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All That I Am

All that I am I simply can’t impart
in just one poem; I’m simply too left-brained
and practical, so when I share my heart,
to rhyme and rhythm also I am chained.
I sat for half an hour while trying to
compose a free verse poem on how I feel
about that modern style some poets do
with such aplomb, but are their poems more real
than mine, in which I’m wont to make words rhyme?
It’s so much simpler using what for me
comes easily when metered (such a crime
to surrealistic poets writing free!)
I do not rant or write from a good cry,
but at my sonnet’s end, I heave a sigh.

Written July 31, 2015 for the Contest of Charlotte Jade Puddifoot

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James Inman Date: 9/10/2015 2:00:00 PM Great poem Andrea. Sonnets are really not my thing. Login to Reply

Rob Carmack Date: 8/11/2015 2:38:00 AM Impressive sonnet, wish I had wrote it. Congrats. Hugs. Login to Reply

Robert Lindley Date: 8/8/2015 8:28:00 PM A superb sonnet my friend. I know Ive written well over 600 sonnets in my over 50 years of writing poetry . This one ranks very high indeed!a7 Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/8/2015 10:49:00 PM oops, my comment duplicated itself. Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/8/2015 10:48:00 PM thanks so much, Robert. Over 600? Wow!!! I thought I was good with over 400!! When did you start out? Wish I had started writing poems long before the year 2000. Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/8/2015 10:48:00 PM thanks so much, Robert. Over 600? Wow!!! I thought I was good with over 400!! When did you start out? Wish I had started writing poems long before the year 2000.

Kp Nunez Date: 8/7/2015 5:39:00 AM Made me smile here, Andie. Congrats! hugs Login to Reply

Hgarvey Daniel Esquire Date: 8/6/2015 11:48:00 PM Dear Andrea, Hope this Finds YOU and YOURS Healthy and High in the Spirit How is my favorite Sonneteer. Congratulations on YOUR Win. I always wonder Why POETS enter a Sonnet Contest When they Know YOU will submit a Winner. As far as my contest goes It does not have to be about the After Life; as long as the End line words add to the subject of the Poem. I LOVE YOU ALWAYS and FOREVER YOUR Liege...HG Login to Reply

Dr. Upma A. Sharma Date: 8/6/2015 11:26:00 PM Beautiful sonnet Andrea!Splendid work here n a top place win! Big congrats! Login to Reply

Carrie Richards Date: 8/6/2015 7:32:00 PM You are wise to use what "works" for you. It is what has made your poems and your name rise to the top of the winners list !!!! Congrats to you, Andrea !!! Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/6/2015 7:53:00 PM thanks so much, Carrie. you understand that I was being as honest as I could with that theme she gave us!

Skat A Date: 8/6/2015 6:25:00 PM Andrea, congratulations on your win, In Charlotte's contest... SKAT Login to Reply

Frederic Parker Date: 8/6/2015 4:41:00 PM You've done well my friend, as one who writes mostly sonnets I marvel at the many forms you write so easy in..Congratulations on your win Login to Reply

Charlotte Puddifoot Date: 8/6/2015 3:18:00 PM haha andrea, I read the first few lines and I just knew this one was yours! I've seen you express the same feelings on blogs many times! of course, you excel at this form, whereas I have sonnetphobia! gotta love the emotional honesty in this - congrats on your win in my contest :) Login to Reply

Jan Allison Date: 8/6/2015 3:01:00 PM Dropping back with my congrats Andrea:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply

Daver Austin Date: 8/4/2015 3:18:00 PM Whatever makes it for you, and your poetry makes it for everyone. Love, daver Login to Reply

James Horn Date: 8/2/2015 8:32:00 PM Probably a very deep sigh at that. How about you and haiku? It is challenging. Jim Horn Login to Reply

Charmaine Chircop Date: 8/2/2015 5:17:00 PM I am too left -brained just like you dear. I love all the different forms you use to write , but girl yay, when you write sonnet 's, you rule and write, with all your might.. Love this. Login to Reply

Bill Lindsay Date: 8/2/2015 8:50:00 AM Mere words; once writ, the fire is lit. ;) Login to Reply

Jennifer Walker Date: 8/2/2015 7:58:00 AM I love your free flowing sonnet style. It forms itself as music in my head and free verse creates no flow for me. Login to Reply

Len Gasun Date: 8/2/2015 4:36:00 AM Hi, my dear friend Andrea! They said left-brained people are very creative. The reason you excel in every form especially sonnet. I love this so much. Good luck in the contest though I think you don't need my friend. Thanks a lot for sharing. Thanks a lot as well for stopping by. To answer your question yeah, I'm teaching most of the time Mon-Sat. In fact, I'm doing my Lplan now but I just thought of taking short break by peeking here. TYSM again Have a great wkend! love and hugs,Leonora Login to Reply

James Peranteau Date: 8/1/2015 10:50:00 PM Hello my friend, it is tutorial time ! *smiles*...The first recorded Free Verse Poem~~~Psalms chapter 23 of the Holy Word. Walt Whitman who lived in the Mid 1800's wrote this "Free Verse; "Leaves of Grass" in 1855; and I'll spare you the similitudes of many others and leave you with a much recent poet who has indulged many with poetic muse with Free Verse; James Peranteau *winkers* ! Great write Andrea....much love...your friend, james Login to Reply

Bl Devnath Date: 8/1/2015 2:32:00 PM Rhyming of romantic rhythm beautifully done. Good luck in the contest my lovely friend. Loved always,bl Login to Reply

Darlene Gifford Date: 8/1/2015 10:13:00 AM Hi, friend! You've written a poem close to my heart. A great sonnet for the contest. Rhyme is my friend, too. I do try other forms, but always return to rhyme. A 7. Best of contest luck.~~~Darlene Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/1/2015 12:50:00 PM yep, that's me too!!

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 8/1/2015 8:53:00 AM Andie when I swim the poetry's ocean my first approach is rhyme however when I began viewing the contests and learned some other forms and tips, I tried my best to give it all a try.. This to challenge myself though!!! What I like about your poetry is the graceful way you do it, the flow, image and message you easily can sometimes deliver in few words.. classy, funny, easily understandable however the impact sometimes leave me awed!!! e.g with all the faves I marked from yours!~Olive Eloisa =') Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/1/2015 12:50:00 PM Love your great comments here. About how you challenge yourself by learning new forms and by including new words. I love doing that too! Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 8/1/2015 8:58:00 AM Besides for me, poetry is not how deep or how high falutin are the words most of the times the tricky yet striking way one places simple words count so much!!! but in my style, like I said for me to learn more English words I help myself but including a new word/s each time.. =') bottomline: we all have unique styles.. =')!

Harry Horsman Date: 8/1/2015 8:05:00 AM Queen of the sonnet, this is clever Andrea, moves you into the elite....the classical poets, (english) would love this..... Login to Reply

Jan Allison Date: 8/1/2015 6:17:00 AM I love to write in rhyme too Andrea - it is my preferred choice but I do like to try other forms too - good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply

Eileen Manassian Date: 7/31/2015 11:44:00 PM Woman.....you and I are in the same boat! :) I love to write in rhyme, though some of my free verse poems have the highest views! ;) I got second place with Charlotte on one of her contests. I did write in a way foreign to mine, but it was also a satisfying write....I'm going to soup mail you in a bit, sweetie. As usual....you write with flawless grace. Hugs Login to Reply Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/1/2015 12:30:00 AM sorry, your soupmail was hiding under another one but I have answered it now! Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/1/2015 12:18:00 AM Hey, Eileen, I don't see you in soupmail yet and I need to FINALLY get off here! well, I was trying to make a point with this approach, that to be all that I am, I do it better in a sonnet. I too have had success with free verse as well, but strangely, to write "personal" things about myself, such as this theme, I can't seem to get it pared down enough to sound like free verse. I am more a prose person (when I can't write with rhyme). Sure do wish I could do free verse more regularly.