The Inkwell
#Socs #Val #Valued
Volunteers….
as you know – they don’t get paid but
lots of them sign up for the tasks they are given – it’s
up to them how many hours they do but
every day you’ll see them – aiding the cause
day by day – doing jobs for more esteem than finance
Salford, April 27 2020
Where did the weekend go ?
start of a week in a time of lockdown
quarter to seven – even the resident birds are still sleeping
a new feathered friend flies past the window
he mustn’t have got the memo
Right about now
Ra is popping his head up over the horizon
painting colours on the waterside
The hour draws closer
and I can hear the rumble of traffic
of essential workers
on the busiest road in the country
occasionally stopping
for petrol or snacks
at the metro mart
Auntie beat them all to the charge
Breakfast telly started an hour ago.
#Fowc #Whistle #Acrostic
When the pea begins to rattle, the noise
Hits the high notes
It’s time for the action to begin, a
Signal from the official
Time to get underway
Let’s get moving
Excitement – building
#FFFC #Time #Beauty
Image credit : KELLEPICS@pixabay.com.
Looking in the mirror
I count the creases
in this once youthful face
Time is a fickle friend
Where is that younger me ?
The one with hopes and dreams
And yet, when we meet
it seems time stands still
for the girl of fifteen
Essence of Youth ?
from the sea of time
or frozen in a moment ?
And the one thing that gets me
as the seconds move on
Your beauty hasn’t changed
Salford, 1st April 2019
#Fowc #Watch
A marvel of invention
Before it , you had to had to rely on the grandfather clock
Chiming away, or its bigger reletive
Down in the town square, of course
Everyone is transfixed
Fixated with time
Going from place to place without taking in the places around them
27th February 2019
As the sun dipped below the horizon
and changed shift with his pal the moon
something constant kept on moving
second hand moving the minutes
whilst the hour hand waited to move forward
and a marker sat like a sentry
ready to fire a fifteen gun salute
cats birds and dogs, creep outside slowly
wailing beyond the double glazed glass
and the cogs keep the hands moving
till the minute hand meets the marker
and hammer meets bell – time to get up.
#Photography #Movement
The Analogue clock
It’s so simple in it’s operation
Moving seconds to minutes, and Minutes to hours
Each second passing into the annals of history
#newyearseve #newyearsday
Salford, 31st December 2018
The final night of 2018
Draws in a brand new year
Called out from the east
And working it’s way round the globe
The fireworks and chimes
Bring in a new dawn
Fresh thinking , fresh plans
Across the lands, grow as the sun says hi
As the new wind blows, to the new year say hello
As we wave the old one goodbye
Salford, 30th December 2018
The seconds tick on by
With each single grain of sand
Falling softly into the hourglass
Each second passing
Moments in history
As the grains keep falling
And Father Time watches
As his birthday approaches
And it’s time to shave the beard off
