Sandra Adams Poet Free verse

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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 August 9, 2019 at 10:46 PM Wow - awesome poem, Sandra. Congrats on your well deserved win. Sandra Adams August 10, 2019 at 3:45 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 August 5, 2019 at 5:39 PM Congrats on your win, Sandra - such a wonderfully visual poem - I can just picture your setting. Sandra Adams August 5, 2019 at 6:07 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 July 28, 2019 at 6:52 AM Great write Sandra. I think every kid collected fireflies in jars...Congratulations on you high win in Craig's contest! Sandra Adams July 28, 2019 at 2:27 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 July 28, 2019 at 6:44 AM You have a warm and healthy view of life that hugs the reader Sandra Adams July 28, 2019 at 2:26 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 July 27, 2019 at 11:55 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 July 28, 2019 at 2:24 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 July 27, 2019 at 9:48 PM Love how you wrapped up this gem, Sandra. Well penned. Congrats on your podium finish. Sandra Adams July 28, 2019 at 2:22 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 July 27, 2019 at 5:58 PM I like the subtlety of the jalopy amidst the memories! Congratulations, Sandra! Sandra Adams July 27, 2019 at 7:41 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 July 27, 2019 at 3:43 PM A nicely penned poem. Congrats on your win. Sandra Adams July 27, 2019 at 5:07 PM Thank you Jeanne, i hadn't know it was on the winner's list until just now...:) hugs

Janice Canerdy July 27, 2019 at 3:27 PM Sandra, CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved win! Janice Sandra Adams July 27, 2019 at 5:06 PM Thank you Janice...i wasn't even aware it had won :) hugs

Caren Krutsinger July 12, 2019 at 9:01 AM I do love flowers, field, and children! This made me smile, and laugh and dance a bit. Sandra Adams July 12, 2019 at 9:45 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 July 10, 2019 at 8:56 PM Nice nostalgia! :) gw Sandra Adams July 10, 2019 at 9:29 PM Thank you my friend:) hugs

Gordon Mcconnell July 10, 2019 at 3:34 PM Oh yea the memories indeed Sandra, what bliss in those summer days when things were so simple. Blessings always, Gordon Sandra Adams July 10, 2019 at 6:29 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 July 9, 2019 at 4:25 PM What a lovely memory; those were truly the days. Well penned. Sandra Adams July 9, 2019 at 7:34 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 July 9, 2019 at 2:38 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 July 9, 2019 at 3:31 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 July 9, 2019 at 11:46 AM I can see this and feel it too. Very nice! I enjoyed this :) Sandra Adams July 9, 2019 at 3:30 PM Thank you...when all you have are memories of family sometimes the simple times and memories mean the most :)