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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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An Opinion on Blog Topics

Blog Posted:1/1/2014 4:54:00 PM

I saw that TPS was asking us how we would feel about only doing blogs pertinent to poetry.For what it is worth, this is my opinion. A long time ago, when I started doing my own blogs, I had put up information on how to write various poetry forms, and I also did a few blogs about good writing techniques using knowledge I had gained from some poetry classes and from my field of English teaching. To my chagrin, hardly anyone visited those blogs. In fact, a few people commented that it was "over their head." However, when I did some fun blogs that included personality tests or jokes, I remember being thrilled to see many more people visit my blogs! I have seen the pattern remain the same, more or less, in all the time I have been here. Often, the people who blog about unusual topics (dare I say controversial?) as well as the standard "fun" blogs, usually see more participation from the members.

I've also seen what does NOT work for me here. I adore movies and probably see more movies than anybody here, but I can get very few people to respond to my movie blogs. And when I was doing blogs about holidays (I did Holiday of the day for a number of weeks) I noticed they were not very popular either. I think it's hit and miss with the blogs; however, I can almost promise you this. If the blogs become a platform for the sole purpose of "education," you will see the numbers here drop off. And oh well, maybe that would be a good thing (though I am sure people will still continue to argue in inappropriate ways when they disagree. It seems to be the nature of the beast.) So let's bring on the all-poetry blogs. I personally could use more time for seeing the poems here and start cutting back on my blog activity!

Feel free to express your opinion on this, my friends, and Happy New Year to you all. I really appreciated the recent blogs by my friends here who are lovers of peace and kindness!

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kabuteng P.iNk
k.

Date: 1/3/2014 10:05:00 PM

Hi Andrea! Sometimes I really don't know what makes a blog 'tick'? It is kind of weird though how blogs on poetry aren't as big as a hit as the non-poetry ones? But yup, I do remember your blogs and I enjoyed the ones on those personality tests...maybe blogs here can also have categories? Just a thought...

Joseph
May

Date: 1/2/2014 3:30:00 PM

Will the site still be called Poetry Soup?

Joseph May
Date: 1/2/2014 9:27:00 PM

I think soupers will be drawn to the controversial and fun topics,it seems to be the nature of the beast, but Poetry goop is a perfect name, but in any web site we have to be careful of trojan horses

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 8:41:00 PM

they could call the blog section: poetry GOOP!! what do you think, Joseph?

Painted
Hunter

Date: 1/2/2014 2:04:00 PM

Hi Andrea. Good points here. For me, sadly, poetry blogs tend to bore me even though that's what I'm here for. Haha. I think that a blog page that is strictly for poetry blogs would be a quick and definite flop. The blog page tends to be more for the fun of it than the information. Honestly, if I could only blog about poetry, I'd probably never blog again. I know that sounds terrible, but hey, it's true.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 8:41:00 PM

hahaha, my feelings too, Caleb! Here is what I have learned here. The people who could use the informative blogs the most are not even visiting them. So what is he point?? Almost everyone likes the fun ones, so there ya go!!

Carol
Eastman

Date: 1/2/2014 11:21:00 AM

I believe that there's room for some education... some fun... and some chit chat... The disagreements I could do without... This is a community where the newest contest and it's results are posted... Fun is to be had... and some education can show up... I read the educational blogs and I'm sure many do... But they don't seem to need a comment... They're educational... and not asking for opinions to be bandied about... But I read most... The younger generations probably use facebook and the chat rooms more than the older generations. I suspect we're more blog people.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 8:47:00 PM

yes, I think our age is giving us away and we are more about blogs than chats. That's why I think so many of us older poets here enjoy the blogs for the "community effect" A lot of the educational blogs can stimulate great discussion, actually. but I've even seen fights disrupt on THOSE kinds!! There is a separate place here at soup where people have posted informational pieces. I have some grammar articles over there but I highly doubt anyone has read them! I don't know why there cannot be a place for chatting about poetry and forms, and a separate place for just chatting blogs.

harry
horsman

Date: 1/2/2014 10:16:00 AM

part two ,because i only see the usual crowd here,,thank goodness i think are we the only ones, keeping the site going,,,or being not involved with other aspect of soup,,,like facebook, chatroom,the wall. is that where i am missing out,,? is this the reason why the family feeling as gone, because there are so many different aspects to choose from, and i only read the blogs??? i dont know,, but the contest and the blog seem to me to be under used if one remembers the past here on soup.....

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 8:55:00 PM

well, I am not good with chats, so if that is where the action is at, I guess I am missing out. Did there use to be a lot more people at the blogs? I seem to remember it always being about this many people. I always try to get to all the blogs as much as I can and am always surprised by the lack of support that many bloggers here receive.

harry horsman
Date: 1/2/2014 10:16:00 AM

read part one first below

harry
horsman

Date: 1/2/2014 10:14:00 AM

this blog is so interesting Andrea, i have for a little while now wondered about various aspects of soup,,one of them the blogs i could go on and on, but will try and summarize as best as i can with an example..we are made aware that there are thousands of poets here on soup,,and if one goes to the new poems section it looks like that may be true,,,,yet on my count which i have just done,,,on blogs and we all have the last three hundred, approx only 45-50 poets on this site wrote those....where are the thousands,

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 8:50:00 PM

harry, do I understand you to mean that 45 -50 poets are doing blogs? I think there is a small group of us who are very involved here. And so we are the the main ones at the blogs. It's been this way since I can remember. Before I was a premium member, one lady kindly asked me to leave the blogs. she said it was only for premium members. Don't know if that is true, but I just ignored her.

Brian
Strand

Date: 1/2/2014 4:04:00 AM

Andrea, I've always seen PS as a Poetry workshop.If this was't on line and we met week by week we would obviously discuss other things in passing .Perhaps the only thing to remember is to avoid politics and religion and keep it pleasant as we would face-to-face.A Happy creative 2014 whether poetic or otherwise, to one and all, from your English friend across the pond.Rgds Brian

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 8:52:00 PM

yes, those two topics seem to cause the most uproar, don't they!!

Charmaine
Chircop

Date: 1/2/2014 1:50:00 AM

After a day of work..It was always my pleasure to read your fun blogs and relax..I hope you'll get more of them.Re other blogs..I guess I'm going to be reading less blogs and read more poems instead.Tnks for sharing your thoughts sweet lady.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:37:00 AM

charma, this is the way I might be going myself if we are have to limit blogs to only poetry . thanks for coming here. I hope you stay with us for a long time to come. You are my heroine! (feminine AND strong!)

Tim
Ryerson

Date: 1/1/2014 11:39:00 PM

Andrea my friend - ANY time you wanna post a movie blog I will gladly participate! If the comments lag, I will personally comment again and again to make it 'hot'...The last blog I posted was political, poking fun at our President and it quickly became nasty and personal and I will admit that I got caught up in the madness too...Blogs restricted to poetry, etc. would quickly become tiresome...A few poet tributes I posted recieved VERY few comments...

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:34:00 AM

and I am happy to hear you love movies too. I did a blog on top holiday movies and I think i put it up last week. Maybe you can go there and tell me which movie sounds like your favorite!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:32:00 AM

yeah, I think we need to stay away from those political ones. hahaha. I have posted at least four or five "tribute blogs" and of those, I think only half of them got more than a few comments. It made me feel bad for the poets I had paid tribute to . I thought to myself: what if that was ME being paid tribute to and only a few people bothered to say a word about my poem that was shown? I want to do it again. I just hope more people will comment to them. I admit I have not been commenting to all the blogs here lately. I simply have not had time.

Just
That Archaic Poet

Date: 1/1/2014 10:56:00 PM

I hope the blogs stay open and free for all acceptable content. I enjoy posting both fun and serious blogs, in addition to my collage art. Hope we are never restricted. My 2 cents :)

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:27:00 AM

thanks for your input. Sorry I don't always comment on your collage art. A lot of modern art I just don't get it, but I admire your passion for so many things in life!

nette
onclaud

Date: 1/1/2014 10:25:00 PM

andie, i don't know if i'm making sense but a blog is like a respectable newspaper or magazine ( not a tabloid, please).. we have the news, editorial, lifestyle, arts, business, columns, entertainment, sports ,others... a good mix is fine with me as long as we stay balanced... i'll blog soon!.. huggs

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:26:00 AM

I am not really up on proper blog etiquette. But like Popeye the Sailor Man: I Yam what I Yam and Me Likes what ME likes!! Blog soon, Nette!

Sandra
Adams

Date: 1/1/2014 9:42:00 PM

I am newer to finding the blog section but I like many aspects of what I have seen, such as learning forms, seeing holiday greetings, or hearing about someone's marvelous trip....I think we all agree though that this is not the place to argue it should be a place to bring the members together not pull them apart! Hugs

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:21:00 AM

thanks, sandy, and I wish you were here more often. I love your spirit as well as your poetry.

SKAT
A

Date: 1/1/2014 9:40:00 PM

Andrea, happy first day of the year. Today was one rocking day. I'm not here to read blogs, just comments......... jajaja, I'm just joking. I think Sara, Joyce and of course you Andrea, are good role models. You all make peace and kindness seem like a good thing. Thank you for always spreading your love, that's why you are #1 on the community board. I'm not sure if I'm all up for the all-poetry blogs. I will support your blogs about poetry. So Bring Them On!.............. Love Ya............. ~SKAT~

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:20:00 AM

thanks, but have you checked the community board lately? I will try to think of a short poetry blog to do sometime. time is a big problem for me these days and I need to see things that are brief.

SKAT A
Date: 1/1/2014 9:45:00 PM

and lovely Gail :-)

Debbie
Guzzi

Date: 1/1/2014 7:51:00 PM

There should be something for every one, and who knows what's offensive to [x] may be [often is?] funny to [y] but I LIKED the PS message before posting or adding to a blog. It made you stop & think? Am I saying anything I shouldn't? Is this a good thing, a constructive thing to blog about? I'd say most of us could do without blogs with off color jokes about sex, race, creed, or national origin? A good litmus would be "could this blog hurt anyone?"

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:07:00 AM

Debs, one time when i did an "educational" blog, someone came to me in soupmail and bawled me out for not having a heart! (he said I was using my "mind" too much) at least he did it in a soupmail. haha

Debbie Guzzi
Date: 1/1/2014 7:54:00 PM

learning IS fun to some of us and poetry IS an art form

Mandy
Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 1/1/2014 7:46:00 PM

Hiya Andy as you know i tend not to dwell on the serious, if there is s smile waiting to smile I will help it, life is hard enough and we have enough spats at home with families to contend with so I try and enjoy peace where it can be found. i love to learn off anyone offering help , I am not into egos' and hierarchy and I am not good with authority lol .I do notice the fun blogs get attention, so that's me in a nutshell...fun loving and peaceful if possible, i do have my claws but they are rarely used as I have matured or should i say grown up ... I am all for friendship I know interlectual blogs can be above me but it is more the time element than anything else, getting time to digest .

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:04:00 AM

I love your fun ways, Mandy!

Carrie
Richards

Date: 1/1/2014 6:33:00 PM

I am not against open discussions, about most anything. It is only when a blogger or a comment becomes inflammatory, insulting, a personal vendetta, or results in anger or hurt feelings, that we lose hope of making blogs open to everyday subjects. I would rather it not have to be just about poetry....and only that. If we are "family", which many of us like to call ourselves.. a family of poets should be able to share their day, their experiences, their lives, without having to fight.The thing I have loved the most, have gained from being a Souper, is learning that we are all kin, we desire the same things, regardless of country, religion,ethnic background..we should be adult enough to share our thoughts, feelings and friendship.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:05:00 AM

Your response is my favorite. It is exactly how I feel, Carrie.

nette onclaud
Date: 1/1/2014 10:09:00 PM

yesss, carrie!..:)

Cyndi
MacMillan

Date: 1/1/2014 5:16:00 PM

I want so badly to promise I will never again rise to the bait. I want to vow never blow my stack, always say the right thing, never erupt with passion, but I can't, I just can't. It would be a lie. I don't lie. I can say that I will do my best to not start anything, especially to keep bloggers like you here and active. I love your blogs, even the ones I read and leave without time for a reply. You are sweet, always have been. I want to see the fun blogs, happy blogs, silly blogs, curious blogs... all the blogs. They keep soup interesting, informative REAL. I don't want to fight... craig, I don't. But I won't see my friends bullied either. It's against my nature to see a good heart trod on.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/2/2014 2:09:00 AM

Cyndi, I don't know what we can do about the bullying. I am just trying to follow Soup rules but I understand you - how hard it can be not to speak out. I wonder if they can provide us a chat room to air out grievances. I'm serious!!! I do not know the answer to that problem.

nette onclaud
Date: 1/1/2014 10:08:00 PM

cyndi, be yourself.. even in anger or frustration, you are polite.. okay, soul sis?.. i have a new blog, so watch out for it.. huggs!

Poet Destroyer
A

Date: 1/1/2014 5:00:00 PM

FUN BLOGS.... ENOUGH SAID ANDREA..... I enjoyed your numerology blog the most.. I kept on my tiptoes waiting for you to post results! -----How about we just keep this a fun poetry site, instead of a debating site. Soup can do whatever they want, sooner or later they are going to see the blog area results. Sending you 2014 cheers! PD

My Past Blog Posts


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Prayers for Our Dear Daver (David Austen) Date Posted: 12/1/2016 12:23:00 PM
Thanks for the Community Builders Tributes to All Participants Date Posted: 11/25/2016 6:44:00 PM
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Susan Burch's accomplishment/Repost for Black Eyed Susan Date Posted: 5/29/2016 4:37:00 PM
Winners of Summer Short Form Poetry Date Posted: 5/27/2016 9:33:00 AM
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Clarification of my Recent FAVE Contest Date Posted: 4/23/2016 10:25:00 AM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAN Date Posted: 1/23/2016 6:41:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
6/26/2017	Impressions From a Stone Skipped on Water	Dramatic monologue	character,
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,

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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,