The Bench Series: October: A Bench to Sit on

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Poetry and Photography
Posted in Travel Words Bench Photo Challenge, the Bench Series

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“I don’t generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench” Satchel Paige

A Bench to Sit on

I was looking for
A bench to sit on
What I hoped to score
Something close to a lawn
To lay my tired self
On a softer shelf

Then I saw it
The bench, made of stone
When I tried to sit
I felt it to my bones
Too hard for a fit!

Moving forward
I found one, made of wood
Maybe it wasn’t hard
Rather suitably good
Too soft for a fit!

So once again
I had to complain
But I knew, the right seat
Was just in reach
I just had to seek

A little while longer
As I moved along
The feeling now stronger
I knew it wouldn’t be long
I was close to finding
As I saw the metal shining

I finally found it
A bench made of metal
For me to sit
Soft as a petal
A purr-fect fit

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CAMERA LUCIDA – METAL

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Posted in week #12 of Camera Lucida Photo Challenge, Metal

“a solid material which is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity (e.g. iron, gold, silver, and aluminium, and alloys such as steel).
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“the work also involves dealing with rock aggregates for potential use as suitable road metal”

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“I have metal in my body, so every time I go to an airport, the metal detector goes off” Jesse Ventura

‘CAMERA LUCIDA’ – METAL

Silver, copper, rust
Maybe even a little dust

Streetlights built of heavy metal
Into the lift, no need for pedals

Old machines getting a new start
As being cultured objet d’arts

The strongest of coffees
Brewed in a rusted pot

Down the drain the water flows
Where it goes, no one knows

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SL WEEK 16: Alone

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Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of communications
“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company” George Washington

SL WEEK 16: Alone

Deep in thought
Not a soul in sight
This is how I prefer it
At least sometimes

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With my hand extended
Still feel I am invisible
That is how others prefer it
At least sometimes

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Standing tall all in white
People ignoring, passing by
Not that I mind it
At least sometimes

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The empty seat
I felt beat
So I left it behind
This time

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Mundane Monday, 2015-10-19

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Photo challenge for PhoTrabloggers Mundane Monday

“This is a challenge created to find beauty in almost everything. The challenge is simple : find beauty in everyday mundane things, capture the beauty and upload the photographs.”

 

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“Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that” Benedict Cumberbatch

Mundane Monday, 2015-10-19

She is standing tall
Hoping never to fall
Slicing the sky
Beautiful to the eye
In silver and blue
Didn’t have a clue
Until the sun’s reflection
Caught my attention
A mundane object?
Or something perfect?

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SL WEEK 15: Communications; Lesson in Water Guns

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Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of communications
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something” Plato

SL WEEK 15: Communications; Lesson in Water Guns

“So listen carefully, because I shall say this only once”

Others nodding in unison.

“This is the safety, once you pull it back, you can shoot.”

Everyone staring in awe and with a bewildered look on their faces.

“You know what a safety is?”

“Um…” “Um” “No?”

“OK, I will show you one more time. Now watch and listen carefully!”

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SL WEEK 15: Communications; Hot Gossip

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Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of communications

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“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place” George Bernard Shaw

SL WEEK 15: Communications; Hot Gossip

“Say what?”
“I was asking did you hear about Toddy?”
“What about Toddy?”
“I said Toddy got his back burnt badly and was taken to the hospital.”
“Oh, too much sun?”
“Sun?”
“Yes, sun. From laying on the beach?”
“No, I heard it was a cooking accident.”
“Cooking?”
“Yeah, apparently his sausages overboild!”

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Happy Place, At Sea (Part Three)

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PHOTO CHALLENGE: Happy Place
“This week, we want you to show us where you go to get your groove back”

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Happy Place.”

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“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony” Mahatma Gandhi

Happy Place, At Sea (Part Three)

Step into the vessel
Forget the pressure
When setting sail
And hitting that trail

Hoping for
The gail to stay away
For a smooth journey
With a gentle sway
On the ocean’s gurney

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Happy Place, Seashore (Part Two)

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PHOTO CHALLENGE: Happy Place
“This week, we want you to show us where you go to get your groove back”

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Happy Place.”

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“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking” Marcus Aurelius

Happy Place, Seashore (Part Two)

Happiness
Is a little stretch of emptiness
Of seashore that is

Sitting on the rocks
Watching the waves
Feeling the misbehave
Tossing shoes and socks
Walking to the waterline
Reminders of cloud nine
Sand between the toes
Silently uttered woes
Of never leaving…
…Paradise

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Happy Place, Poolside (Part One)

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PHOTO CHALLENGE: Happy Place
“This week, we want you to show us where you go to get your groove back”

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Happy Place.”

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“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters” Audrey Hepburn

Happy Place, Poolside (Part One)

Don’t worry, be happy
And yes, do make it snappy
I know you’re not in a hurry
And you needn’t worry
The happy place
You were looking for
Never really stays
In one place for too long
Don’t try to act like a nut
But get off your butt
Hit that road
Follow the toad

Oh, but wait!
Happiness starts at home
So, don’t hesitate
Get into the zone
Forget for a while the rules
And just dive into the pool

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Mundane Monday

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Photo challenge for PhoTrabloggers Mundane Monday

“Monday is great if I can spend it in bed. I’m a man of simple pleasures, really” Arthur Darvill

Mundane Monday

Just another Manic Monday
Certainly not my fun day
Back in the office again
Simply cannot explain
It just happens
Always after weekend
Leaving me baffled
I cannot help myself
And leaves me overwhelmed
I just end up here
In this stratosphere
Called work

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