Empty
Benches
One
might comment,
Look
at all those empty benches!
Yet,
the poet sees:
An
old woman who as a young girl rescued and raised a baby bird,
A
lonely man whose wife cancer took,
A
child reviewing his speech to Santa,
Twins,
identical,
A
young woman engrossed in her novel.
Dreamers
and schemers,
Leaders,
teachers, cheaters,
Lovers
and others,
Criers
and liars and gentle tear dryers,
Smilers
and beguilers,
Anglofilers
and reconcilers,
Addicts
recovered and stars discovered,
Mothers
and muggers,
Truckers
and conductors,
Screamers
and believers.
For
the poet, empty benches do not exist.
Linda
Imbler
Linda
Imbler is an internationally published poet. Her poetry collections
include “Big Questions, Little Sleep,” “Lost and Found,” and “The Sea’s
Secret Song.”
She
is a Kansas-based Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Nominee. Linda’s
poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com.
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