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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 three 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 nearly a decade now participating in poetry clubs, acting as a judge of poetry contests for various magazines and for the website Shadow Poetry, and also, entering poetry contests herself.

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 have 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 is published in eight chapbooks (the most recent one soon to be published is called Prosies), which can be purchased at Shadowpoetry.com.

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What Was Your High School Persona?

Blog Posted:6/3/2013 5:23:00 PM

Hey, guys, sorry I don't come to blogs as often as I used to. Just crazy busy with school these days. In the ESL school where I teach, they gave me an elective class called FILMS, and I am allowed to make worksheets using any Youtube videos I desire, trailers for movies, documentaries, songs, movie scenes, you name it.

The other day was musical movie week and I remembered my love of the old classic movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It was probably one of my most favorite of youth comedies from the 80's. Does anyone remember this line from Grace, the assistant to the school principal as she responds to her boss, Mr. Rooney?

Oh, he's very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.

This quote is so hilarious to me because it comes from the mouth of a middle aged conservative woman! Also, it's a great springboard for a discussion of American slang with ESL students. I am still not sure I know exactly what a dweebie is!!

I could add to this list: the cheerleaders, the GEEKS and NERDS (which maybe are DWEEBIES) but what about the player, the romantic, the FLIRT, the shy kids, the bookish kids, the comedians, and all those cliques with the popular kids in them, etc? And maybe there was even The POET!!! I know we had a BRAINIAC scientist kid in our school! HIs name was David Bunker and he went on to become a famous doctor!!

Maybe some will not believe me, but I was a bit quiet. With my friends, however, I was outgoing and always trying to be funny. On the other hand, I was always studying too, so I was also one of the HONOR ROLL kids. yeah, I bet some of you hated that group!! I hated the CHEERLEADERS because I tried out in JR High and got nominated by the teachers to be in the top ten, but the student body voted for their top six and I did not make it. I've had a grudge ever since against cheerleader and the popular types. hahaha.

What is all this leading to, you may ask? I want to know. What was YOUR high school persona? If you could select any of the bold print words I showed in this blog, which did you come closest to being? For me, I tried to be a comedian, but I guess in the end I was just the ordinary high school kid but with a pretty good grade point average! What about YOU? Tell me how were YOU!!!!

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cory
long

Date: 6/6/2013 6:22:00 AM

High school was hard for me.. I was quiet and kept to myself. I did my work when I was there and stayed out of everyone's way.My parents were nowhere to be found, so I came and went as I pleased. I had my first apartment when I was 16 and I fit in no where among my peers. I was too busy trying to make ends meet while still trying to graduate. Do I regret my decisions in High school yeah I do, Would I do it differently now if I could? Yeah I think I would have been a better student, But I also know I did what I had to do in order to graduate.

nette
onclaud

Date: 6/4/2013 6:28:00 PM

yipers, i don;t think you'd like to know...simply though, i was a concoction of many flavors: rebel, clown, artist, party-freak, nerd, free soul, cheerleader, teacher's pet,etc... it was a time to spread my wings though i didn't smoke, do drugs or get into steady relationships... oh well... nice to reminisce..:) huggs

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/4/2013 11:34:00 PM

Nette, I think you had a very full life in a very short time. And I am glad to know you were a "nice" girl like me, not doing drugs and stuff like that.

Good
Night

Date: 6/4/2013 5:35:00 PM

idk i guess i was quiet but at my high school we really didn't have groups like that everyone used and hang out with everybody... i was cool with everyone there... nobody really bullied each other either, me and my friend would always ask the mentally disable kids to come sit at our lunch table....

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/4/2013 11:32:00 PM

that is really sweet that you were so good to the disabled kids, Christopher. I really admire that.

Carol
Eastman

Date: 6/4/2013 3:01:00 PM

I was the ultimate brainaic nerd. Always into serious stuff and Science. It must have been a bit intimidating because I was never ask out or went to any dance I didn't volunteer to work at. The truth was I carried my books everywhere because I had memory lapses and couldn't remember where my locker was or it's combination. I studied hard to try to remember things for when the test came around. I couldn't keep friends because stress made me forget who they were. No one could tell because my epilepsy didn't give me fits... just forgetfulness... I didn't have any problems, because social occassions spurred on my forgetfullness It didn't matter. I made lots of lists to stay in the here and now.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/4/2013 11:31:00 PM

wow, I am friends with a brainiac!! Did you go into science, Carol? sorry about the stress and all. I'm glad to get to know you here at Soup.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/4/2013 1:50:00 PM

wow, lots of comments. I am off to a tutoring job and just peeked in. I'll read the rest of these I never saw later tonight. thanks, guys, for your participation at my blog!!

Carrie
Richards

Date: 6/4/2013 8:53:00 AM

I was always on the borderline "edge" of being bookish (a good student) ...considered a "nice girl",...but also on the edge of being popular....but not quite cool enough to be in the fast crowd....too shy to be mega-popular, but I think I was well liked, and loved high school. Our school had 4 cheerleaders and 4 song leaders....I was a song leader with pom-poms no less!! I loved it! (now seems embarrassing)... was on the yearbook staff, girls athletics, 4-H...all that stuff.....but had a great time. Met my future husband...2 yrs older in my junior year.....we married when I was 19....and still together after all these years! :)

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/4/2013 11:28:00 PM

you were the ideal, Carrie, just like you are today for me at soup!! I think you have a blessed life!

Tim Ryerson
Date: 6/4/2013 2:17:00 PM

Not one bit surprised at your post Carrie...We have known each other for quite a few years now and somehow I just knew...

Heather Ober
Date: 6/4/2013 12:35:00 PM

I fully agree with Su below! I love hearing about young couples who last through the years :)

Suzette Richards
Date: 6/4/2013 10:07:00 AM

A fairy tale romance - I like hearing stories like these, Carrie. But, then - it does not surprise me at all. You come across as a well rounded lady. X

Painted
Hunter

Date: 6/4/2013 7:46:00 AM

I was a mega athlete in all sports, honor roll student, the comedian, a book-reading, poem writing, motorcycle riding, body of a greek god with a face to match it, friend to the friendless, bully-pounding, oddity. I was friends with the jocks, the nerds, the pot-heads, and everyone else. I had the chance to play college baseball but took an academic scholarship instead. I hunted and fished a lot (of course). I didn't date much although I was constantly bugged with it, and I did not do dances.

Cyndi MacMillan
Date: 6/5/2013 4:35:00 PM

Did you say, "Reckon?" LOL... I am now picturing a young John Wayne, eyes twinkling, that swagger... how close am I... lol

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/4/2013 11:29:00 PM

AWESOME! Especially how you were nice to all different kinds of people. Sorry you didn't get to play college baseball.

Tim Ryerson
Date: 6/4/2013 2:21:00 PM

Caleb...I was a jock too...You seem to be a younger version of me, minus the complications...

Painted Hunter
Date: 6/4/2013 1:12:00 PM

Ha...I reckon so...;)

Heather Ober
Date: 6/4/2013 12:34:00 PM

Hahaha Caleb. "Body of a greek god with a face to match it." Only you could get away with saying that.

Suzette Richards
Date: 6/4/2013 11:21:00 AM

lol

Painted Hunter
Date: 6/4/2013 10:02:00 AM

Thanks. You sound pretty darn awesome yourself. I never got caught skinny-dipping, but I did get sent home one day during homecoming week...it was "wear camo day" so I painted my whole body camo and came to school barefoot and in a speedo

Suzette Richards
Date: 6/4/2013 8:03:00 AM

Caleb, you sound like a fun guy.... no heavy "issues" ;-)

Tim
Ryerson

Date: 6/4/2013 7:34:00 AM

The closest I could say was the PLAYER...Always popular and ran with the 'in' crowd...Ironically, I paid a heavy price later for this role. I was a male 'dumb blond'...always getting by on popularity and so called 'good looks', never developing any real sound personality traits. I had to get knocked on my ass a few (many) times before I woke up - Tim

Tim Ryerson
Date: 6/4/2013 2:11:00 PM

Thanks Heather...You are definitely right about that (At least in my case) However, I am still a real dumb-ass with a long way to go...

Heather Ober
Date: 6/4/2013 12:32:00 PM

So that is why your poetry is always so full of wisdom! You have to be young and stupid to eventually be wise ;)

Tim Ryerson
Date: 6/4/2013 7:44:00 AM

I was also a hell-raiser...I do not know how or why I ever survived some of the crazy things we did...

Mandy
Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 6/4/2013 3:21:00 AM

Hi Andy I only did one year of high school, and it was the first time comprehensive schools were introduced in this country but we had no teachers only student teachers... for twelve months while the system settled down, after that i was hospitalised after an accident and never finished school so I was none of the above lol xx

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/4/2013 11:25:00 PM

Mandy, I'm sorry you were in an accident so close to finishing school. I think I would have loved knowing you in high school.

Suzette
Richards

Date: 6/4/2013 2:16:00 AM

Hi Andrea! I enjoyed reading the comments and cannot resist commenting. BLUE STOCKING was my label. I was the youngest Head Librarian the High School ever had. It didn't help to dispel this Image when I started the Chess Club and headed up the Debating Society. I, also, started the Drama Society - I LOVED literature! I was good at sport (tennis, hockey and gymnastics). I got elected as Prefect, but in my final year, my badge was removed because I decked a teacher... long story.... REBEL WITH A CAUSE would perhaps have been a more apt label as I joined the protest marches during the Struggle against apartheid. Nothing has changed,I still champion the underdog. Popularity does not concern me.X

Suzette Richards
Date: 6/5/2013 5:40:00 AM

I accept the challenge, Heather... watch the space (will post it shortly under my poems_... :-)

Tim Ryerson
Date: 6/4/2013 2:27:00 PM

Su!!...I am absolutely shocked and offended that you swam naked in public without me being there to join the fun...

Heather Ober
Date: 6/4/2013 12:30:00 PM

Hahaha I think you need to write a poem about that experience ;)

Suzette Richards
Date: 6/4/2013 8:45:00 AM

lol... It was only during my time at Teachers' Training College that I spread my wings. Got arrested once for swimming naked at a pubic Beach, Sea Point -recently in the news because of all the hail which fell in buckets this past weekend.... But that is a tale for another time ;-)

Heather Ober
Date: 6/4/2013 5:41:00 AM

Su, you sound like you were so kick-ass!!

Suzette Richards
Date: 6/4/2013 2:47:00 AM

"Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone’s purpose in life except yours." ~ Iyanla Vanzant

Suzette Richards
Date: 6/4/2013 2:25:00 AM

I met my ex during my penultimate year at high school, so the dating aspect was well and truly only with one guy. While my friends were seeing how many boys they could date in one term of school, I was contented to be with just one "love of my life". At a school reunion recently, two men came up to me and told me that they were waiting for me to drop him....

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/3/2013 11:39:00 PM

Tex, I can see you as the popular girl. I have to retract something I said. I did not look down on all the popular people. I remember this one popular girl who was SO sweet. She would look everyone in the eye like a human being and make you feel so lovely. I hope you were like her in high school!!

Nato
Calubiran

Date: 6/3/2013 11:00:00 PM

I think Im the comedian with a twist of an evil side. Huehuehue

Nato Calubiran
Date: 6/4/2013 1:00:00 AM

nah that was the olden times i got savvied by the evil part. hahaha

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/3/2013 11:40:00 PM

cool!!! I'll have to read some of your poems and see how funny you are!

Kim
Merryman

Date: 6/3/2013 9:12:00 PM

In high school I was pretty much invisible. I was shy, introverted. I was always reading something, so I guess you could say I was bookish. I also made the Honor Roll most of the time. I spent my lunch hour in the library.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/3/2013 11:41:00 PM

Kim, you would have been a person I would have been talking to in high school. For sure.

Poet Destroyer
A

Date: 6/3/2013 8:07:00 PM

i'm not here to brag... but, believe it or not Andrea, I was the most popular girl through out the jr high... everyone wanted to be my friends... geeks, freaks, jocks, cheerleaders, the good gals, the bad boys, and the cool kids, even the Teachers... But, I had my own crew. And everyone wanted to follow me. people at my school, would get happy when I showed them attention. I treated everyone the same. and guess what?? I had a very xool reputation. I was bad, funny, and very pretty. I was the girl who took a rattlesnake to school, and released it down the drains.. LOL, school was dismissed for the rest of the day. I was suspended for 3 days. I was the girl who got half the school bus suspended on a field trip. *what a bummer*

Poet Destroyer A
Date: 6/3/2013 8:13:00 PM

ps... during my high school years we moved. Everything was different at the new school. I was the most wanted girl.... LOL,,, by the BOYS, all 9th - 10th.. that made all the girls at my new school hate me. i figure it had to do with my double d's. and that fact that i was fresh meat.

Poet Destroyer A
Date: 6/3/2013 8:09:00 PM

every now and then, when i see an old friend from school, they will ask about my poetry writing. I laugh and say, you still remember that. I don't tell them i still write it's kind of embarrassing.

Suzanne
Delaney

Date: 6/3/2013 7:38:00 PM

I was from a different State and having been to boarding School where we had elocution so I was accused of trying to speak too posh and excluded from one group that used to hike their skirts and tease their hair. They tried to act like sluts but really weren't. I was good at sport yet enjoyed reading and drama. I felt comfortable by myself and would hang out in the library. We had Surfers and Rockers and I identified more with the Surfers and going to the beach on weekends.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/3/2013 11:41:00 PM

I like your style, Suzanne. Sounds so fun.

Heather
Ober

Date: 6/3/2013 5:55:00 PM

I'm with Cyndi! I didn't really fit into any of the categories above. I was an honour student, so perhaps I could have been called bookish. But I pretty much got along with everyone and didn't have one specific clique. This is a fun post, Andrea! Thanks for posting :)

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/3/2013 11:42:00 PM

Heather you are a girl after my own heart.

Cyndi
MacMillan

Date: 6/3/2013 5:47:00 PM

I was the cleaned up version of Ally Sheedy in the Breakfast Club, a strange artsy fartsy with friends from a variety of cliques--- I'd hang with the "sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads" with ease and oddly enough they never tried to railroad me into a mold-- the only thing I expected out of friendship was just let me be me, which I guess holds true today. I loved art, did some acting, even hung out with the sound and lightening crew. I think it was because, even then, I was a writer... and so I found EVERYONE and EVERYTHING interesting... the differences, the similarities. Maybe I was just an accepted outsider, belonging nowhere and everywhere...

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/3/2013 11:43:00 PM

LOve your answer, Cyndi. I like to think that would be me too.

Cyndi MacMillan
Date: 6/3/2013 5:51:00 PM

so, one more to add to your list: CLIQUE-LESS

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 6/3/2013 5:46:00 PM

Here are some more: Macho, Class Clown(just being silly all the time), the Dunce, the BORED ones, the ones always asleep, the WEIGHT LIFTERS (I guess any sports could be listed: the track star/ tennis champ/ chess addict. The list goes on and on!!!

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
6/23/2017	Landscape - Beach Scene	Quatrain	art,
6/23/2017	Spring's First-Born	Tanka	image,sad,
6/20/2017	Blue Daisy	Quatrain	relationship,
6/18/2017	In Response to What Will Tomorrow Bring	Pantoum	future,
6/17/2017	Desiring to know the Totem Guiding Me	Prose	animal,
6/15/2017	My Autumn Dream	Verse	lost love,
6/13/2017	A Joyous Time	Verse	joy,
6/11/2017	Drink Hearty	Monoku	life,
6/9/2017	Nora's War	Ottava rima	psychological,
6/7/2017	Of Quiver Sublimity	Quintain (English)	romance,
6/6/2017	I Should Not Have Looked	Monorhyme	nature,
6/2/2017	The Blond Assassin	Free verse	love hurts,
6/1/2017	His Eyes	Quatrain	sad love,
5/30/2017	Bright Beautiful Red	Acrostic	color,name,
5/29/2017	Lull-Lull-Lullabies	Rhyme	sleep,song,
5/29/2017	Aquiline Nose	Quatrain	family,
5/27/2017	For Summer's Coming	Cinquain	may,summer,
5/26/2017	Swan Ballerina Page	Personification	poetess,poetry,
5/24/2017	Snickers with LINK to his picture	Rhyme	pets,
5/22/2017	To Blossom Gold	Sonnet	poetry,
5/22/2017	Pendulum Persuasion In Crystal	Quatrain	future,
5/20/2017	Secret Lake	Quatrain	mountains,water,
5/18/2017	The Dragon of Haute-Savoie is Flying	Quatrain	mythology,
5/14/2017	Fancy-Free	Rhyme	freedom,
5/13/2017	One Day Looking at the Sky	Quatrain	humor,
5/11/2017	Juvenilia - My First Limerick	Limerick	children,poetry,
5/10/2017	Art - Anne-Louis Girodet	Quatrain	art,
5/8/2017	With Joy Overflowing	Ottava rima	love,
5/7/2017	In This Sky of Night	Sonnet	romance,sky,
5/6/2017	May Showers	Quatrain	may,
5/4/2017	My Star	Verse	lost love,
5/1/2017	In Twenty Years From Now	Sonnet	love,
4/30/2017	NUTS	Verse	food,
4/29/2017	Springtime - Nature Says	Monorhyme	spring,
4/28/2017	Numb To It	Nonet	emotions,
4/27/2017	The Mythology of Pegasus	Free verse	mythology,
4/27/2017	Limerick Contest - Bawdy	Limerick	addiction,
4/26/2017	Ode to My Hero, Honest Abe	Quatrain	hero,
4/25/2017	Obsession	Villanelle	longing,love hurts,
4/22/2017	Time Travel, Mind Control or WHAT	Quatrain	time,
4/22/2017	Degeneration Blues - at Fifty	Sonnet	age,
4/20/2017	Macaroni	Verse	food,
4/19/2017	Oh Songbird	Haiku	bird,freedom,
4/18/2017	March Middleness	Rondeau	art,
4/15/2017	LICORICE	Verse	food,
4/15/2017	At Easter Service	Senryu	easter,
4/14/2017	Life's Each Moment	Monorhyme	life,
4/12/2017	Of Love	Quatrain	love,
4/11/2017	Ode to my Front Porch Roses	Ode	flower,
4/11/2017	Unshackle My Verse	Sonnet	freedom,
4/9/2017	Springtime	Tanka	spring,
4/9/2017	This Height of Irony	Rondeau	life,
4/8/2017	Lush Malaysian Hair	Lanterne	hair,
4/7/2017	The Last Leaf	Tanka	feelings,
4/6/2017	A Midlife Fantasy	Ottava rima	sexy,
4/5/2017	The Cartridge	Free verse	wisdom,
4/4/2017	Put the Kibosh	Kimo	political,
4/3/2017	Sweet Violets	Rhyme	romantic,
4/2/2017	If I Let My Mind Meander	Free verse	love,metaphor,
3/31/2017	The Book of Love - A Wedding Poem	Verse	marriage,relationship,
3/29/2017	Three Doors	Prose	metaphor,
3/27/2017	Jaded Since You	Jueju	lost love,
3/26/2017	In the Corner	Rondeau	inspiration,introspection
3/25/2017	Dust to Dust	Kyrielle	death,
3/23/2017	Of Life and Butterflies	Sonnet	friendship,life,
3/22/2017	Spring Is Coming Soon	Acrostic	nature,spring,
3/22/2017	Fabulous Fun Footles	Footle	anti bullying,
3/20/2017	Spring Time	Quatrain	spring,
3/19/2017	On Writing Cinder Girl	Etheree	writing,
3/17/2017	Their Rainbow Colored Camouflage	Narrative	people,
3/16/2017	What the Eye Sees the Heart Cannot Forget	Tanka	boy,friendship,
3/15/2017	Dear Bobby McGee	Limerick	ireland,
3/13/2017	An Etheree Expression of Love	Etheree	friendship,
3/12/2017	Where I Want to Go	Sonnet	places,
3/10/2017	Ketchup	Verse	food,
3/9/2017	Precious Moments	Rhyme	husband,
3/8/2017	Rule the World	Acrostic	power,
3/6/2017	A Prince for Roseanne	Rhyme	fantasy,
3/5/2017	An Interlude at Check-In	Free verse	longing,
3/4/2017	JELLY	Verse	food,
3/4/2017	To Be Immortal	Italian Sonnet	life,
3/2/2017	Drifting	Verse	river,
3/1/2017	An Eight-Tiered Cake	Monorhyme	wedding,
2/28/2017	What Doesn't Kill Us	Couplet	death,
2/26/2017	An Unwanted Guest	Limerick	insect,
2/25/2017	The Old Ball Game	Prose	baseball,
2/24/2017	ICY	Verse	water,winter,
2/22/2017	How Wonderful It Is	Rhyme	books,
2/22/2017	Triad in Seven Beats	Verse	nature,
2/21/2017	What Lies Beneath the Lies	Narrative	mystery,
2/20/2017	Invisibility	Sijo	humanity,
2/20/2017	HONEY	Verse	food,
2/18/2017	A Spring Romance	Quatrain	romantic,
2/17/2017	Love and Kisses	Blitz	romance,
2/15/2017	Transformed	Sonnet	love,
2/14/2017	Hidden	Haiku	nature,
2/13/2017	She and He - Through Poetry	Monorhyme	writing,
2/12/2017	A Theatre of the Absurd	Quatrain	horror,
2/10/2017	You Broke My Heart	Rondeau	lost love,
2/8/2017	Beyond the Breakers	Sonnet	dream,

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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 Poetry	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
My Partner, my Life	Free verse	husband,
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 Poetry	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 Poetry	adventure,art,beauty,enco
Putting on Makeup	Rhyme	introspection,sad,
Desire	Light Poetry	life,lost love,love,
Love? Bah!	Rhyme	lost love,lovelove,
Real Life Shoe Fable	Clerihew	husband
BLACK and BLUE	Rhyme	abuse,funny,husband,me,
More Than A Dream	Free verse	dedication,holiday,intros
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
The Man on Brunswick Drive	Free verse	introspection,people
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,