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Poems by Marilynn Deane Mendell

The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, publisher Charles Portolano

Poem: Perceived Security

September 2025

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The Botanical Garden of the Piedmont

Poem: Bea Threw Me a Curve

Fall 2025

 


Virginia Writers Project, publisher Ray Griffin, Jr.

Poem: Loretta the Ineluctable  
Fall 2025

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Virginia Writers Project, publisher Ray Griffin, Jr.

Poem: Eunoia
Fall 2025

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Virginia Writers Project, publisher Ray Griffin, Jr.

Poem: The Keeper
Fall 2025

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The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, publisher Charles Portolano

Poem: Estranged

September Fall 2025
 

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Riverside Writers Club

Poem: Metaphorical Transformation

August 2025

Recognized by the Virginia Writers Club, Golden Nib, Tier One Prize in Poetry, 1st Place, August 2025

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Riverside Writers Club

Short Story: I Did Everything
August 2025

Recognized by the Virginia Writers Club, Golden Nib, Tier One Prize in Fiction, 1st Place, August 2025

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Virginia Writers Project, publisher Ray Griffin, Jr.

Poem: Bea Threw Me a Curve

Summer 2025

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The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, publisher Charles Portolano

Poem: Life’s Summer Heat

Summer 2025​​​​

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​The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, publisher Charles Portolano

Poem: Mother's Nature    

April 2025, page 5

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The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, publisher Charles Portolano

Poem: It's the Rain   

Spring 2025, page 39

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Drunken Bees and passion vine, as mentioned in

poem Loretta the Ineluctable 

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