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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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How is it Possible?

Blog Posted:9/5/2022 5:54:00 PM

I have been so overwhelmed with things to do this week, I maybe took time to comment to five poems all week long and do a few blog comments and soupmails. Yet today I see that I am FIFTH place for community building? How is that even possible? A few weeks ago, when I was commenting MUCH more frequently, I was falling behind and at one point, I was 13th in community building. I just thought it seemed weird that I was looking good for community building today when I am at my worst for the year! And what that tells me is that there can't be much participation by others if I am way ahead of THEM on that list.

Come on, guys, start reading and commenting to your peers. I promise that when I get my life situations ironed out, I will be back to normal here. I actually used one of my weekend days to write poetry, and still I have so much to do. Be well, everyone, and happy Labor Day to my American friends.

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Susan
Woodrow

Date: 9/9/2022 11:01:00 AM

I shall try to post more comments- one a day or seven per week minimum will be my start coz i have a tendency to get too involved then other things get neglected :)

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/9/2022 7:34:00 PM

It's not hard to do 50 or even 100. I like to find contest winner lists of short poetry forms such as tanka or haiku or limerick. If it's a generous list of 35 on each list, you can knock out 70 comments in 40 min. I love reading haiku and limericks and I don't just copy and past congrats to each one. I actually make little comments to express my feelings. Try it some time!!

Susan Woodrow
Date: 9/9/2022 5:34:00 PM

Oh my goodness- u just knocked the wind right out of my sails lol 100 !! Have a great poetry weekend :))

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/9/2022 5:16:00 PM

LOL, oh, dear Susan. It's so funny to me, one a day. My gold standard used to be 50 to 100 comments a day. then I was at 30 to 40. I want to get back to that!!! Getting behind again. I was there just a few days ago but other things are consuming my time today. You have such an active outdoors life style. do what you LOVE. I love THIS and that's the only reason I am often high on community building!!

Paulette
Calasibetta

Date: 9/9/2022 9:42:00 AM

I know....I feel the same and get discouraged. However, I am now engrossed in a workshop that seems to use up my time. So, sadly I probably won't be too active in the next month. :)Paulette

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/9/2022 5:12:00 PM

It's ok, Paulette. I just got spoiled by seeing myself always at top bar for community building and was surprised when being absent for a week, I was higher than ever. It seemed strange to me and that's why I blogged about it. Seriously, we should not worry about it at all!

Suzanne Delaney
Date: 9/9/2022 10:24:00 AM

Paulette: Have fun with the Workshop but don’t be a stranger here, SuZ

Suzanne
Delaney

Date: 9/9/2022 4:52:00 AM

Hi Andrea: That is something I haven’t been able to figure out. I can spend over a couple of hours in here sometimes reading and commenting. My icon never appears on the home page. I used to check the Community ratings when I first came but haven’t in ages. Out of interest I found the list today. I am only 93rd. Out of 100. I agree with you on the reply button. I have noticed many just thank you there and don’t visit your poems. I tend to do a reply and a visit to the poet who has been kind enough to read and comment. It all takes time so I hope I am reaching a balance and being able to build a few meaningful friendships with poets I admire as well as making new poets feel welcome.

Suzanne Delaney
Date: 9/10/2022 4:02:00 AM

(Cont from below) I have been digging up some old poems to post, I am really glad you turned me on to this site. I hope you and Joe are doing better. Always be a little devil hehe Luv ya too. SuZ

Suzanne Delaney
Date: 9/10/2022 4:01:00 AM

Andy: I used to do a blog now and then and did a few competitions when I first became a Lifetime Member. If I think of a good topic for either in the future I will occasionally do one. I also enter the Contests that inspire me. I treat them as an opportunity to write. I am content and happy with who I follow now and those that reach out.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/9/2022 5:11:00 PM

Suzanne. I wonder why you are only 93rd. My guess is that I blog a little and do a few contests too. Maybe all this ties together, plus I enter almost every contest. My first month or two at Soup 2010, this is no joke. I commented SO MUCH, I became number one community builder. That is how fast i got there!!! That 's why I assumed that community building was based on commenting. Well, somehow Reply button has become the "new age" way of doing things here, but I will not conform. I am a little devil. heehee!! And I will stick to my old ways. Luv ya, Suz.

James Marshall
Goff

Date: 9/8/2022 9:25:00 AM

Hi Andrea, years gone by, you're right, the way to express gratitude for one's visit was to visit their page and comment...the impression I got was, a comment on my work meant a fellow poet just posted fresh ink & they wanted my take on it, not always....new poems, poets I follow, generate visits for sure, I am always impressed when a poet reciprocates, classy, like you!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/8/2022 9:31:00 AM

The original comment that appeared under your box was meant for Anaya. Thanks for what you said, James. We are old-timers and the ways we were accustomed to are now apparently like some kind of ancient rituals that only people like you and I keep carrying on!

Bill
Baker

Date: 9/8/2022 9:18:00 AM

I keep track of who and how many comments I make and receive, Andrea. The first week of September I made 137 comments, yet I went from (9th to 25th) in Community Building. This figure doesn't include all the newcomers and people I don't follow that I comment on. I don't understand the formula for the ranking on Community Building. I reply to each comment I recieve. I'm usually in the 10-15 rank area since my first month but I'm doing something wrong or maybe it's because I'm don't have time to post as many poems as I used too. I've posted a little over 200 this year? If anyone know the rank is determined, please soup mail me. The rank doesn't matter to me. Not understanding does. Bill

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/8/2022 11:28:00 AM

I agree with you, Bill. Something is off. It would be nice to understand it!! Somebody mentioned that doing blogs could have something to do with it. I never imagined that before!

I Am
Anaya

Date: 9/7/2022 6:05:00 PM

Andrea, I am certain it has not much to do with replying because I have been commenting most frequently all month long. I have dropped on one of those lists! But I have not posted any poems all month. I think ~Hot~ (blogs) may make a difference. I would like my friend poet to get a POTD, hasn't yet, and so deserves it, such beautiful poems. I am with you on the cluttering up e-mail, but like you said we have an option! Love you, Andrea don't fret! "Soupmail"

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/8/2022 7:05:00 PM

I don't know what happened, but my comment to you ended up way above your name. here is what I said: yes, it must have been a lot of other things other than actual commenting. I had no idea all of that other stuff contributed toward community building. I am sorry your friend is not getting POTD's. I know there are excellent poets here not being recognized, and it's sad. People only need to interact with each other more and more, and they will finally start getting POTD's. Does your friend do much here other than post poems? I really want to know!

Sam
Kauffman

Date: 9/7/2022 12:33:00 PM

Thank you for your blog Andrea! Know you remain in my thoughts and close to my heart in prayer. Have had company and family events for the past three weeks and I am way behind in reading and commenting. Hope to get caught up soon! Just an FYI. I have found such inspiration in reading and commenting. Often, when I am stuck in my own writing, I find inspiration, or a word, or a thought that gets me back on track. That is a gift and I thank all of you for that gift! Sending you prayers and a hug!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/8/2022 7:14:00 PM

Go to "MY Comments In-Box" and then look up and you'll see four other options, one of which is "replies" this way you can see all replies that were made to you. I have sure missed out on many of them by now!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/8/2022 7:04:00 PM

John W. told me if you go to in-box, you will see replies in a list of options above. I still have to check that out.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 9/8/2022 10:14:00 AM

Like you I am unaware of that part of the website! Have you emailed Mark for that information? I would love to know about that part of the website. Still sending good and positive thoughts your way.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/7/2022 6:00:00 PM

thanks for being such a sweetie pie, Sam. And for thinking of me. I am glad Soup inspires you too. I must be retarded or something. A friend of mine recently informed me that there is actually a place where I can see reply notifications which do not come to my email. I was searching for it, and I simply can't find it! Good grief.

Harry
Horsman

Date: 9/7/2022 12:14:00 AM

I will add this, 'I do not reply' for the simple reason i have not the time, what with my illness and other aspects. For those that do, i respect their choice and capturability to do so, What does concern me, is being labelled although in a general sense, disrespectable because, i cannot achieve it.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/7/2022 8:56:00 AM

well, you already know MY feelings on the reply button. I DO actually use it when I"m in the mood to, but normally I do not. Harry, if people are replying to me, I do not even KNOW it because I don't see notifications for it. You just keep replying to me at my poems. I love when you do that!!

Sara
Kendrick

Date: 9/6/2022 11:26:00 AM

Yes, this site is no longer like it once was. So many changes and new faces. I think some people never comment on other people's work. I can't do as much as I once did for several reasons. I am glad your place on the charts went up under your circumstances. God bless you in what you are going through. Sara

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/7/2022 7:27:00 PM

But Sara I find that sight impersonal. I don’t really get to know the poets. Sounds like a good idea but it doesn’t work for me. Those that can should try to reply at least to some. And Andrea, good blog.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/7/2022 6:05:00 PM

I LOVE that kind of thing, and if I had my druthers, it would be the rule here at soup.

Sara Kendrick
Date: 9/7/2022 2:10:00 PM

Andrea, there is a poetry site that is set up when you post a poem you have to comment on at least two poems before you can complete the process of posting that poem. I like that site for that reason. At least some poems get commented on that way. Sara

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 1:26:00 PM

I liked the "old" Soup better, Sara. In those days you had no choice but to go directly to a poet's work and leave comments to HIS poems for him. Today I think too many people just use that reply button and don't always bother to visit the other poet's page. I see lots of people leaving thank you's as replies to those who comment. Personally,, I rarely see a person's reply to my comments and I probably miss things, but I did not like the way the reply notifications were cluttering up my email box! I had the option removed and if people are thanking me for my comments, I don't really care about something like that. I just want to read poems and BE read by my fellow poets! . Thanks for your kind thoughts. God bless you in all you are going through as well.

Jenna
Logan

Date: 9/6/2022 7:54:00 AM

Andrea, my comments were never meant as an attack on you or your method of replying to comments. I understand that you've been dealing with stress, and I would never think of burdening you with more... certainly not over poetry. I apologize if I made you feel you had to defend yourself. That was not my intent. We do have different ways of communicating with other poets, and I find yours a bit unusual, but that doesn't make it wrong. Linda is right, PS is 'small stuff' compared to what's important in our lives. We may have different mindsets about other issues that we've expressed in other blogs, but we are both poets. That's what should be prioritized on this site.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 10:27:00 AM

Something we both agree on. It's "small stuff" anyway!! It was a different world here when I first came to Soup, and nobody had a reply button. Unfortunately my method today is not well known or popular, I suppose. No big deal, Jenna. Sorry I took it as an attack. And yes, let's all just get on with writing as much poetry as we can.

Linda Alice
Fowler

Date: 9/6/2022 7:28:00 AM

Don't sweat the small stuff. ;) Belated Happy Birthday Andrea!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 4:36:00 PM

Thanks, Ani, I finally decided to start fresh today and just return comments to all those who commented to my last five posts. It's too overwhelming facing a full inbox of poetry comments!

Anitha Jayasankar
Date: 9/6/2022 7:52:00 AM

Andrea, please do not feel bad... Many in Soup including me know how much importance you give to comment to others' poems... Just enjoy your day dear friend... ~ Ani

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 7:38:00 AM

Good idea, Linda!! I should not take things so seriously, but because I am usually on top of things, a few poets will actually soupmail me, asking me why I am not commenting to them any more and that makes me feel badl.

Constance
La France

Date: 9/6/2022 7:25:00 AM

Andrea, be gentle with yourself, as far as community points go, I am not sure how it works either, but know it is more than just commenting, it is also doing replies to comments, it is contest wins, doing blogs, commenting on blogs, sponsoring contests, and probably more all combined, and because my time is limited on PS, I need to decide some days do I write poems? or comment? because I cannot do both, God Bless and Happy Birthday ~

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 7:36:00 AM

Yes, Constance, I bet many things are involved, just as Ani down here suggests.. God bless you too and thanks for the birthday wishes.

Anitha
Jayasankar

Date: 9/6/2022 3:19:00 AM

Andrea, I feel they use some kind of algorithm for this, though am not an expert in technologies. (Online sites do that). Maybe it automatically determines how much active a poet/poetess is...by taking notice of their no. of poems posted, how regular they are in commenting for others' poems, etc. As far as potd is concerned, I feel it's about the no. of views a poet gets immediately after posting a poem... (maybe within five mins, or so... am not sure), plus the no. of favs they are getting.... which is why I often pray I shouldn't get any favs for my average poems... Anyways, I have got potds for both my well-written poems as well as average poems... ~ Ani

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 10:28:00 AM

Thanks, Ani. You give me a lot of support and I appreciate all the things you recently did for my birthday on FB.

Anitha Jayasankar
Date: 9/6/2022 7:48:00 AM

Yes, I understand Andrea, and we really do not know what methods are used... Also, though I have already wished you, a very happy belated birthday to you... Hope you had a nice day my friend. ~ Ani

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 7:39:00 AM

I agree with you on POTD's. My really best ones are often ignored. So that's why that particular aspect of Soup is no big deal to me.

Unseeking
Seeker

Date: 9/5/2022 10:02:00 PM

Don’t know how it works, never really thought about it too. Contest results merely reflect the sponsor’s opinion, based on a variety of personal reasons and community rankings - well maybe they have to do with participation measured by a software while POTD probably is linked to views or some reader marking it as a fave. Meanwhile, enjoy soul’s musings over a cuppa!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 7:31:00 AM

Jenna, when you brought up my Blackberries poem, it was not a representation of my general manner of replying to poets and you implied that I skip over poets because you did not understand the way I reply to poets. 99% of the time, I reply to ALL poets, just not in your style. I am "old school" and I believe many newer members have different mindsets from me and some of the "Oldies" As for all caps, I use them for emphasis because written language does not allow me to emphasize my words. you are a wonderful poet, but I have noticed in other blogs that your way of thinking often does not line up with mine. Therefore, I can't help but feel defensive. That is it in a nutshell.

Jenna
Logan

Date: 9/5/2022 9:32:00 PM

When you go to your inbox and reply to a comment, don’t you see ALL of the comments for that poem? If so, Why then don’t you reply to all the comments on that poem? I randomly picked one of your poems… the one about blackberries. Your replies skip over several comments. It’s your prerogative to do so but that’s the point I was making in my first comment to which you said you don’t skip over poets. Perhaps you don’t realize you do.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/8/2022 2:04:00 PM

Joseph, I just barely learned about the place to see all replies. It has always been there and it did not even register with me. The thing about replying, I just use it when someone says something that I really want to respond to. I had no idea there was some kind of social rule about having to reply to every person!!

Joseph May
Date: 9/7/2022 12:17:00 PM

I understand both your points, I think that just replying to a comment without commenting back on someone's poem is not good for community building. In most cases if you are replying to comments you should reply to all, but sometimes I may only reply to a sponsor's Congrats to my winning poem, or if a question posed.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 7:35:00 AM

My last reply to you went up to Unseeking Seeker's box. I am not replying to Unseeking Seeker or Anitha, simply because they are giving opinions that I really do not know anything about when it comes to Soup's methods of doing things.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/6/2022 7:31:00 AM

Jenna Logan
Date: 9/6/2022 12:55:00 AM

I judge no one. Clearly, we’re not on the same page about the point I was trying to make. No need for you to be in a huff with so many capitalized words. Unruffle your tail feathers, chick. You’re misjudging me.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/5/2022 10:41:00 PM

sorry to belabor this, but I do not want anyone misunderstanding how I do things here. Go to any random poem that has NO replies to it. you can be assured that unless it was a hard week for me, I went to every single poet who commented to me on that poem , I clicked on his/her name and made my comment based on his poetry, not my own.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/5/2022 10:25:00 PM

(continued from below): I see a long list of comments to random poems of mine. I click on the person's NAME and I go that person's POETRY and read the poet's work and then I comment to him/her at HIS ha/her poetry. This is my usual custom. Back in 2010, that stupid reply button did not exist. In fact, I hated when they put it there. It encourages laziness by allowing poets just to say "oh thank you" and then many poets do not go directly to the person who was kind enough to comment to them. They think that reply button is enough. Yes, I use it sometimes but VERY RARELY do I ignore commenting to poets MY way. And if I choose not to comment on a reply button, I probably have my reasons for that, but the poet is never neglected by me, regardless of whether or not I used my reply button! I go to the poet himself. That's the old way and the best way for me.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/5/2022 10:18:00 PM

wow Jenna. Now I see that you are judging me based on something about me that you do not even understand. MY definition of commenting is NOT the reply box. I don't often comment in reply box unless the poem seems to spark a lot of controversy or is one very personal or important to me. MY WAY of doing things is to go to "My Comments INbox" In that place, all the comments are to various poems of mine, and they are not in order by all one poem!!! Have you gone to that box I am referring to? IT's a very long list of comments you get to various poems during the week, so I am usually commenting back to people by going to THEM and I often refer to the poem they commented to of mine but I do this at THEIR poetry page. Let me explain how it works for ME

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 9/5/2022 8:24:00 PM

Regarding POTD's, I don't understand why those are so important to people. the only way I know I have garnered a POTD is when I start seeing lots of Congrats coming to my box. I spend almost all my time in my Inbox because I have time for little else such as checking out POTD's and things like that. As for POTDs on poems not read, I wonder if the poetrysoup's own team is able to read our poems without it showing as being read. That might explain how they could give POTD's to poets who need more exposure. I'd like to think that is the reason those kinds of poems are able to be honored.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 9/5/2022 8:19:00 PM

The only way in which it matters is that I always used it as a gauge to know if I was keeping up with the other frequent commenters. I do not skip over poets who comment to me. I go straight to my Inbox and start going up the column of comments trying to get back to every single poet who has been kind enough to hopefully have read my poem before commenting to me. This has always been my practice, so it nags at me when I know that poets are scrolling off that inbox list I depend on. I don't know how most others reply to poets, but I only have time to do it by going to the in-box. Sadly this means I miss other poets, but I try to get those poets through seeing winner lists!

Jenna
Logan

Date: 9/5/2022 6:45:00 PM

Lists are faulty, which is why they mean nothing to me. A friend pointed out that with the number of wins I've had in the last few months; I should have been much higher on that 'ladder' that seems so important to many. I said, 'meh.' The potd choices are often faulty. when a poem that's had no comments is chosen, how could it have been given that distinction? I don't buy the algorithm theory. I comment a lot and respect those poets who reply to them, but not those who ignore them, or worse...reply to one or two, skip over some, and then reply to others. That seems like some poets are more worthy than others. I find that very rude. What's 5th place worth? Or 1st? What's it matter?

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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,
1/21/2024	Tea Can Be the Spice of Life	Prose Poetry	drink,
1/19/2024	Perpetual	Sonnet	philosophy,
1/19/2024	On Seeing the Moon	Fibonacci	moon,
1/18/2024	Rummaging To Find My Favorite Thing	Prose	youth,
1/18/2024	Like a Sunbeam	Limerick	love,
1/17/2024	Before the Day Turned Into Night	Quatorzain	nature,
1/17/2024	A Compromising Position	Rhyme	philosophy,
1/15/2024	Awaken and of Sweet Joy Partake	Quintain (Sicilian)	joy,

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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,
The Ghost of My Lonely	Kyrielle	dream,me,mystery,
Frozen In Time	Free verse	seasonssnow,snow,
Whiteness	Acrostic	tribute,
Forgotten Treasure	Light Verse	adventure,art,beauty,enco
The Return	Free verse	childhood,
Love Like a Mighty Oak	Haiku	love,nature,tree,me,me,
Putting On Makeup	Rhyme	introspection,sad,
December 21, 2012	Limerick	business,funny,holiday,ph
The Farewell Performance	Free verse	lifefilm,
Desire	Light Verse	butterfly,flower,life,los
Cloud - Recited	Free verse	me,nature,
Andrea Dietrich	Rhyme	friendship,inspirational,
Purple Flowers of My Adolescence	Free verse	allegory,angst,urban,
Love? Bah!	Rhyme	lost love,lovelove,
Darkness	Rhyme	love,
Fickle-Foolish-Footles - Man's Best Friend	Footle	animal,dog,funny,
Fireflies	Haibun	love,nature,me,light,ligh
Real Life Shoe Fable	Clerihew	husband
A Lovers World and Dreamers Dream	Rhyme	fantasy,love,heart,dream,
Picnics and Sand	Quatrain	beach,humorous,
Nature and I	Free verse	creation,earth,nature,
Black and Blue	Rhyme	abuse,funny,husband,me,
Melting Into You	Free verse	how i feel,romance,
O'Er the Battlements I Do Roam	Dramatic Verse	war,home,home,
The Spilling Over of Me	Free verse	emotions,father,
Foreboding	Haiku	mystery,nature
Evergreen	Free verse	friendship,
Your Single Glance	Rhyme	romance,
Amethyst	Free verse	color,nature,romance,
Remembering When	Verse	childhood,life,
A Song At Sunrise	Couplet	faithsong,song,
The Loss of the Rose	Free verse	goodbye,rose,
Sun and Moon	Dramatic Verse	beauty,devotion,heart,
Teacher's Pet	Rhyme	people,
Cocaine Is Her Name	Free verse	addiction,
Hey Stop Calling Him Retard Joe You Guys	Prose	childhood,growing up,life
Children of the Valleys	Free verse	africa,children,poverty,
Love Embraced	Tanka	love,autumn,
Beat Out the Rhythm	Rhyme	funny
My Farewell	Prose Poetry	lost,love,nostalgia,pain,
Maggie	Free verse	beauty,love,me,smile,
A Pink Rose	Tanka	childhood,happiness,rose,
White	Free verse	color,innocence,