Solitary Confinement

September 3, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, Daily Prompt, Inspiration, Nature, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection, Words Tags: Daily Prompt 20 Comments

Find a place
An empty space

With no one near
Or media in ear

Purge mind of chatter
Bid adieu to Mad Hatter

Dump dissonant din
Embedded within

Take personal license
To gorge on the silence

Welcome closest of kin
Nature back in

Its melody sweet
Laid at your feet

Your soul to renew
As fresh morning dew

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Priceless

Cornered

August 26, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, Haiku, Monochrome, Nature, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection, Weekly Photo Challenge Tags: Weekly Photo Challenge 5 Comments

turning the corner
resolution in sight or
another corner

WPC: Corner

When Things Snowball

August 17, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, Daily Prompt, Nature, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection, Social Commentary Tags: Daily Prompt 6 Comments

A single snowflake
floats innocently down

Joining others
to form a snowball

Now of sufficient heft
perfect to smite others

Flake upon flake
snowdrifts amass

Their collective weight
an avalanche making

Engulfing justice
in a furious blaze of white

But a single branch
of self-interest

Left
poking through

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Unfurl

In A Nutshell #12

August 11, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, In A Nutshell, Insight, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection 12 Comments

That
Which we
Come by
Too
Easily
Does not
Sustain
Us

In A Nutshell #11

July 31, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, Daily Prompt, In A Nutshell, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection, Words Tags: Daily Prompt 13 Comments

It’s
Not so much
Life’s
Monotony
As the
Smallness
Of the
Confines
Of our
Mind

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Substandard

Harvest Now

July 21, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, Daily Prompt, Flowers, Haiku, Inspiration, Nature, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection, Words Tags: Daily Prompt 8 Comments

pearly gates await
beauty be ripe for picking
heaven is today

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Gate

In A Nutshell #10

June 26, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, In A Nutshell, Insight, Inspiration, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection 18 Comments

Sow
A seed
Of
Hope

Sprinkle
With
Compassion

Shine
The light of
Joy

Hoe
Weeds
Of
Despair

Cultivate
Gratitude
Daily

Harvest
Happiness

Contained

June 19, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, Daily Prompt, Inspiration, Monochrome, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection, Words Tags: Daily Prompt 10 Comments

Bottle up
Your
Cares and
Woes

Find a
Place for
Them to
Stow

Let
The joy
Within you
Grow

There for
All the
World to
Show

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Bottle

In Sequence

June 10, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, Flowers, Haiku, Nature, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection, Shadows, Weekly Photo Challenge, Words Tags: Weekly Photo Challenge 4 Comments

bud to bloom to seed
natural order of things
for all existent

WPC: Order

In A Nutshell #9

June 7, 2017sandyjwhite About Life, Daily Prompt, In A Nutshell, Photography, Photos, Poetry, Reflection, Words Tags: Daily Prompt 26 Comments

If we devoted
As much time

To nurturing
Our inner selves

As we do to

Polishing
Outward appearances

Our souls would be
Breathtaking

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Polish

Find a place An empty space

With no one near Or media in ear

Purge mind of chatter Bid adieu to Mad Hatter

Dump dissonant din Embedded within

Take personal license To gorge on the silence

Welcome closest of kin Nature back in

Its melody sweet Laid at your feet

Your soul to renew As fresh morning dew

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Priceless

turning the corner resolution in sight or another corner

WPC: Corner

A single snowflake floats innocently down

Joining others to form a snowball

Now of sufficient heft perfect to smite others

Flake upon flake snowdrifts amass

Their collective weight an avalanche making

Engulfing justice in a furious blaze of white

But a single branch of self-interest

Left poking through

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Unfurl

That Which we Come by Too Easily Does not Sustain Us

It’s Not so much Life’s Monotony As the Smallness Of the Confines Of our Mind

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Substandard

pearly gates await beauty be ripe for picking heaven is today

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Gate

Sow A seed Of Hope

Sprinkle With Compassion

Shine The light of Joy

Hoe Weeds Of Despair

Cultivate Gratitude Daily

Harvest Happiness

Bottle up Your Cares and Woes

Find a Place for Them to Stow

Let The joy Within you Grow

There for All the World to Show

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Bottle

bud to bloom to seed natural order of things for all existent

WPC: Order

If we devoted As much time

To nurturing Our inner selves

As we do to

Polishing Outward appearances

Our souls would be Breathtaking

Inspired by Daily Prompt – Polish

Find a place
An empty space

With no one near
Or media in ear

Purge mind of chatter
Bid adieu to Mad Hatter

Dump dissonant din
Embedded within

Take personal license
To gorge on the silence

Welcome closest of kin
Nature back in

Its melody sweet
Laid at your feet

Your soul to renew
As fresh morning dew

turning the corner
resolution in sight or
another corner

A single snowflake
floats innocently down

Joining others
to form a snowball

Now of sufficient heft
perfect to smite others

Flake upon flake
snowdrifts amass

Their collective weight
an avalanche making

Engulfing justice
in a furious blaze of white

But a single branch
of self-interest

Left
poking through

That
Which we
Come by
Too
Easily
Does not
Sustain
Us

It’s
Not so much
Life’s
Monotony
As the
Smallness
Of the
Confines
Of our
Mind

pearly gates await
beauty be ripe for picking
heaven is today

Sow
A seed
Of
Hope

Sprinkle
With
Compassion

Shine
The light of
Joy

Hoe
Weeds
Of
Despair

Cultivate
Gratitude
Daily

Harvest
Happiness

Bottle up
Your
Cares and
Woes

Find a
Place for
Them to
Stow

Let
The joy
Within you
Grow

There for
All the
World to
Show

bud to bloom to seed
natural order of things
for all existent

If we devoted
As much time

To nurturing
Our inner selves

Polishing
Outward appearances

Our souls would be
Breathtaking