Napowrimo 6th April, 2022
Create an acrostic poem using the initials from a well-known phrase.
I asked friends to pick a phrase for me and I chose one suggested by one of my oldest friends, on whom I will never call time.
Bulls Head lows to an empty drinking parlour,
On the side of the Moor Road, behind the wrong type of bars.
Town side, by the canal, The Lockkeeper raises no barge of cheer,
The final lock-in is quieter than a drained canal.
Oddfellows Arms hug no one in the snug,
Memories are preserved in aspic dust,
Silently the Queen’s Head bowed to the inevitable.
Unkept and abandoned these former vessels of joy.
Peel the last bell, it really is closing time.
Missives & Musings 
Sad and beautiful, Graham. I especially love “quieter than a drained canal”. So vivid 💕🙂
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You’ve done a wonderful job with this, Graham. And I’m grateful to you for making my job with it all the easier, thanks to your lovely comment on my website yesterday. Cheers!
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And thank you for the recognition. At some point this month I will share the impact of these 30 days upon much more than my writing
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Okay. Just hope you’re okay. Your writing is MORE than okay, if I may say.
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I wasn’t sure how this prompt worked. Yours is a fine example. I felt the melancholy in your words.
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I have to admit, I felt the sadness growing as I wrote it. I love these challenges for the way they unlock emotional catacombs
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The perfect sad ending. “What was once” generally is sad.
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