Valsa George Poet Free verse

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March 16- 2026

Musings on a Bench Poetry Contest

Sponsor- Nette Onclaud

~Placed Third~

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Bench in Park

Countries competing for supremacy,
turn into heaps of dust and debris.
Bitter pride has made the cradle still.
Hearth, a smoldering charcoal
Park bench empty and deserted
No victor to stand over the dead.
When it is over,
nobody will be there, not even they!

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Krishnanand Guptar March 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM Congratulations on your win in this contest with a lovely thoughtful "poème engagé" favouring protection of the environment through medium of a bench in a park, which is presumed to be a safe and sound place of rest. Sending you blessings of lihgt.

Andrea Dietrich March 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM Back with congrats. Well done

Joseph P. DiMino March 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM Mutual destruction...if the outcome then nothing was gained and everything lost. War is hell. Must find a better way....

Paula Goldsmith March 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM I enjoyed reading your wonderful "Bench in Park" write. "Good Luck" I did, "The Lonely Bench." Have a great day/week writing away............

Andrea Dietrich March 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM Very strong poetic statement made through the metaphor of a park bench. Well done, Valsa

Heidi Sands March 16, 2026 at 5:21 AM Very powerful poem! Well done :)