The Hook & Ladder Brigade

September 13, 2023sandyjwhite About Life, Just For Fun, Poetry Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Photo Prompt, Poetry 11 Comments

Photo by Mick Haupt @ Unsplash

Much to their surprise
Right before their eyes

Not a cat marooned
But bicycles festooned

On all the calls they’ve been
Now everything they’d seen

Sadje’s What Do You See #203

Pop In A Cassette And Hit Play

August 30, 2023sandyjwhite About Life, Nostalgia, Poetry Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Photo Prompt, Poetry 9 Comments

Photo by Tobias Tullius @ Unsplash

Gone by the way
Of the
Eight track tape
With compact discs
Soon
To
Follow

A world
Of everything
Satellite
And cellular
Somehow
Leaves me feeling
Hollow

Sadje’s What Do You See #201

Little Dynamo

August 22, 2023sandyjwhite About Life, Poetry Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Photo Prompt, Poetry 14 Comments

Photo by Kiana Bosman @ Unsplash

For now
A disarming smile that
Beckons

No one
Would doubt for even a
Second

A future force
With which to be
Reckoned

Sadje’s What Do You See Challenge #200

A Great Day Underway

July 12, 2023sandyjwhite Haiku, Poetry Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry 8 Comments

Photo by Jules Paige

bright double rainbow
cast across the morning sky
twice the good fortune

Sadje’s What Do You See #194

Big Dreams

June 29, 2023sandyjwhite About Life, Poetry Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Photo Prompt, Poetry 7 Comments

A fairytale princess
She
Wanted to
Be
Pursued
By suitors over
Land and
Sea

A fairytale princess
She
Wanted to
Be
Without
A care
And running
Free

A fairytale princess
She
Wanted to
Be
It
Has to be someone
So why not
Me

Sadje’s What Do You See #192

The Yard Sale

June 21, 2023sandyjwhite About Life, Poetry Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Photo Prompt, Poetry 12 Comments

Photo by Kaboompics @ Pexels

Gathered together
In
A box
Sitting there
Minus
A top

Gathered together
In
A box
No one bothered
To add
A lock

Gathered together
In
A box
Wonder if anyone
Will make
A stop

Gathered together
In
A box
A collection
Of lives
Time forgot

Sadje’s What Do You See #191

Mother Knows Best

June 14, 2023June 17, 2023sandyjwhite About Life, Humor Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Fiction, Humor 7 Comments

Image credit; 0fjd125gk87 @ Pixabay

Ringing
In
His ears

As they
Beamed him
Up

His
Mother’s final words:
“Promise me you won’t hitchhike”

Sadje’s What Do You See #190

Rain, Rain Came Today

June 6, 2023sandyjwhite About Life, Poetry Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Photo Prompt, Poetry 12 Comments

Droplets drizzle down
Everywhere around

Puddles on the ground
Begin now to abound

Stomp your feet and splash
Evenly and fast

Umbrella toss aside
Allow the heart to guide

Tongue stick out and taste
Cool liquid on your face

Revel in the rain
Like a child again

Sadje’s What Do You See #189

Grin And Bear It

May 23, 2023sandyjwhite Animals, Poetry Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Photo Prompt, Poetry 11 Comments

Photo by Grin @ Unsplash

The big day it has finally come
They tell me it will be great fun

The big day it has finally come
Looking cool, outdressed by none

The big day it has finally come
This backpack surely weighs a ton

The big day it has finally come
Unsure if I should stay or run

The big day it has finally come
Hoping for recess, a nap in the sun

The big day it has finally come
Stuck in obedience class till it’s done

Sadje’s What Do You See #187

It’s Enduring

May 17, 2023sandyjwhite About Life, Haiku, Poetry Tags: #WDYS, #Whatdoyousee, Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry 13 Comments

Photo by Alisa Dyson @ Pixaby

Much to their surprise Right before their eyes

Not a cat marooned But bicycles festooned

On all the calls they’ve been Now everything they’d seen

Gone by the way Of the Eight track tape With compact discs Soon To Follow

A world Of everything Satellite And cellular Somehow Leaves me feeling Hollow

For now A disarming smile that Beckons

No one Would doubt for even a Second

A future force With which to be Reckoned

bright double rainbow cast across the morning sky twice the good fortune

A fairytale princess She Wanted to Be Pursued By suitors over Land and Sea

A fairytale princess She Wanted to Be Without A care And running Free

A fairytale princess She Wanted to Be It Has to be someone So why not Me

Gathered together In A box Sitting there Minus A top

Gathered together In A box No one bothered To add A lock

Gathered together In A box Wonder if anyone Will make A stop

Gathered together In A box A collection Of lives Time forgot

Ringing In His ears

As they Beamed him Up

His Mother’s final words: “Promise me you won’t hitchhike”

Droplets drizzle down Everywhere around

Puddles on the ground Begin now to abound

Stomp your feet and splash Evenly and fast

Umbrella toss aside Allow the heart to guide

Tongue stick out and taste Cool liquid on your face

Revel in the rain Like a child again

The big day it has finally come They tell me it will be great fun

The big day it has finally come Looking cool, outdressed by none

The big day it has finally come This backpack surely weighs a ton

The big day it has finally come Unsure if I should stay or run

The big day it has finally come Hoping for recess, a nap in the sun

The big day it has finally come Stuck in obedience class till it’s done

two smiling faces reflect unbreakable bond of mother and son