The Inkwell

Tag: Seed

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    Sunday Morning Call

    #Nature #Weekend #Birds Over the horizon the sun god pops while beyond the curtain a message drops beyond the glazing and well past the wall the birds have awoken some making a call Not much to chirp at at this time of day but the cats are all inside so it’s time to play especially […]

  • Something tiny that changes everything
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    Something tiny that changes everything

    #Writeclub #Napowrimo #Nature #Life #Water with a nod to Mark @ Writeclub for the prompt. I A small cloud went on a wonder from the west down to the east II A Small Seed was planted by a child helping her mum and dad III The small cloud watered the spot where the small seed […]

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    Patience of Poets

    #writeclub Poetry as a pastime, can be taken as more a marathon than a sprint in that, inspiration needs to grow every seed of an idea needs something to make it the final article crafting and editing, perhaps adding drawings and colour so everyone will be attracted to it Only the most foolish – dive […]

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    The luckiest guy alive

    Title prompt : C/o John Cooper Clarke Scattered the seed under a spruce based siding noting the date and time someone must have been looking over me, – hail mary moment – for in the redness of the sky – came a flash of light next thing you know, enough raindrops for the buried seed […]

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    Perched

    #napowrimo #acrostic Positioned on the top of the neighbours roof every day they rest their talons on an aerial or tile closely observing what the humans have left for them excitedly, they spot the bright yellow kernels divebombing the position where they’ve been left

  • Meditation

    My mind was focused on two large pine cones engaged in a race under an iron bridge determined to reach the other side in order to beat the other to the bank a force of nature willing them on to reach the end before their friend if you were wondering who won of course – […]

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    Spooked

    Salford 14th April 2020 #Napowrimo #Covid19 #Wildlife Someone send out a message Particularly to the man in the big house Our feathered friends are not amused today – because Our nation happens to be on lockdown – and no one sent them a message Keeping the routine isn’t working – there’s nothing in the bins! […]

  • Exploring

    Salford 9th April 2020 The wildlife of the locality have had their free reign with everyone inside and no sight of rain swooping around enjoying the air landing on rooftops without a care meeting up with old pals on a moonlit street the pickings are meagre there’s no one to greet watching the geese and […]

  • Few

    #Fowc #Few Happy is the humble helicopter seed that make their way from their parent tree and land in fresh fertile soil to grow and prosper for many are chosen for the journey but few actually succeed

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    Root

    #fowc #root the source of the plant grown from the seed fed from the soil Out of Sight Unseen by most till dug by the gardener keeping those flowers in perfect bloom all the way to autumn Special roots – Cleaned and cooked in the oven are tasty in stews Edible Garnish for the Sunday […]