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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Willow's Tail" 24
Perfidia placed a small plate of scrambled eggs in front of Willow and the cat licked her hand. She froze, unsure what it meant. She’d never had a...
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"Willow's Tail" 23
Martha stepped into the bedroom as the memories rose up like lit paper causing a brush fire of emotions she didn’t want to feel. That long ago summer...
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"Willow's Tail" 22
Perfidia walked over and looked at the card with her name on it sitting by Gloria’s entry. “Did you switch them?” she asked Gloria, but not with...
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The house at the end of the cul-de-sac...
Bonnie skipped innocently ahead of her brothers and mother and thought the night was particularly dark and spooky but then it was Halloween and that...
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"Willow's Tail" 21
“Okay, try this one,” Martha said hopefully, pouring the tea into the tasting cup in front of Perfidia. "You know I love tea but Martha my taste buds...
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Tears, shivers and that
Posted on Mon, 18 Apr 2022
Tears, shivers and that chocked up feeling, told me how much your poem resonated with me. Beautiful and poignant.
Read full commentPosted in These Hands
This sounds like a place I
Posted on Tue, 08 Mar 2022
This sounds like a place I would love to visit. I love nature especially on a blustery day; it does make you feel alive, the winds, warm or chilled, have a way of stirring the soul. I loved this poem and the place it took me to. Thank you for...
Read full commentPosted in Up On The Ridgeway
Hi Di-hard, so happy you're
Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022
Hi Di-hard, so happy you're reading along. Hadn't thought of a sequel but you're right, it's possible. I’m trying to finish this with a worthy ending but I'll miss these characters too; they've been fun to create and get to know...hmmm, maybe a...
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You have a human voice in
Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022
You have a human voice in your writing: it stings, it cajoles it pains. This is written with such clarity and emotion and will resonate with anyone who has had circumstances such as these with a parent. Excellent story!
Read full commentPosted in I Used To Have a Garden
A poignant story, it ripped
Posted on Fri, 18 Mar 2022
A poignant story, it ripped at my heartstrings. This is so well written, believable dialogue, excellent scene setting and dimensional characters. The beginning draws you intimately into the family and their circumstances and it has a humorous...
Read full commentPosted in Wait!
A beautiful poem enriched by
Posted on Sun, 27 Feb 2022
A beautiful poem enriched by your memories Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Brief Moments To Imagine
This is what great poetry
Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2022
This is what great poetry does- it opens up the marketplace of ideas and encourages discussion, and your intense poem has done that, I've learned so much from reading all the varying comments and found myself agreeing and disagreeing in varying...
Read full commentPosted in Listening to the News 2/3/22
Tearful reading this one and
Posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2022
Tearful reading this one and stirred the pain in my heart as I too lost my precious pup over year ago but his trusting, loving eyes ...I will never forget.
Read full commentPosted in Good Bye My Friend
I remember that specific
Posted on Wed, 12 Jan 2022
I remember that specific cartoon and it was hysterically funny. Of course, I am taking a childhood point of view here but your literal dissecting was apropos. WB bugs bunny and daffy duck cartoons were outrageously irreverent and constantly broke...
Read full commentPosted in Duck This
I hear the love for the
Posted on Wed, 12 Jan 2022
I hear the love for the animals throughout your story and I have to say, didn’t see the ending coming that you’d find your best friend. I love dogs, well truth is, I love all animals, but dogs have been the major best friends in my life. I lost...
Read full commentPosted in How I Came to Meet Eric
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