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351 of my 1,478 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 370 votes
JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Willow's Tail" 17
“How do you know where I live?” Perfidia asked the purple suited, delivery man with venom in her tone. “The poor delivery man’s eyes widened with...
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"Willow's Tail" 16
Perfidia walked down the stairs but hearing voices coming from the kitchen she stopped to listen.One of those voices had her hovering in indecision...
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Wind Chimes on the Boardwalk
The smell of cotton candy and hot dogs was most welcome on this warm summer day strolling along the boardwalk; it evoked past days of summer as a...
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"Willow's Tail" 15
The silver sport car hobbled over to the side of the road; the unexpected deflation of all four tires was a nasty deterrent but it would not delay...
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"Willow's Tail" 14
The tea was poured and Willow had her treat. “Okay Martha you’ve stalled long enough.” Perfidia nodded to the letter lying on the kitchen counter. “I...
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Devastating truths and the
Posted on Fri, 15 Oct 2021
Devastating truths and the format of dwindling the words down, like the silencing of mankind when the destruction we've caused is complete, was profoundly effective. Well deserving of the cherries.
Read full commentPosted in point of no return
I love this; your poem
Posted on Mon, 01 Nov 2021
I love this; your poem tickled the imagination of what wonders you can explore while living abroad and what ancient finds, that have been unearthed, displayed for you to view...time worn papyrus and our attempts to translate archaic languages,...
Read full commentPosted in Papyrus Horoscope
Dark and spooky- Perfect poem
Posted on Sat, 30 Oct 2021
Dark and spooky- Perfect poem for Halloween and well done. Enjoyed this spine tingling walk through the forest Jenny. ...
Read full commentPosted in Forest Terror
Beautifully put and I concur
Posted on Sun, 31 Oct 2021
Beautifully put and I concur with your conclusion. We are on this one way train, but we can make transfers while it rides with understanding there is a finite amount of track. I loved your outlook, to look ahead and let the past remain as is. I...
Read full commentPosted in One Way Ticket
This ending did not
Posted on Sun, 31 Oct 2021
This ending did not disappoint. Loved the justice doled out to the two guilty parties and absolutely loved the mausoleum opening to John to enter into that white light. There is a scene at the end of the movie "Ghost" where the guilty friend is...
Read full commentPosted in The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 3 of 3)
Perfect Halloween reading..
Posted on Fri, 29 Oct 2021
Perfect Halloween reading...Great suspense, haunting and eerie, yet oddly realistic, by John's reactions to being in spirit and the unwanted voyeurism; I too cannot wait to see what happens next.
Read full commentPosted in The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 2 of 3)
Your Ode to these magnificent
Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021
Your Ode to these magnificent giants is heartfelt and knowing that their fate is tentative, hanging in the fickle winds of wild fires burning in California, it is also gut wrenching. Your words are a testament to their longevity on this earth and...
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I loved this discriptive poem
Posted on Thu, 30 Sep 2021
I loved this discriptive poem of this bottom feeder fish, and your poetry took me into this deep dark world. Well deserved POD Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Stone Loach
Your poem is very nostalgic
Posted on Wed, 29 Sep 2021
I still like to listen to the songs of my best summer days cranked to the decible levels of max, but maybe that's because I blew out some part of my eardrums back inmy teens and can no longer hear the music unless it is pumped up to high volume,...
Read full commentPosted in Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die
So kind of you to leave these
Posted on Sat, 11 Sep 2021
So kind of you to leave these lovely comments, and yes, Perfidia's character is coming into focus as all the characters within this tail soon will. I am not sure how to describe the process for me. It feels like I am walking through the scene as...
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