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I have 65 stories published in
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My stories have been read 17990 times
and 11 of my stories have been cherry picked.
25 of my 218 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 28 votes
JoAnne Stefanizzi
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Winter's Tale
In the dead of winter The winds do chill For this winter’s tale Of love and will... Fie on this day So bleak and cold I fear the battle Takes his...
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The Volcanic Soul
The road is deeply rutted Where ancient footsteps fell The air above electrified With stories no voice will tell It’s been a long time coming The...
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Sprinkles of Stardust
A child's wish Sparkles On firefly wings Moving on Moonbeams To places Unseen Where Twinkles of magic And Sprinkles of stardust In colorful hues Make...
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Step Confidently
The brambles should have deterred me But the sunshine weaving through beckoned me on What lie beyond? I couldn’t know But forward was the only option...
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1944 (12miles south of Spa Belgium)
1944 The snow was thick but not as thick as what was piled in his boots. Foster broke from file and stepped against the slim trunk of a winter barren...
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Thank you. When I received
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
Thank you. When I received 1944 as the random year, it was all I could think of, the batlle where a realtive of mine died on Christmas Eve. I thought it so sad that he had died on that day, not that death on any other day would have been less sad...
Read full commentPosted in 1944 (12miles south of Spa Belgium)
Don't apologize, They were
Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2019
They were arrogant little jerks and I believe you have every right to be shouty - as a matter of fact -shout it from a mountain top - it reaches more ears that way-
Your story drew me in and, being a woman, infuriated me at the lack of...
Read full commentPosted in Throwing Stones
Thank you, the cherries are
Posted on Fri, 14 Oct 2016
Thank you, the cherries are lovely. Let's hope for more chances to write on these lovely pages here on ABCtales....
Read full commentPosted in No Place like it Anywhere!
I love the flavor of
Posted on Mon, 20 May 2019
I love the flavor of friendship in this – you’re letting us in on your thoughts as this day unfolds, like we’re best friends and I laughed, commiserated and cheered and it was so much fun spending the day there – I truly enjoyed your wit and...
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life: Tunnelling Through
I could not stop reading,
Posted on Mon, 13 May 2019
I could not stop reading, each morsel of this story was more tender than the last. The way you wrote of the beauty of her poetry conjured images both amazing and provoking, winter can be warmly cold and artistically beautiful. This was a great...
Read full commentPosted in The Norwegian Poetess
Thank you airyfairy, it has
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
Thank you airyfairy, it has always stayed with me even though I'd never meet this relative, the ending of his life seemed so harsh for one so young (he'd turned 29 the September before that Christmas Eve) and the year 1944 just evoked so many...
Read full commentPosted in 1944 (12miles south of Spa Belgium)
I love what you surmise in
Posted on Sun, 05 May 2019
I love what you surmise in this thought provoking theory. I would book first passage to this Planet 9 free from all the animosity, hatred, wanton pollution etc... It would be a utopia for sure. Perhaps Heaven is out there among the uncharted...
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I liked the structure, the
Posted on Sun, 05 May 2019
I liked the structure, the way the words flowed to take you through the moment when everything changed form lovely to painful, like anytime in life when we are hit with something fearful we pray. In this poem, your prayer was answered.
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Read full commentPosted in There's Something
I found so many ways to
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
I found so many ways to interpret this, one, it sounds like a marvelous garden planted and protected, but two, I feel it is a soul that is planted and defended in that garden and will not venture beyond the wall to where it is not protected. I...
Read full commentPosted in I won't leave my Walled Garden
I love that you respect all
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
I love that you respect all these animals as do I, and I know my dog is smarter than me because he tells me exactly what he wants( food, water, walk) and I listen every time.
Great rhyme and flow of this poem, I loved it and the cherries...
Read full commentPosted in I Talk To the Animals
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