Andrea Dana Stevens
ABOUT THE POET
Poetry is compressed language that comes from the human heart. As a poet, teacher, storyteller and writer, I find that poetry is my road to truth, prayer, and the Light of the Divine. I cannot lie when a poem breathes through me. Poetry is the word play across the light of the soul. My poems are mirrors of who I am. These poems are about building and revealing truth of the heart. It is about returning for one another to the only hope of humankind: the promise since the dawn of man. It is the promise of sharing food, hearth, hope, and shelter for this planet which is our only home.
Andrea D. Stevens has been a professional dancer, published poet and writer. She is an artist, college, and high school teacher of literature to students at academic risk on Internet along the east coast of the United States. She has lived in Canada, France, Mexico, and the USA. She resided in Fairfield, IA from 1986 to 2005 raising her daughter who went to MSAE. She has received numerous awards for her poems, including poet of the year in 2008 from the International Poetry Society, Poetry Award from the Connecticut Poetry Society. At present she resides with her husband Mathias Alig in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her poem “Melting in the Rain” © Andrea D. Stevens (2009) will be appearing in the forthcoming book Twin Muses: Art and Poetry by painter and theologian Amy Kindred. Andrea has taught workshops in interdisciplinary studies and the arts all along the east coast. Some of her poems are on youtube on Internet. You can find them there under her name.
PUBLISHED IN THIS ENDURING GIFT
Night Birds
