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373 of my 1,541 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 394 votes
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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Tender and sensitive, fragile
Posted on Wed, 16 Jun 2021
Tender and sensitive, fragile in the knowledge that life can turn instantly to tragedy, or joy. Never knowing which will be given, at any moment. Your story unfolded with happiness then drew us backwards through the unknown terror of a diagnosis...
Read full commentPosted in Little Miracles
Touchingly raw and a tearful
Posted on Wed, 09 Jun 2021
Touchingly raw and a tearful and sad comparison. Caged birds are a painful sight to behold, knowing thier freedom is just an open door away. One should never trap a free spirit or a feathered friend- allow it to soar, even if it gets caught in a...
Read full commentPosted in Caged Bird
The vaulted mind, locked, key
Posted on Sun, 30 May 2021
The vaulted mind, locked, key lost and unable to see another's view is a difficult thing to be confronted with and I am so sorry your aunt and you had to have that experieince, but it was a comfort and support for you to be with her. And maybe...
Read full commentPosted in The Pocket Watch
When you bring these stories
Posted on Mon, 24 May 2021
When you bring these stories to paper they shimmer. There is a similarity in the decades for me, I too was young in the 60's so the games of marble, imagining of cowboy wagons, finger guns and pirate ships from crates, rings true to me. But I...
Read full commentPosted in When We Were Young
Brilliant -I could see this
Posted on Sat, 29 May 2021
Brilliant -I could see this person so clearly and you captured a human moment of misunderstanding and embarrassed communication and captured it so humorously- I loved this one very much, well done!
Read full commentPosted in Don't judge a book by its cover!
Ah first love, the awakening
Posted on Sat, 29 May 2021
Ah first love, the awakening of emotions we never knew we could feel for another. It is heady and the world is vivid with color when we feel it but, as Jenny said, we do go through journeys good and bad to enlighten us, to bring us to discovery...
Read full commentPosted in The one that got away
A Powerful, chilling truth,
Posted on Wed, 12 May 2021
A Powerful, chilling truth, "Amazonian lungs reduced to ash'. You have hit on every cause and sorrow and any who read this should feel effected by these truths. Thinking beings supposedly of higher intelligence, should have an immediate empathy...
Read full commentPosted in The Last Elephant
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...
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