Archive Selection--By Andrea Dietrich--Originally Published--March 30, 2017

The Book of Love – a Wedding Prayer

See it there

in virgin perfection.

Open its pages.

They are so white

that they radiate light.

See the magic pen

sitting by the book

meant just for two.

Each of you - together -

Reflect the pages’ light!

Then with the pen,

you may write

your beautiful life,

for this is

the Book of Love.

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 nearly a decade now participating in poetry clubs, acting as a judge of poetry contests for various magazines and for the website Shadow Poetry.