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Andrea Dietrich grew up in Iowa and now resides in Utah with a spouse and two cats. She has two grown children and six grandchildren. Having graduated BYU with a Spanish major/ESL minor, she has spent most of her adult life teaching. It wasn't until 2000 that she began writing in earnest and discovering her "niche" as a writer of lyrical poetry. The internet opened up a new world for her, and she has spent two decades now participating in poetry clubs, acting as a judge of poetry contests for various magazines, for the website Shadow Poetry, and for Poetry Soup.

Ms. Dietrich has won numerous awards, as well as the title Poet of the Year 2008, from the Yahoo group, Poetry For Thought. In addition, she has won prizes from the magazines Lucidity, Bell's Letters, Art with Words, Poets at Work and SP Quill, the magazine for which she wrote grammar and poetry articles as well as movie reviews and for which she acted as poetry editor for the head editor Marie Summers for six years. Many of her poems appeared in Shadows Ink, a yearly published series of chapbooks of award winning poetry as well as in numerous other anthologies. Her short stories appeared in many issues of SP Quill and much of her poetry was published in eight chapbooks (no longer sold online).

Since coming to Poetry Soup, Ms. Dietrich has been both contest sponsor and winner of numerous contests. In 2010, her poem "Cinder Girl" was first place winner of Soup's International contest (these contests are no longer held). A song was created from her lyrics "Honeymoon Serenade" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDWxc4cpHDc) and two movies have been made featuring the poetry of Andrea Dietrich: "A Tale of Fire and Ice" (a 4 min. Z-Film Fest Project, 2014) and the full length movie "Six Days of Sistine" in which 20 poems of Ms. Dietrichs serve as the thoughts of two characters played by Jamie Campbell Bower and Elarica Johnson (directed by Richard J. Perry, 2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7710360/

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I TRIED but could not keep it to only 10 top ten/ Andaree winners

Blog Posted:10/17/2015 8:28:00 PM

Well, I got my contest judged. I had said I would have only ten on my numbered list, but I could not narrow it down. I ended up with 15 in the top ten. (Then five placements from 11 to 15 and the rest HM's). Please see the winners posted at the contest page. Ironically, a person who had given me two really good wins this week himself ended up first place. I know how that is going to look to some of the people around here, but for what it's worth, I had no clue who I was giving the top wins to. I can only say that I kept going back and forth, back and forth on those top wins until I ended up placing them the way I did, and that number one poem really spoke to me. The state of the world today is a crying shame, and Silent One using my form to say it in such a poetic way really wowed me.

Also I wanted to say: There were a number of people getting HM's who normally have placed higher with me. Some of them simply failed to follow one of the basic rules of the form (such as using the same line both at the front and at the end of the poem or using the correct number of syllables or using a one-syllable word in the middle of the poem), Others got HM's simply because I was trying hard to keep my list shorter than usual, and I liked other poems better.

I was very pleased with everyone because nobody wrote a bad poem and the one disqualified simply did not write an Andaree.

Thanks to everyone who supported my contest. A lot of great poems were entered! If you have any questions why I placed you as I did, you can just Soupmail me!

Ralph Sergi just showed me his entry that was too late to get into my contest. You did such a nice job, Ralph. The least I can do is show it. Here is his Andaree:

Come listen how the thunder rolls with its might
Like distant drums it echoes through the night
Rain has pulsed a steady stream
To ponder and dream
Create a
Theme
For my dream
Listening to the sound
Like the rhythm in a round
I have captured my dream by daylight
Come listen how the thunder rolls with its might

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Kp
Nunez

Date: 10/21/2015 11:20:00 AM

Hello, Andie. Thank you for the inspiration and for my placement. It was my first time to do an Andaree and it was fun writing it. Hope you'll continue hosting contests as they stimulate the creative juices and teach me along the process. Congrats to all your winners! hugs!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/22/2015 12:53:00 AM

thanks, Kim. You are a sweetie.

Rob
Carmack

Date: 10/20/2015 12:31:00 PM

Andrea, congrats to all your winners. I know you have integrity and pity those who think you don't. Glad to see you enforced your rules. You are blessing to this site and very considerate of you to show Ralph's poem here.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/20/2015 4:24:00 PM

(there were a few people who broke a rule and I did not catch it!) As for the many people who used near rhymes, I want to blog about that sometime. It seems that many people have different ideas about real rhymes and what they are. I was fairly lax in my judgement of rhymes and just mostly went off how well i liked the poems.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/20/2015 4:20:00 PM

rob, I messed up with my last contest and placed a few high that I shoudn't have.I am very sorry about that but it's too much for me to think about judging it all over again. I am just letting it all be. Thanks for your support, a true friend.

Connie
Marcum Wong

Date: 10/18/2015 5:04:00 PM

Congratulations to all the winners. There were some awesome entries. I appreciate the HM but took mine down as it was done incorrectly and was not an Andaree. I will have to work on the form. Ralph's is really nice. Cheers, Connie

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/18/2015 7:13:00 PM

I understand, Connie. Ralph's is indeed nice. I hope more people will discover him here (James Inman he goes by). He is one of my favorite new poets!

Poet Destroyer
A

Date: 10/18/2015 4:19:00 PM

Andrea, we can't win them all. If we could, I would enter all your contest. haha. LINDA

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/18/2015 4:48:00 PM

haha, Linda. that is darn tootin'. Nobody can win them all!! (why don't you enter more contests anyway?)

Laura
Leiser

Date: 10/18/2015 2:55:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea, for my placement in your contest! I enjoyed it and using your special poetic form, as well! I have learned so much about different forms of poetry through your contests that you host. You are a good teacher :)

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/18/2015 4:47:00 PM

thanks, that is so sweet of you to say.

Carrie
Richards

Date: 10/18/2015 10:04:00 AM

I know you always judge fairly and with care, Andrea. Congratulations to Silent One on a first rate,( and correctly formatted poem!). And Thanks for the HM......oh dear, my last line, I forgot that sticky part of the form, so I appreciate the HM in spite of the goof !! Congrats to everyone!!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/18/2015 2:35:00 PM

you are so gracious. I almost fell over to see I gave that gem of yours an HM. I really wish someone had told you about the last line! Thanks for what you said here, Carrie.

Julia
Ward

Date: 10/18/2015 2:01:00 AM

My poem Cartel is on Poetry Soup today, and is of interest.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/18/2015 9:15:00 AM

Just checked it out. It's exactly what i would have expected from you.

Constance
La France

Date: 10/17/2015 10:31:00 PM

Andrea, your contests are always a great challenge and I appreciate my wonderful placement and congratulations to all your winners ~~

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/18/2015 2:35:00 PM

thanks, Constance. Your poem was amazingly beautiful.

Jan
Allison

Date: 10/17/2015 9:01:00 PM

Thanks for a great contest Andrea I love the challenge of the Andaree form - I know you are a totally impartial judge so kudos to Silent one for such an awesome poem which was also awarded poem of the day - i think that speaks for itself:-) hugs Jan xx

Jan Allison
Date: 10/18/2015 5:11:00 PM

:-) Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/18/2015 2:40:00 PM

BTW, in that other comment, If I seem irritated, it's not at you, Jan. Thanks for your support and I was very pleased to see how perfectly rhymed your sweet Andaree was.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/18/2015 2:38:00 PM

"we" did not ALL know about it! I am sure many others do not give a rat's ass about knowing every day what the POTD' is. (I'm always very surprised when someone comes to me saying congrats on my POTD!) I go directly to my comments each day and never have time to check out poems of the day unless I see poets are being congratulated for them. Then I too join in with my congrats to that poet!

Jan Allison
Date: 10/18/2015 10:30:00 AM

I understand POTD is awarded by the poetry soup team so I really cannot understand your comment

Julia Ward
Date: 10/18/2015 1:59:00 AM

This poem of the day thing - yes, we all know about that...

Jan Allison
Date: 10/17/2015 9:23:00 PM

Yes on 10th October it was poem of the day:-) hugs jan xx

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/17/2015 9:21:00 PM

thanks for telling me that!!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/17/2015 9:20:00 PM

OMG, he got POTD with this poem? I rarely see those things. I am so glad he got that!

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Tributes to Harry Date Posted: 6/25/2023 2:00:00 PM
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A Blog on our dear Joyce Johnson Date Posted: 12/27/2022 9:41:00 AM
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Tributes to Connie Finalized Date Posted: 10/30/2022 4:37:00 PM
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Remember September is Judged; New Tribute Contest to be Posted Date Posted: 9/23/2022 8:53:00 PM
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4/13/2024	Reverse Graffiti	Other	light,moon,
4/12/2024	For Spring I Sing	Sonnet	seasons,
4/11/2024	Write	List	write,
4/10/2024	Bird Footles -2	Footle	bird,
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4/6/2024	If Giraffes	Limerick	animal,
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3/25/2024	I’ll Always Be Loving You	Lyric	love,
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3/23/2024	Our Family Legend Dale	Acrostic	brother,
3/22/2024	An Interview with the Color Blue	Narrative	blue,
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3/20/2024	Lanterne Laterns for the Season	Lanterne	spring,
3/19/2024	Of Writing on Black and White	Rhyme	color,
3/19/2024	I Wish I Had	Etheree	relationship,
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3/17/2024	Woven Worlds	Other	nature,
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3/13/2024	La Di Da	Rhyme	pride,
3/11/2024	Tattered	Sonnet	heartbreak,
3/10/2024	William Wordsworth	Clerihew	poets,
3/9/2024	A World Without War	Acrostic	war,
3/9/2024	Once Upon a Time	Free verse	life,
3/8/2024	Guess Who	Rhyme	celebrity,
3/8/2024	Daffodil	Personification	flower,
3/7/2024	Spring Sonata	Free verse	spring,
3/6/2024	I Am the One	Sonnet	time,
3/3/2024	The Gigglemug - Dodo	Dodoitsu	giggle,
3/3/2024	Soft	List	remember,
3/2/2024	Beauty	Rhyme	love,
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3/1/2024	Michael Cain	Clerihew	today,
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PoemTitle	Form	Categories
The Stone	Elegy	death,love,
A Winter Night	Lyric	imagination,nature,
Violin	Personification	death,love,rose,
Just Wait and See	Free verse	nature,science,space,
My White Lace Tablecloth	Narrative	family,forgiveness,friend
A Limerick Christmas Three (3) .	Limerick	funny,seasons,thank you,c
Always Mothers Day	Rhyme	funny,mother,thank you,me
A Pirate Jay	Light Verse	animals,
Divine Splendor	Blank verse	introspection,nature,scie
Brother - Billy	Narrative	brother,childhood,family,
Umbrella	Personification	confusion,devotion,life,l
You Played Me	Personification	confusion,imagination,mus
Concept of Time	Free verse	nature
Jingle	Free verse	funny,life,music
An Ever-Changing Universe	Narrative	mysterylight,light,univer
Transcendence	Tanka	fantasy,imagination,natur
Spaces .... the Earth Moved .....	Imagism	love
December Sun .	Rhyme	naturewinter,sun,winter,
A Whisper On the Wind	Personification	nature,
Footsteps	Free verse	fatherme,me,
If Ever	Free verse	love,
Dreams Like Light-Waves	Prose Poetry	imaginationautumn,
A Fantsy World	Haiku
September Song (Triple Tanka)	Tanka	nature
Where the Sycamore Grew	Narrative	autumn,family,house,life,
Perfect Nature	Haiku	nature
Wild Love	Narrative	garden,love,rose,sweet,
Positive Perspective	Tanka	inspirational
My Pilot Light	Verse	inspirational,introspecti
Love's Echos	Free verse	lovevoice,love,me,voice,
For Wifey	Rhyme	loveme,love,me,i love you
Alabaster Night	Free verse	nature,planet,sea,
Causalities of War	Elegy	death,war,
" Ike and Jane "- Sequence 2	Light Verse	funny,love,wifeme,me,time
Pretty Orchids	Free verse	caregiving,happiness,hope
Even a Sparrow Soars	Free verse	animals
My Piano Knows	Verse	devotion,happiness,holida
Dancing With the Stars	Free verse	nature,scienceblue,
The Unrequited Mantra	Free verse	devotion,hope,lost love,l
Fig Tree, New Year's Day	Narrative	naturewinter,winter,new y
Poets At-Large	Free verse	life,
To Know You	Free verse	devotion,husband
Moved To Tears By Josh Groban	Verse	music,on writing and word
Sequence-Sonnet	Lanterne	life,love,on writing and
Reflections	Free verse	happiness,life,lovesun,
Somber Is the Color of the Day	Free verse	day,light,me,winter,words
A Winter Rose - a Sonnet	Sonnet	rose,winter,
The Word Weaver	Free verse	introspection,lifeme,
Each Day a Gift	Free verse	inspirational,introspecti
Contrary Kisses	Free verse	inspirational,introspecti
She Waits...	Free verse	art,hopelonging,
Blue Heaven	Haiku	nature
A Death In the Sun	Free verse	hope,seasons
My Reason For Living	Free verse	husband
Terra Firma	Haiku	nature,science,time
How Could I Have Known	Free verse	husband,love,mystery
True Poetry In Motion?	Free verse	inspirationalmay,
Frozen In Time	Free verse	seasonssnow,snow,
Forgotten Treasure	Light Verse	adventure,art,beauty,enco
Putting On Makeup	Rhyme	introspection,sad,
Desire	Light Verse	butterfly,flower,life,los
Love? Bah!	Rhyme	lost love,lovelove,
Real Life Shoe Fable	Clerihew	husband
Black and Blue	Rhyme	abuse,funny,husband,me,
Foreboding	Haiku	mystery,nature
A Song At Sunrise	Couplet	faithsong,song,
Beat Out the Rhythm	Rhyme	funny
What Do the Stars Tell a Lover's Heart	Free verse	adventure,fantasy,happine
The Green Checkered Face	Free verse	food,happinessheart,heart
Play It	Free verse	inspirational,love,music,
The Ghost of My Lonely	Kyrielle	dream,me,mystery,
Twilight's Fading Light	Free verse	life,nature
Marble In Columns On Green	Couplet	brother,daughter,father,h
Whiteness	Acrostic	tribute,
The Return	Free verse	childhood,
I Will Be Strong	Free verse	angst,husband,lossme,
The Farewell Performance	Free verse	lifefilm,
The Beauty of Yore	Free verse	nostalgia
December 21, 2012	Limerick	business,funny,holiday,ph
Love Like a Mighty Oak	Haiku	love,nature,tree,me,me,
Darkness	Rhyme	love,
Wandering Soul	Free verse	happiness,inspirational,n
Cloud - Recited	Free verse	me,nature,
Purple Flowers of My Adolescence	Free verse	allegory,angst,urban,
Andrea Dietrich	Rhyme	friendship,inspirational,
A Lovers World and Dreamers Dream	Rhyme	fantasy,love,heart,dream,
Sunset On Galway Bay (Haiku No. 34)	Haiku	inspirational
Picnics and Sand	Quatrain	beach,humorous,
Nature and I	Free verse	creation,earth,nature,
Melting Into You	Free verse	how i feel,romance,
Stealing From a Goddess	Free verse	mythology,passion,power,
Evergreen	Free verse	friendship,
Remembering When	Verse	childhood,life,
Peaceful Lovers Dream	Rhyme	beach,beauty,desire,dream
The Space Between	Kwansaba	bridal shower,planet,
I Am Me	Free verse	africa
O'Er the Battlements I Do Roam	Dramatic Verse	war,home,home,
Icarus Rejoice	Free verse	art,beauty,love,
Transformation	I do not know?	allegory
My Poetic Prose	Rhyme	animal,nature,