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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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Appreciation for Contest Sponsors

Blog Posted:4/4/2019 7:30:00 PM

Just thought I would come here tonight to give a SHOUT OUT of appreciation for the many sponsors of contests here at our poets' haven known as PoetrySoup.

The year I first came here to Soup, I remember having such different ideas from how I think today. I was a judge of many contests at that time, and I gave strict rules of grammar, spelling, and rules of form, etc. I remember getting backlash for this in some blogs, being called heartless even. I remember disgruntled losers being upset with me, and honestly, I was giving a lot of wins, so they must have messed up really bad to get an N/A from me! In time, I lightened up . Some of you know I am a teacher. I teach English to adult International students who mainly want to get into universities in America. I am a bit of a softie as teachers go. I try really hard to see that my students learn English. If they are not getting great test scores, I know they are at least learning something through osmosis! This same attitude I take with my Soup contests now. Why not let most people have a win if they are at least doing a decent job with the form I asked for? It hurts nobody to let them appear on the winner page with the very best of the lot at the top three positions.

Today I rarely create contests. I became busier in my life. I can barely keep up with comments here, let alone sponsor contests, but I know I need to sponsor some more again. Thanks so much to the judges who inspire me (you know who you are as I have probably told you). And thanks to every sponsor who judges fairly and without bias. Thanks to judges who give multiple first places Without you, some Soupers' poems would never get an ounce of exposure, and let's be frank, I think many poets enjoy knowing they will likely get a win if they enter this kind of contest! These kinds of contests are great with short forms like limericks or tanka because the winner lists do not take a long time to see and everybody gets to be read! Even more thanks to judges who do regular contests but who put great thought and consideration into their placement decisions, which makes a GOOD win feel all the more deserved! And thanks to judges of all contests who go around and let each of their contestants know their appreciation for those poets having supported their contest. Thanks to judges of Premiere contests (though I prefer ones who fill all ten places of their contests). Who doesn't want to have that cute little trophy next to one's winning poem? Even if the odds are 1/35 or maybe one out of a hundred (I have actually seen that!) it is a great honor to have that trophy next to your poem. Finally, thanks to judges who actually give money or prizes: Carolyn, LuLoo, and others. That makes winning so special. Keep inspiring us, PoetrySoup sponsors. I hope to sponsor another contest myself in a month or two!

Oh, and thanks, TEAM POERYSOUP for all the many features that make things so easy for us to enjoy each other's work. If not for sites like this one, I truly would have very few people reading my work, and that is what it's all about for me and I bet for you too - getting our poems out there to the world. Contest sponsors help so much in that objective! Thanks to all!

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John
Watt

Date: 5/27/2020 9:20:00 PM

Just found this, and glad I did. I love when people are appreciative and grateful for the time and effort spent by others. Nicely done!

Joanna
Daniel

Date: 4/12/2019 2:56:00 AM

I agree with you wholeheartedly, Andrea, hats off to all the Poetry contest sponsors:)

Francine
Roberts

Date: 4/9/2019 5:45:00 PM

Bravo ! I still tend to be a tyrant when it comes to following my rules, ( my way or the highway) .

James Fraser
Date: 4/12/2019 7:19:00 PM

;)

Caren
Krutsinger

Date: 4/6/2019 7:38:00 PM

Andrea I like hosting contests because I know that contests help create new ideas in my own mind. I also think it helps people get out of a possible rut, me included. I admire all those who enter and the hosts also.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/7/2019 12:16:00 AM

thanks so much for your comment. You are a great new asset here at the Soup, Caren, both as a poet and as a sponsor! (well, relatively new compared to how long I have known some of the others here at my blog!)

John
Lawless

Date: 4/6/2019 10:33:00 AM

I writ a pome....it sounded gud....like rhythmic, crackling, burning wood...Just funnin' Andrea

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/6/2019 10:58:00 AM

Love your style and you are GREAT at parodies!

Beata
Agustin

Date: 4/6/2019 1:51:00 AM

Indeed, I am one among those who are thankful to contests' sponsors. Thanks likewise, Ma'am Andrea (I always say Ma'am to teachers) for voicing out your gratitude in our behalf. God bless you; God bless PS. I am praying for the good progress of this site as I personally acknowledge this as a blessing to poets like me.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/6/2019 10:58:00 AM

Thanks, you are a real sweetheart, Beata.

Julia
Ward

Date: 4/6/2019 12:58:00 AM

On the subject of few winners, I do not leave out anybody who *deserves* a win in my contest. If their name appears on the winners' list, it is because their poem appeals to me, plus they have obeyed the rules of the contest and not made basic spelling or punctuation errors. On the latter point, there is latitude if it has been set up as a design poem in the way of my latest poem, "Looking for Button". // Personally speaking, I don't care for a "let everyone win" approach, as it takes out worthiness.

Craig Cornish
Date: 4/9/2019 1:14:00 PM

I like what you've said here Julia

Sandra
Haight

Date: 4/5/2019 5:02:00 PM

Yes, indeed, Andrea, I am with you in being thankful for and praising the wonderful sponsors (including you) who post contests and judge them for us. I have never done it, but I am sure it's a difficult job. If it weren't for the contest prompts, I probably wouldn't write as much. You are very kind to post your appreciation to help us remember the dedicated poet/sponsors who keep us happy with these inspiring contests! Great blog! :)

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 8:01:00 PM

Thanks so much, Sandra . I can see very well how the contest prompts have impacted your poetic writing!

Gregory Richard
Barden

Date: 4/5/2019 4:34:00 PM

(2) ... as they were all poems that took exceptional amounts of time, patience, work, and deep, important emotions, to create, (some about very traumatic events). I appreciate and respect EVERYONE here at PS, and their choices and decisions when it comes to the application of contests, as the rules have been thoughtfully provided by the admins to allow folks to be inclusive and creative with their cointests. Many thanks and blessings, My Brother & Sister Poets - we are a family, after all. <3

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 8:00:00 PM

I think your blog was awesome, greg. An intellectual with a big heart, that is you!

Gregory Richard
Barden

Date: 4/5/2019 4:33:00 PM

I appreciate your blog, Andrea, and for the support of my own ... if anyone took my statement as a negative view on contests or sponsors or even premiere contests, or a slight on Poetry Soup or its admins IN ANY WAY, then I fear they did not read my statement in entirety - it was only a personal decision about the feelings I have at PRESENT toward the process of cutting a group of forty wonderful poems down to 10. I've had other premieres that were not nearly as painful, (with up to fourteen entries that didn't even read the rules, lol), but this particular contest was replete with quality work, and it just felt wrong to me to NOT give those other poems and poets their due ... (continued)

Line
Gauthier

Date: 4/5/2019 3:36:00 PM

All valid and well expressed points, Andrea.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 7:58:00 PM

thanks, Line, and thanks for all the support you give Soup members.

Agnes
Krampe

Date: 4/5/2019 9:39:00 AM

I have often gotten inspiration from contest prompts when I was stuck and didn't know what to write about and greatly appreciate those who put in their time to sponsor contests. Sometimes really good poems grow out of these prompts - and sometimes I am just having some silly fun and finger practice.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 7:58:00 PM

Thanks for your comment, Agnes. I think I get my inspiration 98% of the time from the contests. That is one reason they are so important to me!

Eve
Roper

Date: 4/5/2019 9:30:00 AM

People like you is what make this site a perfect place to be. If it wasn't for the contest I wouldn't be inspired to write, but it is allll...... the wonderful inspiring compliments the make me work harder. Thanks to all on Soup.Hugs

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 8:02:00 PM

And people like you too, Eve. Thank you!

Susan
Ashley

Date: 4/5/2019 7:58:00 AM

Your kindness sparkles in the beauty of your heartfelt sentiments and are inspiring to poets and sponsors alike, Andrea. Thank you for expressing your valued thoughts, you are truly appreciated. Warmest wishes always.. ~ Susan

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 8:03:00 PM

Thanks, Susan. I hope you are doing well.

Tania
Kitchin

Date: 4/5/2019 4:43:00 AM

Andrea, thank you for your nice comments honoring those who sponsor contests! I find it both fun and challenging. I know judging can be brutal when there are so many excellent poems and only ten can be placed. I like the standard ones more due to this but also enjoy having a premiere contest once on awhile. Thanks again for your support!!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 8:03:00 PM

i like both kinds too, Tania. Thanks for your sponsoring of contests!

Brian
Strand

Date: 4/5/2019 3:11:00 AM

Andrea,as a long-time contest sponsor it has been an honour to have read the poetry of the hundreds of talented poets at PS (whose poems ( imho) rank alongside those of published poets of the past and present in my daily readings etc Thank you and invite you (all)now to continue and contribute to my 'NEW' contest approach mentioned in the blog I published today.(April 5) Cheers one and all.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 8:28:00 PM

I agree with you, Brian. I believe there are many poems here at Soup with as high calibre as some of the classics. Sadly, poetry is not seen as an important aspect of culture any more and many talented souls here will go unnoticed. Truly, I have read things here even more amazing than what was in the poetry section of my high school literature book!

Harry
Horsman

Date: 4/5/2019 2:35:00 AM

and thank God there is a Andrea Dietrich.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 8:04:00 PM

Thanks, Harry. I have known you a long time now from here. Don't you eever change!!!

Brandy
Nicole

Date: 4/4/2019 10:18:00 PM

Dear Andrea, so kind of you to place this Blog here. Your thoughts are honest, sincere and beautiful. Thank you for being such an inspiration to us all. You are appreciated my dear friend. :) Brandy

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/5/2019 8:05:00 PM

Thanks, Brandy. It's good seeing you here!

My Past Blog Posts


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Please EDIT before I judge my contest: ONE LINE ONLY Date Posted: 2/25/2024 2:51:00 PM
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In Need of Clarification on putting info underneath poems Date Posted: 2/4/2024 9:09:00 AM
Note to Those who entered my Sijo Contest - blog slightly revised Date Posted: 2/3/2024 12:52:00 PM
About Sijo Date Posted: 1/14/2024 1:44:00 PM
Finally judging/ my Grinchy Rules/ A Gremlin in my Soup Date Posted: 12/22/2023 12:13:00 PM
Example of Ninette For Those Who Want To Try One for my Contest Date Posted: 11/7/2023 1:20:00 PM
Just Noticed Something Since we came back online Date Posted: 10/26/2023 1:25:00 PM
Going back to 50th high school Reunion Date Posted: 9/13/2023 11:57:00 PM
Please Recheck your entries for my July Etheree Contest/My Daughter Date Posted: 7/23/2023 4:48:00 PM
Why I am putting off judging my contest till next weekend Date Posted: 7/16/2023 2:00:00 PM
Joyce Johnson from 2022 at age 104 Date Posted: 6/28/2023 12:08:00 PM
Tributes to Harry Date Posted: 6/25/2023 2:00:00 PM
In Memorial: Beloved Soup poets Who Have Passed Away Date Posted: 5/28/2023 11:03:00 AM
Where is Nette Onclaud (as well as others who have wandered away)?? Date Posted: 5/25/2023 12:46:00 PM
Thanks, All who Supported my Tankacrostic Contest Date Posted: 4/8/2023 4:16:00 PM
Limerick Contest Judged at last Date Posted: 3/13/2023 3:55:00 PM
Poetry Phoenix - will others return? Date Posted: 3/13/2023 2:35:00 PM
A Blog on our dear Joyce Johnson Date Posted: 12/27/2022 9:41:00 AM
Chantelle is Well: Blog for Chantelle on Her Behalf Date Posted: 11/22/2022 10:06:00 AM
Blog for Our Friend Chantelle Date Posted: 11/20/2022 12:41:00 PM
Tributes to Connie Finalized Date Posted: 10/30/2022 4:37:00 PM
News on Connie's Memorial Service for Anyone Interested Date Posted: 10/11/2022 3:52:00 PM
Remember September is Judged; New Tribute Contest to be Posted Date Posted: 9/23/2022 8:53:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
5/2/2024	Love	Couplet	love,
5/1/2024	Mountebank	Rhyme	psychological,
5/1/2024	Dogs-be-gone!	Limerick	humorous,
4/29/2024	John Stuart Mill	Clerihew	philosophy,
4/28/2024	When Dawn Drifts Into Enchanted Meadows	Sonnet	nature,
4/27/2024	Reflecting - Mirror	Etheree	god,
4/27/2024	Living Surreality One Night in Oregon	Narrative	surreal,
4/26/2024	My Biggest Hobby	Rhyme	life,
4/25/2024	In His Image	Etheree	god,
4/23/2024	LIFE	Acrostic	life,
4/23/2024	John's Visit: Ephemera theme	Free verse	boyfriend,
4/22/2024	Wishing for Dawn	Rhyme	rights,war,
4/21/2024	Zinnia	Sonnet	flower,
4/19/2024	Reverse Graffiti	Other	light,
4/19/2024	Confluence	Shape	peace,
4/19/2024	After the Floods	Sonnet	rain,
4/17/2024	Yearn	Sonnet	passion,
4/16/2024	That Was Then; This is Now	Etheree	identity,
4/15/2024	Forgotten Field of Forever	Free verse	childhood,war,
4/15/2024	High Fidelity	Free verse	inspiration,
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,
4/9/2024	Beach Fun for My Feet	Verse	beach,
4/8/2024	Footles for the Birds	Footle	bird,
4/8/2024	One New Year’s Eve	Senryu	new year,
4/6/2024	If Giraffes	Limerick	animal,
4/6/2024	What Happens to Our Socks	Rhyme	humorous,
4/4/2024	Babel	Rhyme	society,
4/3/2024	Sweet Rose	Ode	rose,
3/31/2024	Vanish	Rhyme	people,
3/30/2024	Daniel Defoe	Clerihew	writing,
3/26/2024	A Canary and Cat Tale	Limerick	cat,
3/26/2024	A Hunger Unfed	Prose	people,
3/25/2024	I’ll Always Be Loving You	Lyric	love,
3/25/2024	Dispatch for Bus Drivers : Search That Bus	Rhyme	school,
3/23/2024	Sun	Personification	sun,
3/23/2024	Our Family Legend Dale	Acrostic	brother,
3/22/2024	An Interview with the Color Blue	Narrative	blue,
3/21/2024	Queen Sea	Rispetto	water,
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,
3/18/2024	Utterly	List	life,
3/17/2024	Woven Worlds	Other	nature,
3/16/2024	Appreciation	Acrostic	people,
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,
3/1/2024	If Mama Ain't Happy	Rhyme	mother,
3/1/2024	Michael Cain	Clerihew	today,
2/29/2024	Misused	Lyric	lost love,
2/28/2024	Bunnies	Rhyme	animal,
2/27/2024	Spontaneity	Rhyme	fun,
2/27/2024	Sheep Valentine	Couplet	love,
2/26/2024	To those who entered my One Line of Alliteration: The Name Game contest	Monoku	poets,
2/25/2024	Redamancy	Sedoka	kiss,
2/25/2024	Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater - the rest of the story	Rhyme	anti bullying,
2/24/2024	Magic Minichu	Rhyme	magic,
2/23/2024	It Started with a Blank Canvas	Etheree	beach,
2/22/2024	Building Tension	Sonnet	romance,
2/21/2024	She	Rhyme	mythology,tree,
2/20/2024	Rambling	Sonnet	travel,
2/20/2024	On Contests	Tanka	writing,
2/19/2024	Robert Frost	Clerihew	poets,
2/19/2024	I Am	Couplet	love,
2/17/2024	In Spring	Etheree	spring,
2/16/2024	Beatles McCartney, Lennon, Harrison and Starr	Verse	teen love,
2/14/2024	Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right Now	Rhyme	humorous,
2/14/2024	Edgar Allen Poe	Clerihew	literature,
2/13/2024	Life’s Wonderful	Kyrielle	life,
2/12/2024	Pearl of the Orient	Quatern	international,
2/11/2024	Part-time ESL Teacher - PS	Blank verse	jobs,
2/11/2024	Male Slang Footle Names - final part	Footle	boy,
2/10/2024	One Spring Long Ago	Personification	love hurts,
2/10/2024	Heloise - First Draft	Triolet	love hurts,
2/5/2024	Quiescent	Sonnet	peace,
2/4/2024	Rid of You	Lyric	moving on,
2/2/2024	Discombobulation and Beyond	Rhyme	dark,
2/2/2024	Charlotte Bronte	Clerihew	writing,
2/1/2024	Undone	Quatern	lost love,
1/30/2024	A January Hiku	Haiku	day,
1/30/2024	Spice of Life	Blitz	food,fun,
1/29/2024	Male Footle Slang Names: Part 7	Footle	humorous,
1/28/2024	You Rogue	Quatern	love hurts,
1/27/2024	Moon Vacations in 2050	Free verse	moon,
1/25/2024	Agatha Christie	Clerihew	woman,
1/24/2024	A Poem on My Pets	Rhyme	pets,
1/21/2024	A Modern Valentine: Define The Relationship, Please	Limerick	valentines day,
1/21/2024	Bike Ride	Footle	youth,

My Photos

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Fav Poems

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,
Twilight's Fading Light	Free verse	life,nature
Marble In Columns On Green	Couplet	brother,daughter,father,h
I Will Be Strong	Free verse	angst,husband,lossme,
The Beauty of Yore	Free verse	nostalgia
Wandering Soul	Free verse	happiness,inspirational,n
Sunset On Galway Bay (Haiku No. 34)	Haiku	inspirational
Transformation	I do not know?	allegory
If You Are Lonely	Free verse	inspirational,introspecti
Time Out	Free verse	depression,devotion,fanta
Winter Promise	Free verse	nature
I Am..(Tagged By Raul, Now I'M Tagging Elaine George).	Free verse	introspectionbeautiful,be
Brown Sands	Lyric	introspection,lifemystery
Dancing At a Temple	Rhyme	devotion,
Daybreak Up High	Free verse	inspirational
Tea For Two	Free verse	introspectionme,me,
Peak District United Kingdom	Prose Poetry	inspirational
Paper	I do not know?	allegoryme,
Nine O'Clock	Limerick	funny
Frozen Memories	Tanka	art
Summer's Voice	Free verse	seasons
Lazy Day	Free verse	life,nature
I Was Me	Bio	life,
The First Kiss Or That Darn Ann Landers	Lyric	me,nostalgia,song,travel,
Crimsom Beauty	Dramatic Monologue	angst
Red Geraniums	Free verse
Zoo Fright	Limerick	funny
As I Hid	Monoku	muse,
Three Messengers	Narrative	animals,faith,inspiration
Stretchy Neck	Lyric	animals
A Round Tuit	Shape	funny