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Sheila Bender

Early Morning Dialog with My Computer

Computer: Hey, User, I can’t say I am glad to see you. You just pound my keys. How many more errors will you make before you log in today?

Jun 3

Early Morning Dialog with My Computer

Jun 3

Unpacking My Files, I Find A Book You Made

Though you would be 49 now, I still feel your chubby arms around my neck when I arrived to pick you up from daycare, when we’d hug at…

Apr 11

Unpacking My Files, I Find A Book You Made

Apr 11

Holiday Times: The Ones We Like Remembering, Others We’d Rather Forget

Here’s a link to a free and downloadable Writing It Real anthology with poems and essays on the topic of Holiday Times: Miseries…

Dec 25, 2024

Holiday Times: The Ones We Like Remembering, Others We’d Rather Forget

Dec 25, 2024

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Short. Sweet. Valuable.

While My Husband Hangs My Mother’s Favorite Art Piece Called “Stages of Life”

I Sift Through Papers in Our New Apartment

Sep 6, 2024

While My Husband Hangs My Mother’s Favorite Art Piece Called “Stages of Life”

Sep 6, 2024

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On Creative Writing — Four Spotlights

“The world — this shadow of the soul, or other me, lies wide around. Its attractions are the keys, which unlock my thoughts and make me…

Jun 5, 2024

Photo of a blooming plant

Jun 5, 2024

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In Havana at Parque Central

I walk with my tour group listening to our guide speak about the history and functions of the surrounding buildings from Spanish…

May 24, 2024

In Havana at Parque Central

May 24, 2024

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Long. Sweet. Valuable.

Her Name Sounded Like Lady

A young girl, maybe six years old, followed me around the Cuban tobacco farm my tour group was visiting. She stood outside the leaf-drying…

May 21, 2024

May 21, 2024

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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…

Mar 12, 2024

At Port Townsend’s Historic Chinese Gardens

Mar 12, 2024

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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…

Mar 3, 2024

Table of Treasures

Mar 3, 2024

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Checkerboard

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

Mar 2, 2024

Checkerboard

Mar 2, 2024

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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