The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Tag: travel

  • Passenger Salford, 2nd July 2017   An acrostic in response to the prompt   public service vehicles 🚗 a godsend for the pedestrian sailing down a local tarmac track near you in a spectrum of bright colours each one stopping to receive a customer note the people waiting to get on these great wheeled chargers…

  • Message in a bottle

    Bottle The green glass container landed with a bump on the sands The sea, tired of its presence   No fine wine or olive oil here but something more precious a message for someone special   Sent in hope than anticipation dropped into blue waters floating off towards land   Time remains – and Questions…

  • Descend Saturday 20th May 2017 During a dandelion seeds travels each one rises up into the air, some travel further than others carried by the wind eventually though, they gently drop to nearby ground, where after a short rest they become dandelions new, with bright yellow flowers

  • Blackpool

    There were lots of acrobats, and juggling and trapeze acts at this show, and plenty of clowning around…and lots of laughter.  

  • Wild blue yonder

    #coloryourworld #cyw #wildblueyonder   Heading out to sunnier climbs the sea looks jewel like from up here an absent-minded deity must have dropped it from above   Wild blue yonder – tween sky and space up in the clouds – the planes keep a pace so passengers landing, on islands they’ll stay and enjoy some…

  • Composition of a painting

    Salford, 7th March 2017 The drawing originated from the last family holiday we had in Oludeniz, in Turkey. I took my notepad and pencils with me to do some scribbling when i got bored of taking camera shots with my Samsung web camera. Just by the complex we were staying in were the remains of…

  • Where was I ? Paradise.

  • Tumbleweed

    #Coloryourworld #cyw #Tumbleweed A funny little fellow is the humble tumbleweed beginning life in the wind as a seed   Dependable in the desert Guaranteed to sweep up as it travels making cameo appearances in every good western   Home for the children, who leave when the moment comes to follow mum and dad’s footsteps in…

  • Salford, Wednesday 27th July (Via Blackpool, Morecambe and Colwyn Bay :)) Summer Parasols parade A pageant of all colours Prepared for picnics Hermit crabs scuttle Across the sandy shore Safety in numbers Candy floss floating on long wooden carry sticks windmills turn in breeze And tiny fish await A delightful day dish Dipping down below

  • Three coins in the Fountain

    Three Coins in the Fountain Salford, 7th June 2016 Three coins in a fountain, in a patch of green in a City in Europe Three coins – thrown in at first light of a Mediterranean Morning Three coins, shimmering under the blue water Three coins, magnified in the wet Three coins, small currency, change for…