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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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Congrats to Winners of my Mid Summer Contest

Blog Posted:7/27/2025 10:41:00 PM

I really enjoyed reading the poetry my winners submitted. A few very beautiful entries only placed a bit lower because they dealt more with fall and/or hardly made mention of summer at all, so I tried to give preference to those who focused on both seasons. As I read the poems, I think I may have noticed a few that were not new ones, but since I forgot to mention I wanted only new poems, that's the reason those would have passed. I think I eliminated 11 entries for various reasons. Please Soupmail me if you want to know why. Correct grammar, word usage, word order, and punctuation matter to me, Also I go by the rules of the forms. I received some nice Sicilian Quintains that were neither iambic nor pentameter, so they got eliminated. Also I discovered Soup's example of sijo is not according to definition, which is why I tell poets to read the definitions of the forms. Thanks so much to all who took my challenge. I hope my list has now posted so I can go see the winners.

(OOPSIE: When I saw the winners' list just now, I realized I had let one through that did not use the title, and already a few poets got eliminated for that, so I went back and eliminated that one, in case anyone wonders about that)

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My Past Blog Posts


Congrats to Winners of my Mid Summer Contest Date Posted: 7/27/2025 10:41:00 PM
Need Advice on AI checkers/ Please don't enter my contests with AI Date Posted: 7/25/2025 9:27:00 AM
A reminder to those who entered my last contest Date Posted: 7/20/2025 11:21:00 PM
A question Date Posted: 6/1/2025 12:20:00 PM
Judging my haiku contest finally/ what I am noticing Date Posted: 5/26/2025 3:35:00 PM
Foodie Pleiades Contest Finalized Date Posted: 4/28/2025 12:15:00 PM
My Contest Finally Judged Date Posted: 3/22/2025 3:59:00 PM
That's Life! GREAT JOB, Contestants Date Posted: 3/2/2025 1:21:00 PM
Congrats to Winners of my Second Chance Pleiades Challenge Date Posted: 1/1/2025 8:28:00 PM
Happy Birthday to a New Year Baby Date Posted: 12/31/2024 12:33:00 PM
About my Current Contest Date Posted: 12/23/2024 11:41:00 PM
Alouette Me - Finally judged - Congrats to ALL my Winners Date Posted: 12/2/2024 4:41:00 PM
Regarding my Pleiades Contest - Please Read if you are a Contestant Date Posted: 11/1/2024 4:14:00 PM
WORD CRIMES - Short, fun music video on common grammar mistakes Date Posted: 10/14/2024 12:04:00 PM
Thanks & Congrats to Published Poets: A Special thanks to Emile Pinet Date Posted: 10/7/2024 4:03:00 PM
MISSING SOUPERS Date Posted: 9/15/2024 10:17:00 AM
Been Away/ Hope to get contest placements up by weekend Date Posted: 8/29/2024 1:15:00 PM
Is anyone else having problems entering any contests? Date Posted: 8/5/2024 12:28:00 AM
Is it true...? Date Posted: 8/1/2024 1:03:00 PM
Tankacrostic examples for those having difficulties understanding how it goes Date Posted: 7/10/2024 1:37:00 PM
As I Wait for my Contest Results to Post Date Posted: 6/30/2024 4:43:00 PM
Is anyone having these problems? Date Posted: 6/20/2024 1:11:00 PM
Contestants - Poofread your Andaree Date Posted: 4/29/2024 12:14:00 AM
Please EDIT before I judge my contest: ONE LINE ONLY Date Posted: 2/25/2024 2:51:00 PM
Congrats, Sijo Winners Date Posted: 2/4/2024 11:28:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
7/26/2025	From Birth	Other	birth,
7/26/2025	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	Lyric	life,
7/25/2025	Dark Coal of Night	Other	lost love,
7/25/2025	Wearing Seven Faces	Quatrain	mental health,
7/25/2025	crayola hiku	Haiku	nature,
7/24/2025	Imagination	Rhyme	imagination,
7/21/2025	Kensington Avenue	Quatrain	places,
7/20/2025	When His Darkness Met Light	Other	inspirational,
7/19/2025	treasure hiku	Haiku	poetry,
7/18/2025	After the Yearning	Verse	feelings,
7/17/2025	Sweet Summer	Sonnet	summer,
7/16/2025	My Heartbroken Love Song	Quatrain	angst,heartbroken,
7/15/2025	Born For This	Quatrain	river,
7/15/2025	snow hiku	Haiku	snow,
7/13/2025	Kaleidoscopic Love	Verse	love,
7/12/2025	A Body Possessed	Etheree	body,
7/11/2025	Lubricant	Limerick	humorous,
7/10/2025	Kundalini	Rhyme	spiritual,
7/9/2025	sweet scent hiku	Haiku	sea,
7/8/2025	Confronting Shadows	Etheree	spiritual,
7/7/2025	His Misty Eyes	Free verse	sad,
7/6/2025	Like a Toy Car	Rhyme	poetry,
7/5/2025	Garden of Delights	Ekphrasis	flower,
7/3/2025	Charming Psychopath	Free verse	people,
7/2/2025	Gates of His Hell	Sonnet	loneliness,lost love,
6/30/2025	The Shape of Water	Verse	water,
6/29/2025	The World is Bleeding	Villanelle	humanity,
6/28/2025	Dare at the Fair	Limerick	boy,
6/27/2025	Feeling Nostalgic	Other	nostalgia,
6/26/2025	End of Fall Hiku	Haiku	autumn,
6/25/2025	To Create My Story	Monorhyme	writing,
6/24/2025	His Angie Baby	Rhyme	woman,
6/23/2025	Night’s Serenade - revised	Other	romantic,
6/22/2025	Dawn Wakes Nature	Roundel	sun,
6/22/2025	Fulcrum of a Rose	Etheree	spiritual,
6/21/2025	Staircase	Verse	heaven,stars,
6/20/2025	a love hiku	Haiku	love,
6/19/2025	The Fantasy of Love	Sonnet	romantic love,
6/19/2025	In 50 Long Years Gone Fast	Couplet	husband,
6/19/2025	Fireworks	Lanterne	firework,
6/18/2025	In June	Haiku	june,
6/17/2025	Howling Wilderness	Acrostic	wind,
6/17/2025	When U Walked In	Rhyme	boy,
6/17/2025	June 20, 2025	Englyn	day,
6/16/2025	Cobblestone	Crystalline	poets,
6/15/2025	Like an Autumn Leaf	Rhyme	autumn,
6/14/2025	Butter Love	Rhyme	food,
6/13/2025	AI	Monoku	writing,
6/13/2025	a fall hiku	Haiku	autumn,
6/13/2025	Time For Champagne	Abecedarian	drink,
6/12/2025	In His Empty Room	Sonnet	brother,
6/11/2025	My Inner Voice Told Me	Sonnet	dark,youth,
6/11/2025	Zoo Baboon	Limerick	animal,
6/9/2025	Intrusive Thoughts	Sonnet	sleep,
6/9/2025	By Accident	Rhyme	humorous,
6/8/2025	Not On A Monday	Choka	day,
6/8/2025	rain hiku	Haiku	rain,
6/7/2025	Ride Your Wishing Star	Lyric	dream,
6/7/2025	An Old Decrepit Car	Sonnet	car,
6/7/2025	vagabond hiku	Haiku	love hurts,
6/6/2025	I Loved Your Heart	Rhyme	love hurts,
6/5/2025	a fall hiku	Haiku	autumn,
6/4/2025	Leave My Kitten Alone	Lay	cat,
6/3/2025	a hiku	Haiku	woman,
6/3/2025	Hermit	Shadorma	people,
6/3/2025	Led by Dawn Bringer	Sonnet	day,
6/2/2025	a sunset hiku	Haiku	sunset,
6/1/2025	Autumn and Its Passing - Edited	Rhyme	autumn,
6/1/2025	Where Silence Listens	Rhyme	silence,
5/31/2025	A Mating Dance -revised	Free verse	animal,
5/30/2025	wildflower	Monoku	metaphor,
5/30/2025	At the Point of No Return	Rhyme	inspirational,integrity,
5/29/2025	woeful	Senryu	angst,
5/29/2025	As We Metamorphose	Rhyme	spiritual,
5/28/2025	Deep in Greenwood Cemetery	Sonnet	anniversary,death,
5/28/2025	Of Crayon Box Dreams	Sonnet	fantasy,
5/27/2025	a sweet hiku	Haiku	romantic love,
5/27/2025	Of Memories Buried	Rhyme	memory,
5/26/2025	Lad Humpty Dumpty	Rhyme	humorous,
5/26/2025	White	Free verse	color,
5/25/2025	Breathless He Left Me	Acrostic	romantic love,
5/25/2025	grapes	Haiku	fruit,
5/24/2025	Along with the Thunder	Rhyme	abuse,
5/23/2025	budding pear hiku	Haiku	tree,
5/21/2025	Walk in the Light	Rhyme	evil,light,
5/20/2025	Abandon Shadows: Embrace Sun	Rhyme	life,
5/19/2025	My Hairied History	Other	growth,hair,
5/18/2025	All This Summer Day	Quatrain	romantic love,
5/18/2025	Yummy Food Makes Me Smile	Couplet	food,
5/17/2025	Unintended Innuendo	Rhyme	cheer up,
5/16/2025	Jean-Jacques Rousseau	Clerihew	philosophy,
5/15/2025	Claude Monet	Clerihew	art,
5/14/2025	Flashbacks	Verse	lost love,
5/14/2025	An Ode To My Three Strong Traits	Ode	psychological,
5/13/2025	Memorial Day	Sonnet	war,
5/12/2025	supplanted	Haiku	spring,
5/12/2025	a sunflower hiku	Haiku	flower,
5/12/2025	Four Seasons of Love	Rhyme	lost love,
5/11/2025	a spring monoku	Monoku	spring,
5/11/2025	the forest	Free verse	nature,

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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
The Ghost of My Lonely	Kyrielle	dream,me,mystery,
Whiteness	Acrostic	tribute,
Sequence-Sonnet	Lanterne	life,love,on writing and
Reflections	Free verse	happiness,life,lovesun,
The Return	Free verse	childhood,
December 21, 2012	Limerick	business,funny,holiday,ph
Somber Is the Color of the Day	Free verse	day,light,me,winter,words
Purple Flowers of My Adolescence	Free verse	allegory,angst,urban,
Andrea Dietrich	Rhyme	friendship,inspirational,
A Winter Rose - a Sonnet	Sonnet	rose,winter,
The Farewell Performance	Free verse	lifefilm,
Love Like a Mighty Oak	Haiku	love,nature,tree,me,me,
The Word Weaver	Free verse	introspection,lifeme,
Darkness	Rhyme	love,
Cloud - Recited	Free verse	me,nature,
Fireflies	Haibun	love,nature,me,light,ligh
Each Day a Gift	Free verse	inspirational,introspecti
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,
Melting Into You	Free verse	how i feel,romance,
O'Er the Battlements I Do Roam	Dramatic Verse	war,home,home,
The Loss of the Rose	Free verse	goodbye,rose,
Contrary Kisses	Free verse	inspirational,introspecti
Sun and Moon	Dramatic Verse	beauty,devotion,heart,
The Spilling Over of Me	Free verse	emotions,father,
Remembering When	Verse	childhood,life,
Love Embraced	Tanka	love,autumn,
Maggie	Free verse	beauty,love,me,smile,
Teacher's Pet	Rhyme	people,
She Waits...	Free verse	art,hopelonging,
Evergreen	Free verse	friendship,
Amethyst	Free verse	color,nature,romance,
Hey Stop Calling Him Retard Joe You Guys	Prose	childhood,growing up,life
Stealing From a Goddess	Free verse	mythology,passion,power,
A Pink Rose	Tanka	childhood,happiness,rose,
Blue Heaven	Haiku	nature
Touching Me	Free verse	love,passion,
Andrea Dietrich	Clerihew	friendship,
Cocaine Is Her Name	Free verse	addiction,
Candle	Concrete	lonely,
A Death In the Sun	Free verse	hope,seasons
Becoming Mother Nature	Free verse	beauty,earth day,fantasy,
Children of the Valleys	Free verse	africa,children,poverty,
Peaceful Lovers Dream	Rhyme	beach,beauty,desire,dream
Where Do I Put My Tears	Lyric	song,
My Reason For Living	Free verse	husband
We'Ll Meat Again .	Limerick	funny
Woopa Foss	Dodoitsu	nature,
My Poetic Prose	Rhyme	animal,nature,
I Am Me	Free verse	africa
Above the Clouds	Quatrain	happy,nature,
Terra Firma	Haiku	nature,science,time
Red	Free verse	sister,me,me,i love you,
A Kiss of Sunshine	Free verse	beauty,kiss,love,me,natur
Careful Cursive	Free verse	fear,hope,write,write,
The Giddy Sound of Yellow	Free verse	color,