The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Tag: travel

  • Thinking of Breakfast

    #writeclub #breakfast Up all night travelling in their magnificent chariot making their way to their destination Thinking of breakfast Driving to Penzance from John – o – Groats looking to fill the stomachs and throats Thinking of breakfast Dropping off cargo, at a rendezvous point all the time thinking, of a roasted lamb joint or…

  • Car

    #writeclub #adventure A car is not an Adventure though it could just get you there saving you the shoe leather or even the bus fare It gets you there from A to B using the various road and track Travelling down endless steel railed paths and buckets of flattened tarmac It’d be great – if…

  • Adventure

    #writeclub #listpoem Adventure comes from a small leather case stepping onto the plane and heading to a place well out of normal reach definately not your normal nearby beach imagining how happy you will be sat with your mum on dad – on a spot by the sea

  • Stifado

    #Food #Greek #Dish #Beef #Cinnamon An acrostic, written in honour of a dish i enjoyed a lot of during my travels to the greek islands. Served up in a traditional greek pot Traditionally cooked up with beef, tomatoes and onions It’s usually served up with some sort of pasta Fresh bay leaves, cinnamon And all…

  • Trinkets

    #fowc #trinkets Tiny little things reminding you of places in the UK or abroad where you navigated towards on holiday kept mementoes of events in time tallied together so you don’t forget them

  • Slope

    The golf pro landed the ball downhill all seemed well that was until aided by the grass or on its own perhaps by wind it was blown down the slope , and into a trap into the sand, in a moments snap the ball was rescued by his sand wedge only to find its self…

  • Waiting

    #MLMM She’s Waiting She’s Waiting by the platform She’s Waiting for a Train She’s Waiting for the train She’s Waiting for a particular train but for now – She’s Waiting She’s waiting to get to a place on the coast a place as a child she enjoyed the most a place that was way off…

  • Travel Issues

    #promptuarium #travelissues #snow I A winters snowfall in the middle of spring was, how can you put it ? surprising II emergency scarves coats and gloves distributed from the boot to front and back seats III Waiting for the repair truck along with the others while sat in the white stuff going nowhere IV The…

  • Out of Time

    #Napowrimo #time Salford 22nd April 2021 The preparations had been perfect but now the grains of sand were quickly falling away running like an olympian to catch the tram to the station indescribable feelings as you watched the golden tram rolling down the rail towards your destination so you sit, with your bag and your…

  • After the wait

    #waiting #napowrimo #railway #delays #writeclub After the wait A scribble by brian f kirkham I Stood in a queue lining up waiting over five whole minutes – to get a ticket Movement outrageously slow vexed passengers explode verbally – turning air blue II Sips of transported tea inspire few at the transport cafe longing for…