andrew jeter
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...
top of page
Andrew Jeter's Blog /
Writing every day is good exercise. This is me exercising...
Search
andrew jeter
- Feb 6, 2022
- 1 min
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...
56 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Jan 7, 2022
- 1 min
The Lure
Super excited and proud to have The Lure published in the 20th Issue of Panoply! And, as always, thank you for reading!
34 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
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...
17 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
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...
66 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- May 12, 2021
- 1 min
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...
27 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Apr 4, 2021
- 1 min
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...
43 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
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...
47 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Feb 3, 2021
- 1 min
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...
64 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Jan 31, 2021
- 1 min
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...
24 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Jan 1, 2021
- 1 min
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...
62 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Nov 28, 2020
- 1 min
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...
114 views1 comment
andrew jeter
- Sep 11, 2020
- 1 min
Stonewall Inn, June 27, 1999
This poem was published this summer by Silver Birch Press.
14 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Aug 12, 2020
- 1 min
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,...
51 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
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,...
18 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- May 3, 2020
- 1 min
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...
22 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
A Return
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem about something that returns.) [Just like last year, I got behind at the end. No matter, it is...
56 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
They'll Do.
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a paean to the stalwart hero of your household: your pet. Sing high your praises and tell the tale of...
5 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Apr 26, 2020
- 1 min
The Chorus
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: write a poem in the form of a review. But not a review of a book or a movie of a restaurant. Instead, I...
6 views0 comments
andrew jeter
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Shopping List at The End
(from the NaPoWriMo prompt: Because it’s a Saturday, I have an (optional) prompt for you that takes a little time to work through —...
7 views0 comments
bottom of page