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Kansas

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March 20, 2022
Oil painting of a Kansas setting at sundown, there are two bison drinking from a river and a large tree across from them
Western Kansas, Albert Bierstadt, 1875

Andrea Laws currently resides in Lawrence, KS, working professionally in…

a place where south winds blow
against plains of wild dreams;
insights of the west
mindful of the east
and located in America’s chest
red-tail hawks soar open skies
searching for unlucky meals;
pausing, wings flapping
contemplating the snatching
as the prairie grass sways, watching
Indian summer, Indian winter
witnessing both is the curse of this land;
cold flurries dancing on sunflowers
roaring thunder background showers
as tornados pass through backyard towers
unchartered paths soiled hands protect
wheat-filled air, our home signature
forever a free state
the most honorable trait
ad astra per aspera to open this gate
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Andrea Laws currently resides in Lawrence, KS, working professionally in the field of scholarly publishing for the University Press of Kansas. Andrea graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in English, with a focus on creative writing, and a B.A. in film studies, with a focus on film theory and criticism. Andrea's poetry has been published in three compiled books of poetry, five literary journals and magazines, and featured on three poetry blogs. To continue to utilize her proofreading and editing skills, Andrea assists buyers on Fiverr with their creative writing projects including: poetry, fiction, screenplays, and anything written in English. Andrea also volunteers as an associate editor for Bewildering Stories, reading short fiction submissions, and creates jewelry for her eBay shop OutLaws Jewelry. In April, 2019, a photo of Andrea modeling her Mary Shelley portrait tattoo was featured in the book Bodies of Words published by December Magazine.

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