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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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Random thoughts...
Random thoughts in the evening… Dusk is setting in and the low light of sunset is blanketing the grass with shadows and patches of last light. Day is...
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"Past or Present" Chapter 3
Stephanie sat on the bed in Victoria’s room and wondered what would happen if she fell asleep? Would she wake up back in her own life time? She hoped...
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"Past and Present" Chapter 2
“Oh my lord,” Stephanie cried out, closing her eyes and hoping to wake up from this nightmare. “Prayer does not become you either Victoria. I suggest...
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"Past and Present" Chapter 1
The newsroom was hectic. It was nearing the deadline for the final print and the last of the articles were due in. Stephanie Mitchell was spell...
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Hot Times...Summer in the South
The relentless heat of the noon-day sun wilts the tomato and pepper plants, bending them downward in lethargic fashion. The automatic sprinkler...
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Sacred geometry-phi- fractals
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2020
Sacred geometry-phi- fractals- the beauty of design and connectivity in nature...the fragility of life...the curiosity of death? I felt all of this flowing outward from your eloquently written poem.
Especially loved:{ If we are made of...
Read full commentPosted in Golden Ratio
It reads like a symphony of
Posted on Thu, 25 Jun 2020
It reads like a symphony of nature, each playing their part in the garden's orchestra. I loved the grass audience and the cascades of pale gold candelabras - it all creates a picture of beauty and harmony and I could almost smell the honeysuckle'...
Read full commentPosted in june 25th, woods after a hot day
I love a good strong minded
Posted on Thu, 25 Jun 2020
I love a good strong minded girl story - I was a bit of a tomboy myself in my childhood days - climbing trees and such but I still dont think I would have attempted a cave and certainly never alone.
Bravo for Annie!
Read full commentPosted in A Wish and Other Night Things
Some weeds are very pretty -
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2020
Some weeds are very pretty - those cats ears can appear like dandelions and they are pretty - Your lawn sounds lovley and that one side nurtured and the other wilting sounds a lot like my lawn here in the heat of the Florida Summer, it is brutal...
Read full commentPosted in Unmown ‘lawns’ – plant conglomeration
The bureaucracy of our world
Posted on Wed, 17 Jun 2020
The bureaucracy of our world is mind boggling. It should be simpler when the circumstances have been laid at once. A permanent solution that his mail be redirected should not require you to go to so many depts and talk to so many people - and...
Read full commentPosted in He Isn't Heavy, He's My Brother.
I am a pushover for Labradors
Posted on Thu, 28 May 2020
I am a pushover for Labradors - my dog Frankie is a black lab and unfortunately he is battling a cancer these days but he is still so full of life and love – and I think he's the smartest animal ever--- I love the personalities you've...
Read full commentPosted in Don't Take The Tablets!
Lovely composition to the Day
Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2020
Lovely composition to the Day's Eye - I like that name for Daisy too- You've captured the delicacy of the bloom. The night and day of its existence, opening to the morning sun and sleeping in the evening moonlight.
'closes each night or...
Read full commentPosted in Signs of Spring 10)
Oh those tech breaking toys
Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2020
Oh those tech breaking toys of the 80's, they heralded what was to come. I like your silver transistor, I had a walkman and thought it was the whole world in a cassette playing box of joy - with an AM/FM radio to boot! - Your music anywhere you...
Read full commentPosted in Tales from yonder
A spine tingling poem,
Posted on Sun, 19 Apr 2020
A spine tingling poem, secrets hidden, suppressed from the light and the damage it can wrought within until it is freed. Your words are well chosen and beautifully written and takes the reader under in the dark passages of hiding that secret,...
Read full commentPosted in Juniper Tree
Heartbreakingly true- your
Posted on Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Heartbreakingly true- your words evoke mnay feelings- I do like the suggestion to travel through video or you tube, a nice virtual walk through some lovely place sounds inviting, but your harsh realities are bitingly real and I too hope we will...
Read full commentPosted in Looking At Us (Hope It All Goes Away)
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