The Inkwell
They’re off on a journey
Travelling by air
Through skies of blue
The destination – yet unknown
That depends on the breeze they chase
The arrival time – when the wind drops
Then they’ll take a siesta, in
The nearest spot of soil
Till time awakens them all and
Their new flowers appear
They may be called “Weeds” but
There’s more to these wildflowers
They’re Bright yellow Dandelions – watch them roar!
Its hard to fathom
how these children of the scots pine
found their way on a bench by a northern harbour
their relatives happy to see them
still hanging around on their own tree
they’ve been hard at work
scattering their seed across the parks and greens
but now they need a break
so they’ll take five
on the bench they rest upon
before travelling on the breeze
#Writephoto #Emerging
Everybody – keep calm
may as it seen – it looks like a giant coming through the wall
every forester knows who it is – its Pan!
reviving the trees and preparing them for autumn
green grasses being pushed up by his fingers
it might come as a shock – but hes a busy guy this time of year
note how the seeds are opening up and falling to
ground ? Thats all down to him
#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
#fowc #Myriad
Call it a time of changing seasons
the winter has finally gone – its spring
and the seeds that were sleeping down in the soil
have popped up to say hello
along with a myriad of birds and
wonderfully coloured butterflies
#CYW #Pinegreen
Perhaps you would say
Its probably the most recognisable tree
Next to the horse chestnut and
English Oak – Its seeds hanging from its evergreen branches
Growing commences when these seeds find their way under ground
Released into the air slowly and then
Enjoying the journey towards the clouds
Expect a squirrel to use it for a home while birds
Nest in the higher branches above them
#promptuarium #Lockdown #birds
The birds are having a whale of a time
perched as they are on the quay fencing
taking in the rays
of the warm summer sunshine
their only dilemma for today
is when their waiter service is returning
for its great hopping to the waters for take out
but they’re missing their seeds of gold
and some of them have their feathers in a frizz….
word on the bridge is – its down to a bug
point him out they say – we want our feeders back!
Salford 17th April 2020
A Spot
by the big trees became vacant recently,
considering the weather, i cleared the space and
dropped some the seed into a channel….no
expectations – i just need to water them during the day
flowers ? they’ll all be different and some you might
go and consider them as weeds in another garden – i just
hope they grow in the hard trowelled soil they’ve been buried in and
in turn, the birds find the bugs and not the seeds!
#Fowc #Dirt
Destination – Under the Grass
It’s the place where the bulbs and seeds
Rest before its time to say hi to the sunshine
Treading on it – leaves a mark on it and a mark on you!
Salford, 9th March 2019
A patch of earth on some barren land
Was turned over, fed and watered
Earth dug up in places on
Seeds or bulbs planted
Over the next few months, the process continued – and
Moments passed – until the arrival of a green leaf popping out of the ground
Expect rainbows of colour over the next few weeks.
The Inkwell