LuLu Morris, age 8 See the dewdrops trickling down the branches of the tall tree trunks. Smell the refreshing scent of the newly washed woodland. In the morning sunlight beams and streams through the leaves and it looks so beautiful. Deer roam around quietly, spot the footprints of them. Squirrels scamper around, jumping from branchContinue reading “Springtime Forest”
Category Archives: Words from a Bench 2021
Sparrows drink from the morning dew
Jet Liversidge, age 8 Sparrows drink from the morning dew Robins fly in the sky so blue An owl hoots twit twit too whoo The park gates open to let you through The colossal helmet sits against the sun Children play, they’re having fun Doves are flying in the sky The sun is setting andContinue reading “Sparrows drink from the morning dew”
A Good View
Jeanette Sparnenn I arrive, as usual, with my gleaming parcel of tin foil packed tight into my lunchbox, and an old flask discovered quite recently, in the back of a cupboard. I venture into the park every day to eat my lunch, allowing myself a sojourn from my one-bedroomed flat. I pass the curious orielContinue reading “A Good View”
To Tennis, at Rowntree Park
Rosie Cantrell We’d walk to the park, our rackets in hand and wander to a sort of wonderland, between the courts were hyacinths, their scent rose up amid our rallies and our friends. Now we sit on green benches, by grey paths where once we swung and ran mid greenest grass we think again ofContinue reading “To Tennis, at Rowntree Park”
There’s Light
Estelle Villas A tide too full for sound and foam shake Louie taut as a wind-snapped sheet. Just another sea nymph vying for your attention. There’s light. How is that you have become holy to me? Do not forget me murmurs something nibbled by fish under the sea. After our afternoon sun sets, we areContinue reading “There’s Light”
I went for a walk in Rowntree Park
Ian Durham I went for a walk in Rowntree Park Slipped on goose poo and ended up in the lake Poor old me and the café was closed so no cup of tea But at least my clothes got washed for free
Bubbles
Dinks Sat in the park Nature draws me as a magnet Trees usually beckon but today it’s humans Families together, connected in the allowed covid bubble Have no bubble family at the moment, feel insignificant Watch the little girl by the pond, fascinated She had a long tube of bubbles and a magic wand BlewContinue reading “Bubbles “
Rowntree Park
John Ostyn As I walk through the park, Taking in the sights and colours, Sounds and smells drift over, To assault my waking senses. As I walk through the park, Noises from the nearby river mingle With the young and their skatepark clatter While older couples sit chatting on the benches. As I walk throughContinue reading “Rowntree Park “
Ain’t Nature Grand?
Joy Myerscough None of us had been to the park before, on account of it being on the other side of the river. But Petey’s got one of his notions, which is to say he keeps on about it until we agree for the sake of peace and quiet. So now we’re standing on theContinue reading “Ain’t Nature Grand?”
Fox In a Park
Nate Reason, age 16 Unfortunately the fox in Rowntree Park can not write. You see, their paws are too big for a keyboard and too furry to hold a pencil. So when the fox met me I came up with the idea that I should write it all down for them. So we set aContinue reading “Fox In a Park”