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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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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAN ALLISON and EVE ROPER

Blog Posted:1/24/2017 3:47:00 PM

Two of Soup's finest are having birthdays tomorrow, Jan. 25, so to be sure this posts in European time, I am posting this now! These ladies are not just poets, they are friends to all! I am so happy to be their friend and read their poetry. Thanks for all you two do for our PoetrySoup, ladies, and a happy happy birthday to you both!

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Phyllis
Babcock

Date: 1/30/2017 10:19:00 AM

A Happy Belated to both the ladies. hugs love phyl

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 1/27/2017 6:45:00 PM

ohhh no.. hope i'm not late for the cake.. JAN!!.. i wish you all the best this world could offer to you!.. thanks for being a dear friend! EVE: may all good blessings come your way! i'm in good company, being january-born myself!... huggs and love!

Frederic
Parker

Date: 1/25/2017 10:10:00 AM

Happy Birthday to two very lovely ladies that have shared their kindness with us all..enjoy your day dear poets

Chris
Green

Date: 1/25/2017 9:15:00 AM

Happy Birthday Eve and Jan. I hope your day is as fun and beautiful as I find your poetry to be. Cheers!!!!

Daniel
Turner

Date: 1/25/2017 7:56:00 AM

Happy Birthday Eve and Jan. Yeah, you guessed it, I'm the one that gives out the birthday spankings. Now, which one of you wants to go first? Lol

Eve Roper
Date: 1/25/2017 9:05:00 AM

Hahahah....I'll make sure Jan & I will be putting a boook in our drawers so it won't hurt....

Anne-Lise
Andresen

Date: 1/25/2017 3:59:00 AM

- Two beautiful women in a bouquet - Congratulations Jan & Eve !!! - hugs

Eve Roper
Date: 1/25/2017 9:06:00 AM

Thank you ; Love the '" Bouquet " birthday Sunshine.. Jan is such a great person to join in the vase of flowers Hugs

Joanna
Daniel

Date: 1/25/2017 3:20:00 AM

This is a wonderful blog, Andrea:) thank you for the timely reminder:) they indeed are true friends and talented poets:) Happy birthday to both of you, Eve and Jan:)

Eve Roper
Date: 1/25/2017 9:13:00 AM

Thank you , Jo, again for joining in the birthday party :) hope Jan comes by to see all Hugs Eve

Barry
Stebbings

Date: 1/25/2017 2:32:00 AM

Happy Birthday both of you, have a great day. // Barry

Eve Roper
Date: 1/25/2017 9:11:00 AM

Thank you , Barry :) Hugs Eve

Darren
White

Date: 1/24/2017 11:39:00 PM

Hahaha, those gifs are wonderful :D HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVE AND JAN \o/

Eve Roper
Date: 1/25/2017 9:10:00 AM

Thank you, Darren, I blessed to have a b-day with Jan such a great lady and now Queen on her birthday :) Hugs Eve

Tim
Smith

Date: 1/24/2017 10:38:00 PM

Oh Happy Birthday Eve and Jan...thanks for letting us know Andrea

Eve Roper
Date: 1/25/2017 9:09:00 AM

Thank you Tim, Andrea did a wonderful blog for both Jan and I . I am so blessed to be celebrating my birthday with Jan and with so many wonderful people Hugs

Eve
Roper

Date: 1/24/2017 8:22:00 PM

Thank you so very much sweet lady Hugs Eve it means a lot I'm in years right now for a loving gesture hugs sweet friend .

Rob
Carmack

Date: 1/24/2017 8:14:00 PM

Happy Birthday Jan & Eve!

Eve Roper
Date: 1/24/2017 8:34:00 PM

Thank you, Rob hugs Eve

Alexis
Y.

Date: 1/24/2017 7:30:00 PM

Hi Andrea, May I join you in the celebration? I would like to say Happy Birthday to Jan and Eve. I'm so happy you awesome ladies are apart of the soup family. May you both a have an awesome day tomorrow. I'm wishing that you both get what your heart desires. Enjoy your special day with your family and friends. Thanks for sharing this blog Andrea:-) Alexis

Eve Roper
Date: 1/24/2017 8:33:00 PM

Thank you so very much, Alexis hugs sweet friend

Sandra
Haight

Date: 1/24/2017 6:53:00 PM

Happy Birthday to two wonderful ladies, Jan and Eve! Hugs, Sandra

Eve Roper
Date: 1/24/2017 8:29:00 PM

Thank you so much sweet friend I am honored to share a special day with a professional poet and friend hugs sweet friend

Casarah
Nance

Date: 1/24/2017 4:54:00 PM

fun blog, happy birthdays ;)

Eve Roper
Date: 1/24/2017 8:27:00 PM

Thank you , Casarah, for birthday wishes Hugs Eve

Paul
Callus

Date: 1/24/2017 4:07:00 PM

I have been absent from Soup for a couple of days, but I am back in time to wish two of my best friends, Jan & Eve, a very Happy Birthday!!!! Hugsssssssssssss

Eve Roper
Date: 1/24/2017 8:25:00 PM

Thank you so very much, Paul, I am truly blessed with all of you all for a family :-) love and hugs Eve

Jan
Allison

Date: 1/24/2017 3:53:00 PM

aww Andrea that is so lovely of you to create such a very special birthday blog for us both:-) May I send my very best birthday wishes to Eve she is a wonderful poet and amazing artist and I am honoured to share her special day:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper
Date: 1/24/2017 8:24:00 PM

Thank you so much sweet friend sisters in spirit. May you have a blessed birthday Hugs Eve

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/23/2024	LIFE	Acrostic	life,
4/23/2024	John's Visit: Ephemera theme	Free verse	boyfriend,
4/22/2024	Wishing for Dawn	Rhyme	rights,war,
4/21/2024	Zinnia	Sonnet	flower,
4/19/2024	Reverse Graffiti	Other	light,
4/19/2024	Confluence	Shape	peace,
4/19/2024	After the Floods	Sonnet	rain,
4/17/2024	Yearn	Sonnet	passion,
4/16/2024	That Was Then; This is Now	Etheree	identity,
4/15/2024	Forgotten Field of Forever	Free verse	childhood,war,
4/15/2024	High Fidelity	Free verse	inspiration,
4/13/2024	Reverse Graffiti	Other	light,moon,
4/12/2024	For Spring I Sing	Sonnet	seasons,
4/11/2024	Write	List	write,
4/10/2024	Bird Footles -2	Footle	bird,
4/9/2024	Beach Fun for My Feet	Verse	beach,
4/8/2024	Footles for the Birds	Footle	bird,
4/8/2024	One New Year’s Eve	Senryu	new year,
4/6/2024	If Giraffes	Limerick	animal,
4/6/2024	What Happens to Our Socks	Rhyme	humorous,
4/4/2024	Babel	Rhyme	society,
4/3/2024	Sweet Rose	Ode	rose,
3/31/2024	Vanish	Rhyme	people,
3/30/2024	Daniel Defoe	Clerihew	writing,
3/26/2024	A Canary and Cat Tale	Limerick	cat,
3/26/2024	A Hunger Unfed	Prose	people,
3/25/2024	I’ll Always Be Loving You	Lyric	love,
3/25/2024	Dispatch for Bus Drivers : Search That Bus	Rhyme	school,
3/23/2024	Sun	Personification	sun,
3/23/2024	Our Family Legend Dale	Acrostic	brother,
3/22/2024	An Interview with the Color Blue	Narrative	blue,
3/21/2024	Queen Sea	Rispetto	water,
3/20/2024	Lanterne Laterns for the Season	Lanterne	spring,
3/19/2024	Of Writing on Black and White	Rhyme	color,
3/19/2024	I Wish I Had	Etheree	relationship,
3/18/2024	Utterly	List	life,
3/17/2024	Woven Worlds	Other	nature,
3/16/2024	Appreciation	Acrostic	people,
3/13/2024	La Di Da	Rhyme	pride,
3/11/2024	Tattered	Sonnet	heartbreak,
3/10/2024	William Wordsworth	Clerihew	poets,
3/9/2024	A World Without War	Acrostic	war,
3/9/2024	Once Upon a Time	Free verse	life,
3/8/2024	Guess Who	Rhyme	celebrity,
3/8/2024	Daffodil	Personification	flower,
3/7/2024	Spring Sonata	Free verse	spring,
3/6/2024	I Am the One	Sonnet	time,
3/3/2024	The Gigglemug - Dodo	Dodoitsu	giggle,
3/3/2024	Soft	List	remember,
3/2/2024	Beauty	Rhyme	love,
3/1/2024	If Mama Ain't Happy	Rhyme	mother,
3/1/2024	Michael Cain	Clerihew	today,
2/29/2024	Misused	Lyric	lost love,
2/28/2024	Bunnies	Rhyme	animal,
2/27/2024	Spontaneity	Rhyme	fun,
2/27/2024	Sheep Valentine	Couplet	love,
2/26/2024	To those who entered my One Line of Alliteration: The Name Game contest	Monoku	poets,
2/25/2024	Redamancy	Sedoka	kiss,
2/25/2024	Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater - the rest of the story	Rhyme	anti bullying,
2/24/2024	Magic Minichu	Rhyme	magic,
2/23/2024	It Started with a Blank Canvas	Etheree	beach,
2/22/2024	Building Tension	Sonnet	romance,
2/21/2024	She	Rhyme	mythology,tree,
2/20/2024	Rambling	Sonnet	travel,
2/20/2024	On Contests	Tanka	writing,
2/19/2024	Robert Frost	Clerihew	poets,
2/19/2024	I Am	Couplet	love,
2/17/2024	In Spring	Etheree	spring,
2/16/2024	Beatles McCartney, Lennon, Harrison and Starr	Verse	teen love,
2/14/2024	Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right Now	Rhyme	humorous,
2/14/2024	Edgar Allen Poe	Clerihew	literature,
2/13/2024	Life’s Wonderful	Kyrielle	life,
2/12/2024	Pearl of the Orient	Quatern	international,
2/11/2024	Part-time ESL Teacher - PS	Blank verse	jobs,
2/11/2024	Male Slang Footle Names - final part	Footle	boy,
2/10/2024	One Spring Long Ago	Personification	love hurts,
2/10/2024	Heloise - First Draft	Triolet	love hurts,
2/5/2024	Quiescent	Sonnet	peace,
2/4/2024	Rid of You	Lyric	moving on,
2/2/2024	Discombobulation and Beyond	Rhyme	dark,
2/2/2024	Charlotte Bronte	Clerihew	writing,
2/1/2024	Undone	Quatern	lost love,
1/30/2024	A January Hiku	Haiku	day,
1/30/2024	Spice of Life	Blitz	food,fun,
1/29/2024	Male Footle Slang Names: Part 7	Footle	humorous,
1/28/2024	You Rogue	Quatern	love hurts,
1/27/2024	Moon Vacations in 2050	Free verse	moon,
1/25/2024	Agatha Christie	Clerihew	woman,
1/24/2024	A Poem on My Pets	Rhyme	pets,
1/21/2024	A Modern Valentine: Define The Relationship, Please	Limerick	valentines day,
1/21/2024	Bike Ride	Footle	youth,
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,
1/14/2024	A True and Silly Tale	Rhyme	animal,

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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
Whiteness	Acrostic	tribute,
The Ghost of My Lonely	Kyrielle	dream,me,mystery,
December 21, 2012	Limerick	business,funny,holiday,ph
The Return	Free verse	childhood,
Purple Flowers of My Adolescence	Free verse	allegory,angst,urban,
The Farewell Performance	Free verse	lifefilm,
Darkness	Rhyme	love,
A Lovers World and Dreamers Dream	Rhyme	fantasy,love,heart,dream,
Love Like a Mighty Oak	Haiku	love,nature,tree,me,me,
Love Embraced	Tanka	love,autumn,
Cloud - Recited	Free verse	me,nature,
Sun and Moon	Dramatic Verse	beauty,devotion,heart,
Touching Me	Free verse	love,passion,
Fickle-Foolish-Footles - Man's Best Friend	Footle	animal,dog,funny,
Andrea Dietrich	Rhyme	friendship,inspirational,
Woopa Foss	Dodoitsu	nature,
Your Single Glance	Rhyme	romance,
Fireflies	Haibun	love,nature,me,light,ligh
A Summer Evening 1	Personification	nature,
Careful Cursive	Free verse	fear,hope,write,write,
My Farewell	Prose Poetry	lost,love,nostalgia,pain,
Kaleidoscope Life	Senryu	beautiful,
Picnics and Sand	Quatrain	beach,humorous,
Nature and I	Free verse	creation,earth,nature,
Evergreen	Free verse	friendship,
Melting Into You	Free verse	how i feel,romance,
The Space Between	Kwansaba	bridal shower,planet,
Stealing From a Goddess	Free verse	mythology,passion,power,
Peaceful Lovers Dream	Rhyme	beach,beauty,desire,dream
I Am Me	Free verse	africa
Icarus Rejoice	Free verse	art,beauty,love,
I Write a Poem	Free verse	poems,poetess,poetry,poet
In a Field of Daisies - a Contemporary Sonnet	Sonnet	boyfriend,childhood,
O'Er the Battlements I Do Roam	Dramatic Verse	war,home,home,
Destiny	Haiku	dream,future,self,
The Earring	Free verse	beauty,love,miss you,
The Local Grave Digger Laments	Verse	nostalgia,
We Dream In Pink	Couplet	cancer,color,courage,insp
The Spilling Over of Me	Free verse	emotions,father,
Remembering When	Verse	childhood,life,
Flirty Sunflowers	Haiku	flower,kiss,sun,
The Game, Playing the Game	Free verse	loss,son,
Life	Prose Poetry	life,love,philosophy,
Teacher's Pet	Rhyme	people,
The Loss of the Rose	Free verse	goodbye,rose,
An Old Man's Crumbles	Light Verse	life,old,work,memory,life