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RDP Thursday: street lamp

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Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘street lamp’. And at Esther’s
Writing Prompt #88, today’s word is ‘leave/s’.
Using both prompts, here’s my take.

Central Park, New York
© PIX11

New York City

Golden eyes in misty air,
Street lamps watch the city awake.
October breathes, a chilly sigh,
As darkness starts to gently break.

Leaves crunch softly underfoot,
The sky, a pale and watery blue.
The lamps still glow in Central Park
Await the coming day anew.

They stand like sentinels of night,
Their duty almost at an end.
Soon the sun will paint the scene,
And the lamplight will transcend.


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This is “New York State Of Mind” by Billy Joel

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23 thoughts on “RDP Thursday: street lamp”

  6. I adored your poetic, finale stanza, Nancy
    “They stand like sentinels of night,
    Their duty almost at an end.
    Soon the sun will paint the scene,
    And the lamplight will transcend.”

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