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JoAnne Stefanizzi
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Awaken the Muse
Imagination sparks Tinder ignites Liquefied sunshine Runs through my veins I am free Free to fly Unseen wings Carry me Past yesterday Through dreams...
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How the view has changed...
Staying home is spinning my head in many directions – I am worried for the state of the world’s health – I am worried for the continuing health of my...
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Looking Out My Back Window
Buttercup yellow the kitchen curtains fluttered with the breeze coming in from the open window A woodpecker with fiery red topping perched upon the...
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This Fine Spring Day
Strains of John Mayer's Gravity Fills the air Wafting from the portable speaker By my beach chair I'm parked on my lawn Catching rays of Vitamin D On...
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To my Best Friend...(Frankie)
It’s the eyes that capture my heart Chocolate brown and soulful Beaming unconditional love And sending sunshine into my day No matter what the...
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I love that you respect all
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
I love that you respect all these animals as do I, and I know my dog is smarter than me because he tells me exactly what he wants( food, water, walk) and I listen every time.
Great rhyme and flow of this poem, I loved it and the cherries...
Read full commentPosted in I Talk To the Animals
Hi Jenny,
Posted on Tue, 30 Apr 2019
Hi Jenny,
Yes, I know we both wish they had written down those well loved recipes. I have ingredients but nothing of the measurements so her special touch, her loving touch, to all she did is lost to me.
Just as you'd said, the...
Read full commentPosted in Toss in a pinch of love
I often wonder about the
Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2019
I often wonder about the house I grew up in, now someone else's home...did we forget a picture? Leave behind a treasured trinket that fell into a floor board? Maybe a well loved house does capture some of our beloingings just to hold on to us as...
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Hi Jenny,
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2019
Hi Jenny,
You take us along on these journeys to your past and we are all grateful travelers.
Your warm remembrances are lit with love and friendship. I really enjoyed the last line, truly fond memories. Thank you for sharing this...
Read full commentPosted in Meet Me On The Corner
This is clearly written with
Posted on Wed, 12 Dec 2018
This is clearly written with true heartfelt devotion and is powerful in its conviction.
Christmas songs throughout the year- is a lovely thought and one I wish could be true too. For if we could keep the Christmas light in our hearts all...
Read full commentPosted in December Christmas Acrostic — 'L' [and previous]
I had to look it up too
Posted on Mon, 10 Sep 2018
I had to look it up too (sough) great word to use in this image invoking poem. Loved it.
Read full commentPosted in storm cooking
SO much flavor of the times,
Posted on Wed, 01 Mar 2017
SO much flavor of the times, very well described. I loved the images and travel tales-- they provoked in me a longing to travel and a fond remeberence of yester years.
Loved it, very well written and the end was superb...a Buddhist...
Read full commentPosted in A Cancelled Passport
I so enjoyed reading this-
Posted on Mon, 19 Dec 2016
I so enjoyed reading this- glad the boy recovered but I didn't want the adventure to end. So many rhymes and interesting turns of phrase kept me smiling. I do love a hope filled story and this was amazing. Loved your take on the Angel too, pipe...
Read full commentPosted in A gift at Christmas
Where do I begin? This was so
Posted on Wed, 07 Dec 2016
Where do I begin? This was so well written and so to the point it hurts and that is a good thing. Your voice in this is strong and begs the reader to think. I loved this and wish everyone in the whole of our planet could read this and reflect on...
Read full commentPosted in A problem shared
This is so powerful. I hear
Posted on Thu, 13 Oct 2016
This is so powerful. I hear what you are saying and yes, All lives do matter. I wish there was a more human conncection, empathy and understanding between all of earth's inhabitants- a stronger bond to do unto others as we would have done unto...
Read full commentPosted in All Lives Matter (statement, political)
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