{"product_id":"sinks-bella-benton-9798189981319","title":"Sinks: poems of what we washed away","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbsolutely. I'd make the opening a little more lyrical and let the description unfold naturally from the central idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSINKS - Book One: poems of what we washed away\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sink is such an ordinary thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, somehow, so much of a life can happen there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe wash our hands after coming home.\u003cbr\u003eWe wash the dishes after dinner.\u003cbr\u003eWe stand beside someone we love.\u003cbr\u003eWe cry when no one is looking.\u003cbr\u003eWe get ready to leave.\u003cbr\u003eWe come back.\u003cbr\u003eWe begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are sinks in the homes we grew up in, in places we loved, in cities we travelled to, in hotel rooms we never expected to remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd somehow, they remember us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSINKS\u003c\/b\u003e is a collection of quiet poems about the lived experiences held in these small, familiar places-love, longing, intimacy, distance, loss, memory, and letting go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause a life is not made only of the moments we thought would matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes it is the ordinary moments that stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hand reaching for yours.\u003cbr\u003eA morning beside someone.\u003cbr\u003eA goodbye.\u003cbr\u003eA reflection in a mirror.\u003cbr\u003eWarm water running over your hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes, years later, you find yourself standing at a sink somewhere in the world and remember who you were there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho you loved.\u003cbr\u003eWhat you hoped for.\u003cbr\u003eWhat you lost.\u003cbr\u003eWhat you became.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSINKS\u003c\/b\u003e is for the moments we carry without meaning to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor what we washed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor what remained.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd for all the life that happened in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bella Benton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798189981319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Bella Benton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084368617727,"sku":"9798189981319","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sinks-bella-benton-9798189981319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}