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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 9
(Events from earlier that evening) “Sahara, get in here right now!” Daphne yelled in a tone that demanded immediate action and her voice reverberated...
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"The Coffee House Spy" 9
Brent had to shuffle his feet as fast as his character depiction would faithfully allow. He couldn’t break into a full run and stay undercover; it...
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"The Coffee House Spy" 8
Thies was about to reveal the location of Russ’s apartment contents when the sound of a knock filtered through the room but it hadn’t come from the...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 8
“It is a new twist knowing Daphne isn’t who I’d thought she was and is in fact, Perfidia’s cousin,” Avery recounted sourly as he sat down with a...
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"The Coffee House Spy" 7
Emily had fed Sir Harry his breakfast when they returned from their walk in the park and brewed a fresh pot of coffee. She’d just placed her filled...
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Cannot imagine living through
Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2023
Cannot imagine living through those feelings but so glad you came out the other side of that, but sorry you had to go through it at all.
Read full commentPosted in Nothing Concrete
This was beautifully read on
Posted on Mon, 03 Apr 2023
This was beautifully read on Saturday Paul and it is a beautiful read; I'm so glad you've posted it again here. It is well deserving of those golden cherries!
Read full commentPosted in A Requiem for One Man’s Life (Edited and Updated 2023)
The concrete jungle and the
Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2023
The concrete jungle and the open green pastures; nice depictions of the issues in both dwellings as the city does need more green space and the countryside could use more amenities; although, “their surroundings are real cool" - Enjoyed this...
Read full commentPosted in "15 minute walk to nature for all" aim
A nightmare; that's what this
Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2023
A nightmare; that's what this felt like; a never ending dream of horror. Tragic, that she almost tasted freedom but failed in her attempt to flee.The ending is powerful in its looping her back to captivity.
Read full commentPosted in Nothing Concrete
The beauty of nature will
Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2023
The beauty of nature will awaken tired spirits. I loved this poem Jenny; it is so sweet and relaxing a read; perfect for a spring day!
Read full commentPosted in Relaxed Day In Summer
Agree with Marandina; those
Posted on Wed, 29 Mar 2023
Agree with Marandina; those Victorian dolls gave me a Haunted Mansion vibe, but the dream sequence that moved your sleeping spirit along was woven well throught out your poem. Dreams are like that, mercurial, starting in one place and swiftly...
Read full commentPosted in Dreaming
I've become a reader of
Posted on Fri, 17 Mar 2023
I've become a reader of ingredients on the food products too and it can be confusing; first off so many ingredients don’t even sound like food and cannot be all that good. I try too to eat healthy but it’s a challenge finding fair, priced healthy...
Read full commentPosted in It Is Good That I Am OK With It.
A beautiful snapshot in time;
Posted on Wed, 15 Mar 2023
A beautiful snapshot in time; your outfit is pure sixties, and your reminiscence is just so much fun to read. The tween year, the first year of being a teen, it is that magical age, 13. Everything is sharp, crystallized and vivid; every morning...
Read full commentPosted in Part Of Something Special
You capture in descriptive
Posted on Tue, 21 Feb 2023
You capture in descriptive verse, the free spirit of this god of wine and ecstasy. I enjoyed the fluid passages and poetic rhythm, like in this verse:
awakening ardent rapturous surrender; sustaining insatiable intoxication – harvesting...
Read full commentPosted in Charms Of Dionysus
Movement, so beautifully done
Posted on Thu, 16 Feb 2023
Movement, so beautifully done in your words, taking us from the depth, the soil, the darkness to light, from the seed to the bloom; the emergence of spring. A lovely poem and one I will enjoy reading again.
Read full commentPosted in Persephone's first day
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