Amanda Cortese

Amanda Drendel is a photographer and digital marketer from Chicago who can’t help but write in her free time. Her poetry, much like her photography, captures the authentic moments and meaningful details of everyday life, transforming them into vivid, emotive experiences.

Early Morning

Early Morning

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Sorry, I’m still sleeping,dreamingof foothills like focaccia,how we fall into their valleys,intimidated by immensity.Creamsicle sky melts […]

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Sorry, I’m still sleeping,dreamingof foothills like focaccia,how we fall into their valleys,intimidated by immensity.Creamsicle sky melts

Dear Rose

Dear Rose

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I think of her every Sunday,whispering prayers in Italian.She could silence ambulance sirenswith struffoli on Christmas.She

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I think of her every Sunday,whispering prayers in Italian.She could silence ambulance sirenswith struffoli on Christmas.She