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My stories have been read 180946 times
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309 of my 1,304 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 325 votes
JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Willow's Tail"
"What a wicked turn of events,” Martha scowled as her black cat Willow strutted into the room flicking her tail. “And what makes you so happy?”...
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Carpe Diem !
Day dawns unspoken mine to create World unexplored through my garden gate Poems unwritten just words in my head Dance with anticipation trembling to...
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Sidewalks, Bicycles, Ice Cream, Barbecues...and Friends
My childhood home still stands and though it is no longer mine, I have visited my old neighborhood many times over the years. It is bittersweet to...
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Broken wings still fly
Keys jangle in her hand as she stands indecisive before the front door, nothing there, nothing worth the effort of turning the key, she backs away...
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Rain in a Forest
Wind in The trees Air Feathering Over skin Sky lightning Ozone sharp Taunting Rain Burst clouds Fat drops Slither Down Drop from Leaves Rivulets...
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You've captured that
Posted on Wed, 30 Jun 2021
You've captured that questioning loss and lost self so well. Having lost both mother and father your words hit me hard and reverberated with raw truth...this is exactly how it feels to lose a parent. No matter what age we are, we are never...
Read full commentPosted in Mum
Yes, it is our anniversary
Posted on Thu, 17 Jun 2021
Yes, it is our anniversary today and I've been looking at photographs which of course brought on these musings. Photo’s of wonderful years filled with, no packed with, treasured moments, triggered the reminder of the distance from those moments -...
Read full commentPosted in "Photographs & Reflections"
Intriguing poem Ewan, it
Posted on Thu, 17 Jun 2021
Intriguing poem Ewan, it casts a spell of its own – The reader wonders: Is this a spell cast by true incantation or by the spirit drenched in extraordinary desire, either way it is a potent poem. ...
Read full commentPosted in This is a Spell
Tender and sensitive, fragile
Posted on Wed, 16 Jun 2021
Tender and sensitive, fragile in the knowledge that life can turn instantly to tragedy, or joy. Never knowing which will be given, at any moment. Your story unfolded with happiness then drew us backwards through the unknown terror of a diagnosis...
Read full commentPosted in Little Miracles
Touchingly raw and a tearful
Posted on Wed, 09 Jun 2021
Touchingly raw and a tearful and sad comparison. Caged birds are a painful sight to behold, knowing thier freedom is just an open door away. One should never trap a free spirit or a feathered friend- allow it to soar, even if it gets caught in a...
Read full commentPosted in Caged Bird
The vaulted mind, locked, key
Posted on Sun, 30 May 2021
The vaulted mind, locked, key lost and unable to see another's view is a difficult thing to be confronted with and I am so sorry your aunt and you had to have that experieince, but it was a comfort and support for you to be with her. And maybe...
Read full commentPosted in The Pocket Watch
When you bring these stories
Posted on Mon, 24 May 2021
When you bring these stories to paper they shimmer. There is a similarity in the decades for me, I too was young in the 60's so the games of marble, imagining of cowboy wagons, finger guns and pirate ships from crates, rings true to me. But I...
Read full commentPosted in When We Were Young
Brilliant -I could see this
Posted on Sat, 29 May 2021
Brilliant -I could see this person so clearly and you captured a human moment of misunderstanding and embarrassed communication and captured it so humorously- I loved this one very much, well done!
Read full commentPosted in Don't judge a book by its cover!
Ah first love, the awakening
Posted on Sat, 29 May 2021
Ah first love, the awakening of emotions we never knew we could feel for another. It is heady and the world is vivid with color when we feel it but, as Jenny said, we do go through journeys good and bad to enlighten us, to bring us to discovery...
Read full commentPosted in The one that got away
A Powerful, chilling truth,
Posted on Wed, 12 May 2021
A Powerful, chilling truth, "Amazonian lungs reduced to ash'. You have hit on every cause and sorrow and any who read this should feel effected by these truths. Thinking beings supposedly of higher intelligence, should have an immediate empathy...
Read full commentPosted in The Last Elephant
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