain stream a place of reflection and retreat the room shared three with a view of the lakes a place to ponder, relax and take breaks colour scheme – calming a sight of some sheep and during […]
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Daydream
Sunday 1st March 2020 Doing schoolwork when the sun is shining is A bit of a chore – and kids have been doing it for Years, staring out the window Doodling sheep out of the clouds Reactions from the teacher ? Expected, but getting angry won’t grab their attention As the warm rays cast onto […]
The Inkwell 