Happy Birthday, Andrea

How Poetry Began, such plots you tell! A Tale Of Fire And Ice you wrote so well Poor Peter Pumpkin bid a sad adieu Pink Cherry Blossoms was your first haiku You Echo, Silent Still - love's dream come true. Bright Eyes plays violin with sweet refrain It Matters Not, a lovely swap quatrain Rock Turtles - monoku criteria The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria Hidden Beauty - bittersweet rondeau Dear Juliet waits for her Romeo And Then Are Times in 'Six Days of Sistine' Yesterday's Joys, a quatern most pristine. At Winter's End, a triolet of spring Night, A Pantoum Lullaby to sing Destiny, so dark; more painfully: Reflecting on Police Brutality Each Little Drop of Rain I See goes 'plink' An Empty Tissue Box in tear-stained ink. Dogs and Cats, of these you often write In Strangler's Wood, those shadows quake at night Eternal Breath, for one who died too soon This Night you're floating under stars and moon Revelation In the Rain, poor her! I'm Huck - that's right, the novel character Cinder Girl, burned badly by a boy Happy birthday, Andrea - enjoy! September 5th: Happy birthday to a Soup superstar, prolific poetess, constant commenter, splendid sonneteer, marvelous mentor, word warrior, supportive sponsor, and fabulous friend! Note: Capitalized words at the beginning of each line are titles of some of Andrea Dietrich's more popular poems from her nearly 11 years at Poetry Soup. written 4 Sep 2020