Until Dawn
This poem is both a devotion to my mother and a lament as to the fate of the countless undiscovered or passed over, but worthy writers like her. By …
For Random Learning Comes: Essays Fiction and Poetry by Andrea LeDew
This poem is both a devotion to my mother and a lament as to the fate of the countless undiscovered or passed over, but worthy writers like her. By …
This poem lists the ways in which we emulate our predecessors, who marveled at the new speedy technology of trains, yet clung tight to uniforms and …
This poem begins ominously, but overall has a positive message. In it, I chart the path of the survivor, from grief to acceptance to rejoicing.
This poem is voiced by a proud recycler of my generation, who does his or her duty and yet vaguely realizes, that while collecting recyclables may be …
This is an airport poem. We spent some time enjoying the delights of the Newark, NJ airport this past week, after a lovely sojourn with my relatives …
This poem describes the life cycle of the resurrection fern in midsummer in North Florida.
A poem about the agonies of leaving the faith of your youth when reality renders that faith implausible.
This poem takes inspiration from the portrayal of character in the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson before the January 6th Committee, and asks the …
This poem describes the losing battle against disorder that we all fight when trying to keep a home.
This poem is an initial response to the decision of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade.
This Pride Month poem contrasts the degree of tolerance and recognition of equality in the world of our wishful thinking versus that, in the world we …
This poem treats our shares online as if they were shares in the stock market and contemplates what bad people might do with them.
This poem records the conflicted emotions of anyone who attempts to work at home in the midst of family and noise. By Andrea LeDew.
A poem inspired by President Biden's speech in response to the school shooting in Uvalde TX, in which he decried the scores of child victims to mass …
This poem is a mother's blessing as her child embarks upon a journey into the wider world to seek self-fulfillment, work, and happiness.
This poem questions the wisdom of allowing a single test to divide us into opposing camps of red and blue.
This is a poem about change when change is needed and one of the best changes is a change in location, or transplant.
A poem about the intrusion of one sovereign state upon the territory of another, and about how the peace of our world is built upon this fragile …