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

By Amanda Cortese / August 26, 2024

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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Dear Rose

By Amanda Cortese / August 24, 2024

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

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