Andrea Dietrich Poet Sonnet

Dark Angel

How intricate your mind. How it can vex!
A labyrinth that offers no escape,
its walls are glazed with patterns that perplex.
I glimpse inside.   At times I stop and gape
at murals which reveal an iridescence.
But shallow are the joys you sometimes feel.
I turn to find I’m facing evanescence.
Intense emotions swell; become surreal.
They swirl with thought; descending, they exude
through dark partitions winding through your head.
The maze becomes a spiral to seclude
you from the world and me.  I feel your dread.
Dark angel, trapped in strange and endless gloom,
to stay with you would mean to share your doom.

For Nathan's  ......."INSANITY or DEATH"......Poetry Contest
Theme: Insanity to Darkness

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John Watt January 12, 2021 at 9:54 AM This is amazing. Really. My family has two suffering occasional depression and its consequences; so many of them are described here the evanescent joys, the patterns that perplex, the swelling of intense emotions, the dread. I wonder if this was about a particular person or an amalgam of people you have known or read about? This is EXCELLENT sonnetry, my friend. Another one going in my faves ~ John

Harry Horsman April 12, 2020 at 11:30 PM This is poetry that takes one within its very walls, another from my favourite list.

Debbie Guzzi August 12, 2012 at 3:03 PM Love the enjambment! Light & Love

Cory Long August 12, 2012 at 9:23 AM what a wonderful poem.. Congrats on your win in the contest with this gem.. Soup mail cory

Joann Grisetti August 10, 2012 at 8:02 AM A terrific win - congratulations. I have, so far, chosen the insanity, though usually it's not really a choice.

Carol Sunshine Brown August 10, 2012 at 7:00 AM Congratulations on your well deserved win in Nathan's "Insanity Or Death" contest Andrea. Love, Carol

Joseph May August 10, 2012 at 5:54 AM nicely done Andrea...congrats on your win

David Williams August 10, 2012 at 2:52 AM Andrea congrats on your win, like this one...David

Poet Destroyer A August 9, 2012 at 8:25 PM Andrea, congratulations in Nathan's contest... I was actually worried he would not like mine... lol..but he knows better...just kidding... I know Nathan,, he is very picky and tough when it comes to what he likes.. I'm glad I'm above all...lol..Kidding,,, well I better be. Anyways... I'm closer to his insanity mind. I'm actually surprised he picked 10 winners.. just the other day, he was bragging how he was only picking 3 winners.. what an a-hole.. lol...love ya...pd

Nathan D. August 9, 2012 at 8:09 PM congrats. Nate'

Phyllis Babcock August 5, 2012 at 1:05 PM wow you did an awesome write on this poem and I love your last sentence. love phyl

Debbie Duncan July 28, 2012 at 7:35 PM very well done ,,,,, I love poems that take me along for the ride ;}have a blessed day.

Linda-Marie Sweetheart July 27, 2012 at 5:22 AM wow ..a potent piece of view of death with this dark angel Andrea.. marvelous language and rhyme luv.. think I will bow out of this one..have read some awesome entries for Nathan but I predict yours number one.. wow..

Ravindra K Kapoor July 25, 2012 at 10:15 PM You have painted a very striking picture. Great use of imagination Andrea. It is really difficult to imagine the dark side of insanity or death. Great work of art in Poetry lines. My good wishes for your success in Nathan's contest. Hope you got success in tracing my Music Channel if not just use "RavindraKK1” in any search engine. The channel would appear on Top and then go for the latest upload by me of the Folk Song. Love and best wishes...Ravindra...Andrea Dietrich

Sara Kendrick July 25, 2012 at 10:41 AM Interesting work..Reminds me of the movie "A Beautiful Mind"..Good one for the contest..Good contest in view of the event that has just happened...Your work reads like a winner to me..Thanks for the kind reviews..We have some fruit trees but are not over run with them..We have several varieties of pears, figs, apple(several varieties), pomegranate(two kinds),PawPaw never had any to eat, and we have muscadines several varieties, pecan trees(no nuts yet ), black walnut(no nuts yet).....Sara

Michelle Mac Donald July 25, 2012 at 6:51 AM Oh, not a pretty place for sure, Andrea! Some might drop in to visit, though they leave quick enough taking something they desperately need to evade this infernal place? Great imagery..."insanity to Darkness", somewhat like mind "maggots"...oh, I KNOW you hate that word!:) Best wishes, Mikki

Joe Maverick July 25, 2012 at 1:40 AM Enjoyed this write with its overtones of supernatural dread Andrea.. I ask your forgiveness for not posting I will be back however things will be getting on top if I do not put more effort in (take care Joe)

Joseph May July 24, 2012 at 7:17 PM you write some lovely sonnets...good luck in the contest...love...Joseph

Brandee Augustus July 24, 2012 at 1:57 PM I love the imagery in your poem. You can really "see" everything you're describing. It's very simple yet intricately written. Well done.

Jack Horne July 24, 2012 at 1:25 PM wow, this is just excellent, Andrea. A winner here for sure. Congrats on all your wins, my friend : )

Robert Johnson July 24, 2012 at 12:09 PM To walk alone in solemn death. A stranger tries to catch his breath. The mindless dream that spared his soul. Has finally reaped it's desperate toll. The avenues and corners turned. Remind him of the years he burned. To find himself out of the loop. Amends and friends, tries to recoup.

Daver Austin July 24, 2012 at 9:13 AM "They swirl with thought; descending, they exude through dark partitions winding through your head." I like this presentation of the labyrinth, with, maybe Cerberus waiting on the other side. This is superb. Love, daver

Harry Horsman July 24, 2012 at 9:07 AM this is excellent Andrea, just love your sonnets, this to my fav. i'll be around awhile, although time is a factor, so may not be as regular. harry.

Nette Onclaud July 24, 2012 at 8:46 AM okay, i'm struck by the sensory images of this piece, andie!... intense!..:) huggs!

Robert Ball July 24, 2012 at 8:32 AM thank you for your kindcommenton my poem,I've been ill but the Lord has blessed me again an your poem is one of the blessings that I've read todayit is well written.God bless

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