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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Willow's Tail" 9
While Martha and Perfidia drew designs in the tea leaves at the bottom of their teacups with their slim spoons Willow jumped down from the stool and...
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"Willow's Tail" 8
Perfidia walked into the parlor after helping Mr. Appleton back to his room and gave a tired smile to Martha. Martha didn’t return it. “Cat step on...
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"Willow's Tail" 7
Martha stepped out into her herb garden and let the quiet of the day settle around her and since Perfidia had taken Mr. Appleton to his rehab this...
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"Willow's Tail" 6
The door bell rang as Perfidia was passing the front door, not seeing Martha nearby she shrugged and opened it, and promptly froze. “Mr. Appleton?”...
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"Willow's Tail" 5
Perfidia finally caught up with her hat and grabbed it away from the dancing wind. She put it back on her head just as that wayward wind suddenly...
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Whispers of love do travel
Posted on Thu, 13 May 2021
Whispers of love do travel along sensory paths , a fragrance, a sound, the weather of the day can bring swift recall. Precious moments we've shared, recorded on our timeline, waiting for a replay. They are the whispered hello from the ones we...
Read full commentPosted in Capturing Garden Memories
The poem is crafted in
Posted on Wed, 05 May 2021
The poem is crafted in perfect harmony from the first word and Where this poem takes you, is to that incredible, vulnerable moment you trust your love to someone. It is tender and heartbreaking and by your ending, it was the wrong person to...
Read full commentPosted in Pebble
Never thought about how
Posted on Wed, 05 May 2021
Never thought about how difficult that migration would be for birds, now I think I'll never forget. Sharp writing, no superfluous words, every line flows into the next and the journey is with awareness. Thank you for posting this for I love when...
Read full commentPosted in Blackpoll warbler
Perfectly written, the muse
Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021
Perfectly written, the muse of nature has stirred my words many a time so I am with you on that point and that sunrise must have been magnificent. Very well deserved Cherries Jenny- loved this poem
Read full commentPosted in Sunrise
If all could see as you do -
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
If all could see as you do - feel as you do- perhaps there would be change- but for those too wrapped in their ways -too blind to the pitfalls of their continued quick comforts -there is no hope for change soon. The plastic blight is everywhere...
Read full commentPosted in just deserts
All the parts/characters of
Posted on Sun, 25 Apr 2021
All the parts/characters of this fast moving story feel like they're about to collide...and I can not wait for the collision! This is Great stuff...and will be a best seller when you slap it between two covers and market this novel!
Read full commentPosted in Craven Gets Flashed XXIII
Yes, please rewind the mind
Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
Yes, please rewind the mind to those sunny days of youth and love, such a perfect poem Jenny. You capture the longing but you also embrace the memory, knowing you still feel that love today. And the ending is pure and beautiful.."Older and wiser...
Read full commentPosted in Before We Kissed Goodnight
Connect with the nature and
Posted on Thu, 15 Apr 2021
Connect with the nature and let it inspire, so very well desribed here, this is a lovely work Jenny and I enjoyed reading this.
Read full commentPosted in Quark And Curiousness Of The Mind
What a peaceful and beautiful
Posted on Sun, 21 Mar 2021
What a peaceful and beautiful story. It led the reader though the child’s thoughts on connecting to nature and his grandad. I love the solitude and simple love of nature it depicted and how nature’s way of soothing us can be brought into our own...
Read full commentPosted in Calling of the Loons
I've just read the article
Posted on Wed, 17 Mar 2021
I've just read the article you’ve linked here and it is so sad, so very sad. What we have done to the fragile links of species, that have every right to their habitat and the right to coexist on this planet, is heartbreaking. Our footprint has...
Read full commentPosted in The Silence Of A Regent Honeyeater
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