The Inkwell#oct19 #octpowrimo
The alarm goes off ringing
its time to get up
a click of the kettle
a clink of a cup
The rumbling of wheels
travelling down the road
tooting their horns
past my abode
Silence for a while
as i’m sipping my tea
broken by tweets
from a bird or three
#Octpowrimo
Weekday
Woven tween Tuesday and Thursday
Woden’s Day – named after a saxon god
and a sign – when you wake up
weekend is on its way
#cyw #orchid
Over time the orchid plant
Releases the colour hidden away in its stems
Crafting flowers of such beauty, you would have thought
Heaven’s angels had crafted each one
It takes time to grow an orchid with such colour and beauty, but its
Definately worth every second waited
#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.
