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13 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 181846 times
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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Perception"
We may live on the same street Perhaps in the same building But I will see events Through a prism Created By my experiences I’ll interpret facts As...
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"Anna's Blanket"
The story of Anna’s Blankets is a special one. Anna made them by hand and sent one to each person in her family – To give them a warm hug whenever they needed one. These blankets were made with care, kind thoughts And sent on their way with love. Anna was my Mom-
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"A Stormy Day and a Cup of Tea"
I love a cloudy, sun blocked, dark clouds rolling in, grey day. I am lazy personified on a typical sun drenched day with the heat melting my rubber...
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"Once Upon a Place to Read"
There was a place I loved to go as a child; it held a myriad of stories in worn pages, bound in leather and cloth covers. It beckoned me to come and...
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Under the Redwoods...
My hand upon it; I feel its warmth; its rough bark is pliant under my hand. I feel the breeze as the branches above move with the wind. I look up and...
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Ah yes, Scrabble - I just
Posted on Thu, 24 Dec 2020
Ah yes, Scrabble - I just bought a new one as the tiles from our old game had chipped and worn and we'd lost the X somewhere? No one knows where or when it went missing but I think, due to its point value, it has been deftly hidden. I loved your...
Read full commentPosted in Christmas Rhyme
Ah yes, John Lennon-how I
Posted on Sat, 28 Nov 2020
Ah yes, John Lennon-how I wish we could have seen the future from the past before that day in December 1980--I truly enjoyed the twists and turns of following your thought process and found I too had to go back and follow it again from the...
Read full commentPosted in The Presents of John and Soren
Lovely meandering through
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2020
Lovely meandering through better days- no cell phones, video game distractions - loved the crackling fire and stories being read to interested children- the milkman in the morning the winter's banketing snow and muffled sounds. All beautifully...
Read full commentPosted in Bygone Times
A Lovely odd to your love.
Posted on Sun, 30 Aug 2020
A Lovely odd to your love.
Read full commentPosted in Right Before My Eyes
Funny you should mention
Posted on Sun, 30 Aug 2020
Funny you should mention crows. I had several on m lawn yesterday morning looking for their breakfast- You set the scene well here- The beating wings, its search for sustenance, the lazy day and I could feel the warmth of the day too- and 24c to...
Read full commentPosted in Morning Swoop
What an interesting thought –
Posted on Sat, 15 Aug 2020
What an interesting thought – the filler in our lives…and does it make it fuller? One can guess it might or it might not- depends upon the filler I suppose. Nice comparison to Citizen Kane too. Enjoyed this read.
Read full commentPosted in Filler Up With Rosebuds
Captivating and relatable..
Posted on Tue, 04 Aug 2020
Captivating and relatable...The bedroom of childhood- does it ever truly leave us? To me those are the warmest, most vivid images as we marched on to adulthood. And when we falter, they call us back to comfort and cocoon our bruised ego. This is...
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Thrilling, chilling and oh so
Posted on Sun, 02 Aug 2020
Thrilling, chilling and oh so spooky- not sure what that monster will do but I was frozen in place just reading - very well done horror, this is Stephen King good.
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 9
Thrilling, chilling and oh so
Posted on Sun, 02 Aug 2020
sorry, not sure why - but my comment posted twice - so I'll add this - Your descriptions had me on the edge of my seat and I found no excess of words, only apt and chilling images.
Read full commentPosted in Disenchantment 9
I enjoyed this- Starting out
Posted on Mon, 03 Aug 2020
I enjoyed this- Starting out searching for monsters but discovering instead the beauty in the unknown and the strangely different. At least, that's where this poem took me and I loved it- I always smile when given optimistic endings.
Read full commentPosted in Sea Monsters
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