Andrea Dietrich Poet Etheree

What Matters Most

What Matters Most

What matters most is obvious to me.
It’s hearth and home, kin and family.
Life is an hourglass and the sands
of your time keep drifting down -
drifting, drifting, drifting
downward as you race
to get in all
the things you
want to
do!
But
take time
to breathe in
the things you love:
fresh baked bread, roses,
the petrichor of spring!
Simple are life’s joys. Give all
you love to all those you love, for
that will be your legacy when your
sands run out and the hourglass turns over.

April 1, 2020
for Chantelle Anne Cooke's "What Matters the Most to You" Poetry contest

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James Horn April 29, 2020 at 6:06 PM Petrichor is quite an interesting word. Never had heard of it before until now.

Ray Zottola April 24, 2020 at 12:00 PM Does the glass turn over to a new life, like a rebirth? Is that your objective here?

JC Brul April 13, 2020 at 7:19 AM REvisiting this timeless masterpiece. Truly a treasure. Be safe and well dear poet Andrea.

JC Brul April 9, 2020 at 9:45 PM This is a masterpiece dear Andrea.Truly amazing imagination!

M. L. Kiser April 8, 2020 at 9:50 PM A beautiful double etheree, well penned.

Mark Peterson April 7, 2020 at 10:56 AM A perfect expression of how love envelops all that is precious and worthwhile. Your final lines are as elegant as any expression I've ever heard or read of the transition impending for us all.

Agnes Krampe April 5, 2020 at 7:35 AM This is brilliant, Andrea.

Debjani Mitra April 4, 2020 at 7:34 PM Wow what a talent you are, lovely creation

Gary Smith April 4, 2020 at 2:03 PM Excellent poetry Andrea, congrats. :)

Janice Canerdy April 4, 2020 at 8:31 AM I REALLY like this, Andrea. Janice

Quoth Theraven April 3, 2020 at 9:39 AM Andrea, Never enough sand to go 'round. Amazing double-Etheree you have created here. -Richard

Curtis Johnson April 3, 2020 at 12:50 AM Both form and poem are awesom. Hope you place well. Thanks for the compliment on "Mr. Cave". I do not like those long lines and try to avoid them. My computer is old, or I do not know how to set the lines properly. ????????????????

Kim Rodrigues April 2, 2020 at 10:38 PM Love it all, my favorite part: fresh baked bread, roses, the petrichor of spring! Hope your doing well! Thank you for reading a couple of my poems. <3 Kim

Connie Marcum Wong April 2, 2020 at 9:02 PM Family is everything to me Andrea, and so are friends. I agree with everything in your brilliantly written double etheree. xxoo

John Watt April 2, 2020 at 6:02 PM Like I used to tell my kids, "take time to smell the petrichor of spring"! I LOVE this so much, on so many levels. The message, the shape, the vocab, the emphasis on the simple joys of life and the loved ones around us. Great write, a fave! Hugs ~ John John Watt April 4, 2020 at 7:10 PM Congratulations for your #1 placement today!

Rico Leffanta April 2, 2020 at 1:48 PM An hour-glass figure always catches my eye, so thank you for that as well as the clever rhymes! Aloha! Rico

Vijay Pandit April 2, 2020 at 9:58 AM WOW! This is simply awesome, Andrea. Enjoyed reading about the true feel of life. This has to win BIG.

Jenish Somadas April 2, 2020 at 9:42 AM Wonderful creativity..that will be your legacy when your sands run out and the hourglass turns over.. beautiful lines..Good luck in the contest..

James Inman April 2, 2020 at 9:24 AM A beautiful Concrete / double Ethree Andrea. The shape matches the subject well and the content is lovely.

John Lawless April 2, 2020 at 8:22 AM Andrea you are such an "Ethereel" poet. You make this form look so easy Andrea Dietrich April 2, 2020 at 3:18 PM oh I loved that word play you did. thanks!!

Theresa M. Cash April 2, 2020 at 2:35 AM So very beautiful Andrea, so glad I stopped by to read this fabulous poem of yours. It's going into my favorite list. Andrea Dietrich April 2, 2020 at 3:19 PM wow, thanks, Theresa.

Harry Horsman April 1, 2020 at 11:13 PM The hour glass of life, you surely do stipulate what is important ,,,Great poem..

Gershon Wolf April 1, 2020 at 7:56 PM Ingenious way of presenting the fall and the rise, the contraction and expansion. May your hourglass runneth over, Andrea! Cheers and Good Cheer! :) Gershon

Kim Rodrigues April 1, 2020 at 7:24 PM Love it! Nicely said and great shape!

Jan Allison April 1, 2020 at 7:17 PM Is this an andaree etheree, you made this challenging form look so easy and nailed the contest theme:-) hugs Jan xx