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Previous editions can be found on the blog's Newsletter page. I send it out weekly, so if you don't get my email on Saturday morning, please let me know! (Check your junk and spam folders too.)
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My five latest posts are at the end of this newsletter, latest first.
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A bit late in the day again with my newsletter. My apologies.
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The summer is quite conducive to lazy days and sleeping in. And my website threw a tantrum.
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The one poem I have this week is more of a narrative poem, in which the conductor of a funicular, or cable car, traveling up a mountain, tries to alleviate any worries a passenger might have about skiing down the very difficult slope ahead.
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My thinly veiled metaphor for Covid allows me many opportunities, some more raunchy than others, to poke fun at the cavalier attitude of Covid-deniers.
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You might think this poorly timed, and in poor taste, since we are only now starting to feel that we might have the virus under control. I mean, Dr Fauci felt comfortable enough to resign, right? That's got to count for something! Believe me, I want to forget about Covid as much as you.
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I hope you enjoy this only half-serious rhyme, but I hope that you nonetheless take appropriate precautions in your real life! A sleeping bear, after all, is still a bear.
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You can also follow my Twitter account, @AndreaLedew,which posts my previously published blogposts, poems and flash fiction. This will give you an idea of just how much mischief I've been up to over the past five or six years.
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Thanks again for your continued readership and support. It means a lot to me.
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The links below will take you to the five most recent posts.
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The blue logo takes you to the homepage. The section on English Majors has the most recent stuff.
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So Close and Yet So Far
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This essay discusses the Semiquincentennial celebration and compares it with Fourths of Years gone by.
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Drawing
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A poem on redistricting, the drawing of new districts to serve the ruling party's political purposes, with the blessing of the Supreme Court and with enthusiasm unchecked by either the people's will nor the State's Constitutional provisions.
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Attempt
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A poem describing the swirling emotions on and offline provoked by the attempted assassination of President Trump at the dinner for the press. Caveat: I do not doubt the attempt on his life was real. P.S. The photo is an attempt at beauty.
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Approaching May 1st, 2026, Anniversary of The Great Fire, Jacksonville, FL
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A poem about a very dry spring in Florida which calls to mind the terrible fire which consumed Jacksonville early in the 20th century.
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Smiles
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This poem analyzes the loss of reputation of the US in the eyes of its closest allies, and the attitude it projects, about that loss.
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