Tuesday 18 September 2012

The art of the wooden bench!

I found a wooden bench to call my own ....


Hidden away on an island in the middle of the city


It's a relatively new bench - compared to its surroundings ....


 Sitting alone in a room once full of ship-building turbines


She sits against a worn-out wall - sandstone green with age


Wall cannot recall when she last saw a coat of paint....
but never mind, her beauty shines through the cracks


Her windows are  boarded up in anonymity ....


 .... as if to keep her history hidden from prying eyes



Alas though it's all in vain....


For the echoes of a turbulent past 
reverberate around my little wooden bench 
hidden on an island 
in the middle of the city.

© 2012 Francesca Muir

17 comments:

  1. What a wonderful series of photos and such a good approach to telling this story!

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    1. Thank you Jackie and Joel - it was an extraordinary room with amazing light and "my" bench! Have a lovely day F

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  2. As a benches addict , I just can admire and like this wonderful post!

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    1. Malyss - I thought of you when taking the photos and wished you could have been there to see it to. This one is especially for you. Have a lovey day bench hunting! Fx

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  3. Wonderful colour and light ! Great work ! Please have a good Wednesday.

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    1. Thank you Robert - and you a Great Thursday! F

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  4. I just knew Malyss would love this post. I do too dear Francesca. Your words added a special touch to the beautiful photographs.
    xx
    V

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  5. Like the way you have personalised the bench - she is a girl - and those turquoise and shallow sea-green colours are extraordinary - how clever you are to have found this spot. Which city? I guess Sydney but could easily be wrong. Love

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    1. Hi Mum - it is Sydney - Cockatoos Island - just lovely - have to take you there next time you come to Oz. Love you xx

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  6. Lovely story there. I enjoyed this little voyage and am also a lover of well-placed wooden benches! Ciao cat

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    1. Thank you Cat - always good for a wooden bench! Fx

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  7. What a gorgeous little bench she is!
    Now given her rightful dues....
    Now she holds her own with her surroundings

    ciao love Lisa

    PS Mega excited to be meeting up in December! x

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    1. Lisa love your poetry - thank you. Me too - roll on December! Fxx

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