Sheila Bender – Medium

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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

At Port Townsend’s Historic Chinese Gardens

My niece and I walk along madrona trees, fir, and pine. At the site of the old Chinese Gardens, a deer crosses our path, pauses to stare at…

2 min readMar 12, 2024

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At Port Townsend’s Historic Chinese Gardens

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Sheila Bender
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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

Table of Treasures

It is narrow under a window but long and hosts many gifts: a terra cotta bowl of small cacti, the orchid I must water from the bottom of…

1 min readMar 3, 2024

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Table of Treasures

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Sheila Bender
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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

Checkerboard

— Evenly-sized squares in two different colors placed in alternating positions

1 min readMar 2, 2024

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Checkerboard

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Sheila Bender
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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

Pzizer 2021 COVID-19 Vacination Card

2 min readMar 1, 2024

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Pzizer 2021 COVID-19 Vacination Card

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Sheila Bender
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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

Ancient Blender

My mother’s new caregiver calls. He wants to make my mother a coffee milkshake because that is the flavor of ice cream in her freezer. But…

2 min readJan 27, 2024

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Ancient Blender

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Sheila Bender
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Long. Sweet. Valuable.

Thank you, Doris Gates for Blue Willow

I was reading a magazine article recently in which authors wrote about pivotal books they’ve read. What book would I name? Immediately, I…

5 min readJan 21, 2024

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Thank you, Doris Gates for Blue Willow

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Sheila Bender
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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

Words

Flabby epiglottis, the reason my infant sister choked on food and needed watching. My pre-med-trained father standing over her with a knife…

1 min readJan 16, 2024

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Words

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Sheila Bender
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Long. Sweet. Valuable.

Inquest by Poetry

Warning: Due to copyright rules, links are provided for reading the four poems selected below in their entirety. If you should skip this…

3 min readDec 28, 2023

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Inquest by Poetry

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Sheila Bender
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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

Pushing a Baggage Cart at the Airport

I think of my father rolling my first bicycle back and forth to be sure the training wheels he attached were secure, then firmly holding…

1 min readDec 22, 2023

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Pushing a Baggage Cart at the Airport

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Sheila Bender
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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

On My Lot in Life

I will add a bird feeder full of sunflower and thistle seeds for the finches, golden ones and the ones with red heads. I’ll sow clover for…

1 min readDec 1, 2023

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Sheila Bender

Sheila Bender

Since Then: Poems and Short Prose is Sheila Bender's most recent book. Visit WritingItReal.com to learn more about her, her work, and her books.

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