Bench

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Bench

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It’s a beautiful day, and you’re out for a stroll in the park. A bench beckons you to have a seat and watch the world go by. What do you see? What do you think about? Respond in poetry or prose. [Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash]

Submissions

  • Poetry

    By seaott3r

    Skyward

    I rest on

    The stiff wooden bench

    With a view of the lake.

    I scroll on my phone,

    Oblivious.

    I then look to the heavens,

    But see little there,

    Just endless ribbons of cloud

    Strung over blue.

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  • Poetry

    By shivalihp

    The Old Bench

    She runs down the path to the lake by her old school. 

    Every day she comes there, for one reason. 

    To see something. 

    A bench...it stands by the lake. 

    Serene and frail. 

     

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