The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

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Born and Bred in Salford, England – I live a short distance from Old Trafford – Home to Manchester United Football Club. I volunteer at Sale Harriers athletic club and at Imperial War Museum North – where i help as a guide to visitors in the galleries. A blogger, photographer, volunteer and occasional writer.

Tag: travel

  • Tangent

    #fowc #tangent Taking road signs for granted and following your navigation device – ignoring your own eyes is notably, a recipe for disaster, as it goes its own merry way and you expect it to guide you to your next destination – you think you’re headed to a sandy southern beach the reality ? –…

  • Map

    #map #fowc many a sailor or perhaps a buccaneer has used one of these in pursuit of treasure many you will find, as a guide for potential explorers putting their feet across peak district peat bogs most are a guide for weary travellers ambling across the uk road network perhaps they could have taken the…

  • Lightness

    #Octpowrimo #Lightness Salford, 29th October 2019 As summer draws to a close and green leaves turn to red the leaves of the less evergreen aided by wind rain and streams float off in a dream, light as a feather to their final resting spot where they leave a mark of colour on the paths around…

  • Six words – Waiting

    #Sixwordsstory #waiting Sat out of the weather, Waiting

  • Delay

    #fowc #Delay What is the Rush? Train Stopped As it sits on Tracks, Locked I am sat in the station cafeteria Taking in a tea and cake In expectation that the Next locomotive is Going where I want to go

  • Mind the Gap

    #Fowc #Gap The warning signs tell you Mind the gap but to some it seems an elaborate trap for all those important seem to step over line the message isn’t for them to them – all is fine but you find yourself making an emergency call as one ignores the gap and one of them…

  • What’s Awesome?

    #Fowc #Awesome Salford 4th June 2019 If this reads a bit like a list – It’s not supposed to be! Things I’ve done, Places I’ve seen Being a cog as part of a much larger machine Taking up writing as self – therapy Helping out run some great events for free Greeting students at the…

  • Track

    #Fowc #Track Sunday 14th April Two lines of sturdy steel Rolling down the road, from point a to point b A thing for the engine to be able to travel Connecting people and places across this isle Keeping people moving

  • Cats eyes

    Salford, 9th April 2019 I never really got those markers in the road why they called them after the pupils of my favourite feline they followed each other from a to b leading motorists in the dark as their eyes lit up they reminded me of turtles out in a warmer sea encased in a…

  • Time travel

    #Promptuarium #Photo Album