Andrea Dietrich Poet Quintain (English)

A Wonderful, Beautiful Day

It might be a wonderful, beautiful day -
sun shining and sand warm and gleaming underneath your feet.
Someone turns a radio on; you hear sweet music play.
Palm trees sway as if in rhythm to its beat.
Loved ones are with you. Could you feel more complete?

In the midst of life so filled with joy and calm,
you think that melancholy never here could be.
Something changes in the atmosphere. You feel a qualm.
Thirsty for souls, death rolls in hideously. Though you flee,
the tsunami is unstoppable. Many loved ones perish in the sea.

May 17, 2018 For Broken Wing's Contest: A Poem About Death 
Theme: in the midst of life

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Line Gauthier June 2, 2018 at 8:34 PM Wow - here one moment gone the next. Well penned, Andrea. Congrats on your gold medal win.

Kim Rodrigues May 31, 2018 at 11:11 AM Another win! Nicely done! Congrats!

Sandra Haight May 30, 2018 at 1:26 PM Powerfully written, Andrea. I remember those visions of that awful tsunami in Indonesia...just like that...unimaginable destruction and death. Congrats on your fine placement in the contest. Hugs, Sandra

Susan Gentry May 29, 2018 at 7:51 PM Back to congratulate you again for your win. Well done!

Elaine George May 29, 2018 at 12:49 PM Yes! We never know what will come next. Many congrats on your win, Andrea. Elaine

Robert Lindley May 21, 2018 at 10:19 AM Awesome work my friend. I see that you won with this gem too. Congrats on that . A fav....

Subimal Sinha-Roy May 20, 2018 at 4:26 AM Congratulations, Andrea on your great win. You have taken death to a different level.

Constance La France May 19, 2018 at 10:33 PM Andrea, congratulations on your win in my contest with this excellent write, well done ~

Tom Cunningham May 19, 2018 at 3:40 PM Congratulations Andrea, here one minute, next,gone in the blink of an eye.How tragic life is. Well written. Tom.

DM Babbit May 19, 2018 at 9:54 AM A wonderful rendition of how life and death embrace each of us. Congrats on a well deserved win.

Susan Gentry May 19, 2018 at 9:45 AM Congratulations on your #1 win Andrea. So true about life in general. Everything can change in a blink of an eye. Hard enough when we see it coming but those blindsided events... i like how you wrote this.

Edward Ibeh May 18, 2018 at 3:08 PM No wonder you won first place! Well-deserved. Magnificently crafted!

Kim Rodrigues May 18, 2018 at 2:19 PM Congrats on your first place win, dear Andrea! Indeed many perish.

Jan Allison May 18, 2018 at 2:12 PM I wasn't expecting the twist with the sad ending Andrea, many congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen May 18, 2018 at 12:21 PM - A poem about death represent the emotional ... we have all death in wait   - That's how it's always been, but still difficult - Congratulations on your 1st place in the contest, Andrea :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Alexis Y. May 18, 2018 at 11:53 AM I'm just coming back to say congratulations on top win. It was well deserved:-) Alexis

John Gondolf May 18, 2018 at 11:49 AM Even in the most joyful of times we must be prepared for the inevitable. Congrats on your win Andrea.

Laura Leiser May 18, 2018 at 11:30 AM You lull the reader into thinking that all is well so skillfully, Andrea, and then...bam! Death comes! Great poetic work, and congrats on your top win :)

Line Gauthier May 17, 2018 at 9:27 PM Wo- I didn't see that coming. Everything was going too well. Good one, Andrea.

Alexis Y. May 17, 2018 at 7:55 PM Wow! Andrea, You did a good job with the contest theme. I think you nailed it. I found this contest quite challenging. I wish you the best of luck in the contest - Alexis

John Lawless May 17, 2018 at 6:11 PM Oh, very well done Andrea...with a drastic turn in the end...

Joseph May May 17, 2018 at 5:48 PM Very nicely penned Andrea..Gl in the contest..

Janice Canerdy May 17, 2018 at 5:41 PM Excellent piece, Andrea. Yes, nature is unpredictable--and unstoppable; this theme is so movingly conveyed here. Janice

Arturo Michael May 17, 2018 at 3:49 PM Life Andrea...but some really good moments lived...All the best

Nette Onclaud May 17, 2018 at 12:09 PM who will ever know when death will come? a compelling write , andie...am still tying loose ends after my bro's death... will chat soon.. miss you!..huggs

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