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andrew jeter
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Epistolary Requiem
Yesterday I was surprised by another poem coming out on the Silver Birch Press site! I wrote Epistolary Requiem some time ago, but then...
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andrew jeter
Jul 24, 20241 min read
Taco Bell Quarterly and my Live Más Moment!
So, I finally got my "tiered-rejection" from @TBQuarterly and I can say I made it to the last round! (Work with me here, people.) Today I...
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andrew jeter
Jul 9, 20241 min read
The Pastoral
Thanks to Panoply for accepting The Pastoral and, of course, to CJ for always encouraging me, even when it feels unlikely (if not...
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andrew jeter
Jul 9, 20241 min read
No Matter How Many Times
Can be found on page 47 of the Spring Issue of Peninsula Poets. Thank you, Poetry Society of Michigan!
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andrew jeter
Nov 7, 20221 min read
The Last Two Roses
It’s an early evening in November and I’ve just come from the Armory where this season’s distrust and our perennial hope have grown a...
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andrew jeter
Feb 6, 20221 min read
Cardinal on a Chain-link Fence
from Ancient Memories. Why didn’t I see you bright red spot, perched now above a field of silver-white, in the summer? Is it that you got...
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andrew jeter
Jan 7, 20221 min read
The Lure
Super excited and proud to have The Lure published in the 20th Issue of Panoply! And, as always, thank you for reading!
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andrew jeter
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Let the Clover Grow
Silver Birch Press has published another one of my poems. This one was in response to a call entitled HOW TO HEAL THE EARTH. As always, a...
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andrew jeter
Oct 14, 20211 min read
The Blank Space
for Paul, Kara, DuShon, Dorothy, Pam, Philip, Earl, Chris... What is the promise of the blank space, the empty glass, the bone-white...
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andrew jeter
May 12, 20211 min read
Still Wonder
While I slept last night, Silver Birch Press published a poem I wrote called "Still Wonder." They paired it with this painting called...
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andrew jeter
Apr 4, 20211 min read
Into Your Hands
On our way out to the highway, to pick up some things in town, we cross over fields that hold beans and corn in the summer but now are...
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andrew jeter
Mar 1, 20211 min read
Not Found Poem
This found poem was inspired by the FB post of a friend. Most of the words are his and used with his permission. This is his original...
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andrew jeter
Feb 3, 20211 min read
I am a rock.
Yesterday, CJ reminded me of a mantra I wrote for a story about young people creating their own religion. He was actually using it to...
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andrew jeter
Jan 31, 20211 min read
White Mushrooms
from Ancient Memories After the leaves have dropped, and the wind shifts in from the North, after the pumpkins have all withered on...
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andrew jeter
Jan 1, 20211 min read
January 1st
They predicted rain and then snow and then rain. Inches of each before it was all done, they said. The titmouse and the chickadee spent...
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andrew jeter
Nov 28, 20201 min read
Epistolary Requiem
Hey Mom, You won’t believe what I did today... Remember that pumpkin pie you made, how many years ago now, that you forgot to put the...
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andrew jeter
Sep 11, 20201 min read
Stonewall Inn, June 27, 1999
This poem was published this summer by Silver Birch Press.
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andrew jeter
Aug 12, 20201 min read
During my Department Zoom Meeting
Hummingbirds fight, red-green zips around the feeder with its yellow plastic flowers opening in perpetuity. Turkeys roam in gangs,...
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andrew jeter
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Wiling Away
Can I be too ____ to write these days? Too set, too predictable, too enjambed in my ways, offering too few new words to everyone else,...
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andrew jeter
May 3, 20201 min read
Wait, I think I've seen this one...
Excited to announce that Silver Birch Press has published one of my poems today in their MY FRONT DOOR Series! Check out their site for...
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