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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Life is but a Dream"
"It spins the imagination round, your poppycock logic of hologram life…We are solid sir not see thru projections…You jackanapes of oddities have put...
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"Oneiroi" (Greek myth - gods of dream)
Pasty faces and foggy lands In dreams that shake the soul Phobetor weaves a tapestry Of dank and dripping shrouds To chill the blood and tremble lips...
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"The Coffee House Spy" 14
“Give us some answers and we may leave you in a nice place when we dump you.” Brent threatened with a cold smile. “I’ve already told you I’m a bead...
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"Unwanted Magic" 4
Joey listened intently to the bird’s singing in the tree and began to hum the tune along with them trying to remember the words. Joey’s dad picked up...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 12
“Perfidia, I’m sure Jon isn’t in jeopardy with your cousin,” Martha reasoned. “And I’m not so sure,” Perfidia replied and turned back to Willow with...
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First reading, felt a loss of
Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024
First reading, felt a loss of someone who touched hearts and the remembered moments at the end are the ones we keep. Second reading, I read it as searching, hoping someone would return. But both readings were profound with those last two lines....
Read full commentPosted in We Watched from the Shore
I've jumped into this
Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2024
I've jumped into this intrigue and now will have to go back and read from the start -
Read full commentPosted in New Directions (6)
Do we all have Uncle John's
Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2024
Do we all have Uncle John's who shouldn't be driving on the road? I've had several of those relatives who won't give up the steering wheel with their face pressed up to the windshield....I laughed and laughed through out this read. Amazing that...
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Perfect, poetic descriptions
Posted on Sat, 27 Jan 2024
Perfect, poetic descriptions to go along with those beautiful photos; the squelchy mud sounds familiar to me; mostly after a day of rain when my garden becomes nothing but squelchy.
Read full commentPosted in Above Weobley
Thank you Di_Hard your
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
Thank you Di_Hard your comment has made me smile, brightly. When my sons were little, I did read tales of magic and fiction and made up some tales too; I think they enjoyed those stories but I know I enjoyed those times with them.Your kind...
Read full commentPosted in "Unwanted Magic" 1
The obligatory smokescreen
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
The obligatory smokescreen eradicated by the un-choreographed moment- I loved this peek behind the curtain of families; the pretense and hidden truths when it comes to pomp and circumstance and feelings. The smile at a family gathering can be...
Read full commentPosted in Wasn't that a party
Powerful poetry, weaving
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
Powerful poetry, weaving shadows, not quite sure what makes this bird so mysterious. I don't think I've ever seen a magpie, had to google it and found a video about magpie's befriending a lady who now cares for them. The birds were very...
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Squeezing onion-juice; not
Posted on Sun, 21 Jan 2024
Squeezing onion-juice; not heard it put that way before. Your poem is charged with turbulent energy and I loved it.
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Yes, those vivid dreams that
Posted on Sun, 21 Jan 2024
Yes, those vivid dreams that impart some knowledge, a beautiful line for a poem or song, or a peek into the universe's secrets but it drifts away out of your grasp as you wake up, leaving you struggling to remember what it was--I think most can...
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The healing spirit of animals
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024
The healing spirit of animals on humans is well told in this sad tale of loss. Is there is a recognition of need from cat to human, or dog to human, or horse to human, or any animal that sees that broken piece within us? I think animals are far...
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