Andrew C McDonald

Joined October 2021

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Andrew McDonald was a 911 dispatcher for 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.

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Trailblazing
I walk my own path Yet still I follow a trail Marked, blazed by learned pain
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Poets
Change
“I need change,” I said. “Really?” she said, looking sad. She left me two cents.
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Poets
Reality
reality? What the hell is real? Is it perception? Perception determines viewpoint … What I perceive… I usually believe
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Poets
Against the Tide. Top Story - November 2025.
My family, my party, my church, my race They said I should run the gauntlet For their sake if not my own Stand up for their rights, their beliefs …
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Poets
Nine Inch Nails
Our love crumbling Despite attempted repairs You just wall me out ********** Home falling apart I wanted to mend the cracks
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Poets
Striations
What are these striations upon my flesh? Each stripe burnt deep into my very core … Forming a bar code …. Marking purchases and their cost
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Poets
Spring into fun
Toddling toddlers toddle in the grass Chasing elusive will-o-wisps Cackling as grasshoppers jump at last ***** A jar of lightning bugs sits under a bush
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Poets
Neath Guttering Light
Beneath the street light He stands enwrapped in shadow Awaiting dawn’s touch ********** Here where it began Afraid, yet too, welcoming
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Poets
Forsaken Sacrament
Worship at altar Share sacramental syringe Church of Forsaken
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Poets
Stare Down the Abyss
Note: The first 2 stanzas are from my previous 2 haikus. From there it was continued with the coauthorship of the ever brilliant Brenton F. It is a poem written at a difficult time meant to help purge a shattered soul.
By Andrew C McDonald3 months ago in Poets
Abyss
Mind…whirling vortex I stare into the abyss Looking for the hope
By Andrew C McDonald3 months ago in Poets
Ashes on the wind
Sitting on my porch My heart a guttering torch Ashes on the wind
By Andrew C McDonald3 months ago in Poets

Andrew C McDonald

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Trailblazing

Change

Reality

Against the Tide. Top Story - November 2025.

Nine Inch Nails

Striations

Spring into fun

Neath Guttering Light

Forsaken Sacrament

Stare Down the Abyss

Abyss

Ashes on the wind

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