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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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The Resplendent Quetzal can
Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021
The Resplendent Quetzal can not survive being caged, can only live free, as all should. There is so much to interpret here, so much to question. I love the journey through your superstitions, your distrust of gods and their teachings, to follow,...
Read full commentPosted in It Is A Sin To Kill A Quetzal
Such a lovely passage you’ve
Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021
Such a lovely passage you’ve woven of the day dispersing into night within a forested background, and ending with a child's sleepy end of day. Beautiful words and visions in this poem make me remember my long ago, childhood secure, drift offs to...
Read full commentPosted in Sleepy Time
Such a lovely window you've
Posted on Wed, 04 Aug 2021
Such a lovely window you've given us to look out upon those nocturnal creatures. Captivating poem Jenny, so well composed, and one I will read again.
Read full commentPosted in Foxy Till Dawn
Beautiful words, a wistful,
Posted on Sun, 01 Aug 2021
Beautiful words, a wistful, poetic journey from seed to produce- the joy of the first bread, baked from the first grains sown- A time to every season.
Read full commentPosted in Lammas
I like the way you start,
Posted on Sun, 01 Aug 2021
I like the way you start, with the gloom of the rain, the blurred, obscure vision of what lies beyond a window's watershed of raindrops. All the interspersed pieces of unclear, half heard voices mingling in the down pour, it is familiar to any...
Read full commentPosted in Dreams of Rain
"Two muppets and a vampire"
Posted on Wed, 28 Jul 2021
"Two muppets and a vampire" made me laugh out loud - very ingenious, the swirling virus with a thought process. A well written political lampoon.
Read full commentPosted in Punters
Well constructed poem Jenny.
Posted on Sun, 25 Jul 2021
Well constructed poem Jenny. The moon’s influence poetically described in the phase of the July Buck Moon named by the Algonquin Tribe for the new antlers that Buck's grow during this season. I enjoyed how you begin with the Buck changing in the...
Read full commentPosted in Force Of Life
WOW! I would love to see this
Posted on Sat, 24 Jul 2021
WOW! I would love to see this on a stage, in fact that is how I viewed it as I read it- Great dialogue, fast paced and humorous . Believable exchange between father and daughter and I loved the caustic attitude to the waitress and the asides...
Read full commentPosted in Authentic Japanese
The beauty of a slow day,
Posted on Sat, 24 Jul 2021
The beauty of a slow day, letting nature entertain us is timeless and lovely. Your words are eloquent and evocative and I was taken to a youthful summer day when gardens grew everywhere and my endless summer days were filled with their colors....
Read full commentPosted in Alternative Currency
I've just read your lovely
Posted on Thu, 01 Jul 2021
I've just read your lovely poem and you do have a talent whipping words into vivid expression that takes us on your journey. I stood on the hill and felt the winds that swayed the wheat fields and watched the colors of the day curious too of...
Read full commentPosted in Timeless Wonder
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