It’s a Wonderful Life After All!
Just how much of our lives can we claimAs our own amidst the histories named,Which people across space and timeBear witness to the thingsThat happen to us and those we […]
ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2021 Painting Collection is finally open for your viewing pleasure, and other news
Breaking news about Andrew's artwork and books - October 2021
An Artist's Metanoia
Girded with the Sash of Knowledge,Decorated by the power to use itTo rescue whomever she chooses,My muse is amazed and amusedBy the spirit of her followers that drives themTo ardently […]
I Am the Jew
A poem that directly confronts the ideological core of Anti-Semitism, and its foul absurdity.
The Spirit of a Nation
A poem about unity and community and patriotism.
The Happiness Theory
What does it mean to be happy?
The Emperor and the Swan
Emperor Sho-Fu always walks with his dear friends in the willow groves, where the koi swim by, where cygnets gather aside, to receive his gifts from the water’s edge, where […]
The Song of Love
The sweetest serenades Are soothing songs sung, Successfully swaying The searching soul With simple sonnets Of sincerest serenity And selfless succor. Sorrows switch to smiles, As the sublime snatches Snuggling […]
Obsession
Obsession is thought oppression, The possession of mental expression By the things that worry and excite us, Locking down our focus Until it is sharp as glass. Only the idea […]
Andrew Blitman -- Author & Artist 