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Without Complications

i remember us running with nets in tiny hands through fields of daisies the old jalopy hidden within near that old weathered barn its faded red color almost looked brown in the distance oh the innocence and laughter of children with butterflies and fireflies in jars their soft light flickering from bedside tables sometimes i stop at the edge of the fields and watch the butterflies in the folds of daises just to feel you near July 9, 2019 Old Jalopy Contest

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Line Gauthier

Date: 8/9/2019 10:46:00 PM

Wow - awesome poem, Sandra. Congrats on your well deserved win.

Sandra Adams
Date: 8/10/2019 3:45:00 PM

Thank you Line...life was so much easier back then...kids today don't get to experience that type of fun, sadly! hugs

Sam Kauffman

Date: 8/5/2019 5:39:00 PM

Congrats on your win, Sandra - such a wonderfully visual poem - I can just picture your setting.

Sandra Adams
Date: 8/5/2019 6:07:00 PM

Thank you Sam....the word jalopy immediately brought this one out within minutes....most my family is gone (my sister and i remain and our children, my brother's daughter and my grandchildren as well as a few cousins) my parents and brother have long passed but live in my poetry :) hugs

Charles Messina

Date: 7/28/2019 6:52:00 AM

Great write Sandra. I think every kid collected fireflies in jars...Congratulations on you high win in Craig's contest!

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/28/2019 2:27:00 PM

Thank you Charles, they surely were the good old days that we were blessed to be a part of....today's kids don't do this sort of thing! :) hugs

Craig Cornish

Date: 7/28/2019 6:44:00 AM

You have a warm and healthy view of life that hugs the reader

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/28/2019 2:26:00 PM

Thank you Craig...thank you for the win and sponsoring the contest...it was a fun write that sparked my muse immediately :) hugs

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/27/2019 11:55:00 PM

Brilliant Sandra! Congratulations on your deserving podium win! The world has changed so much, I feel the need to tell my granddaughter about things she will never see, like a water pump that we now luxuriate having our water come from a modern faucet etc. I taught her how difficult it was to make butter and so much more. It makes kids appreciate what they have now. xxoo

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/28/2019 2:24:00 PM

Thank you Connie, i feel sorry for the children of today as they can never experience a simple life as we did! That is so wonderful of you to teach your granddaughter those things! my step sister has her granddaughter do farm chores and crafty things every summer when she has her! hugs :)

Line Gauthier

Date: 7/27/2019 9:48:00 PM

Love how you wrapped up this gem, Sandra. Well penned. Congrats on your podium finish.

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/28/2019 2:22:00 PM

Thank you line, that topic spoke to me, i actually think i was the first to enter the contest! sometimes nostalgia can be a beautiful thing :) hugs

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/27/2019 5:58:00 PM

I like the subtlety of the jalopy amidst the memories! Congratulations, Sandra!

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/27/2019 7:41:00 PM

thank you Kim...this one took me back to when life was easy....you saw abandoned old vehicles in the woods and fields back in the day....now the fields and woods are mostly gone and replaced with lavish neighborhoods... hugs :)

Jeanne Mcgee

Date: 7/27/2019 3:43:00 PM

A nicely penned poem. Congrats on your win.

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/27/2019 5:07:00 PM

Thank you Jeanne, i hadn't know it was on the winner's list until just now...:) hugs

Janice Canerdy

Date: 7/27/2019 3:27:00 PM

Sandra, CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved win! Janice

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/27/2019 5:06:00 PM

Thank you Janice...i wasn't even aware it had won :) hugs

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 7/12/2019 9:01:00 AM

I do love flowers, field, and children! This made me smile, and laugh and dance a bit.

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/12/2019 9:45:00 AM

thank you....if only we could go back to simpler times in life, perhaps the world would be a better place... most the fields are lined with houses and shops....sad....

Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/10/2019 8:56:00 PM

Nice nostalgia! :) gw

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/10/2019 9:29:00 PM

Thank you my friend:) hugs

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 7/10/2019 3:34:00 PM

Oh yea the memories indeed Sandra, what bliss in those summer days when things were so simple. Blessings always, Gordon

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/10/2019 6:29:00 PM

All of my family is gone except my sister so I often go to places we all played or vacationed at to reminisce and feel them near me :) hugs

M. L. Kiser

Date: 7/9/2019 4:25:00 PM

What a lovely memory; those were truly the days. Well penned.

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/9/2019 7:34:00 PM

Thank you....i fell sorry for the children of today that do not get to experience the simple things that we did as children! Thank you for your visit and comment~ :) hugs

Brenda Chiri

Date: 7/9/2019 2:38:00 PM

Nicely done Sandra! Took me back to wat back when! Lol well we never had a jalopy but had a few wore out cars I think they call them hoopties now! Haha! Wonderful write!;)

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/9/2019 3:31:00 PM

we didn't have an old jalopy but we lived in the county and there were plenty in yards and fields half hidden from view! Thanks for the visit and kind comment :) hugs

Heidi Sands

Date: 7/9/2019 11:46:00 AM

I can see this and feel it too. Very nice! I enjoyed this :)

Sandra Adams
Date: 7/9/2019 3:30:00 PM

Thank you...when all you have are memories of family sometimes the simple times and memories mean the most :)