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14 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 462438 times
and 217 of my stories have been cherry picked.
362 of my 1,543 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 381 votes
JoAnne Stefanizzi
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"Antediluvian Trouble"
It was an ordinary looking bookstore from the outside but once you stepped through its glass-paneled door your opinion of ordinary changed...
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"The Ocean's Call"
It calls to me as no other place ever has Oh I’ve been to mountainous landscapes and adorable valleys Charming small towns and open roads And they...
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"Those Summer Days"
I ran out the door so fast I barely heard my mom tell me to be home for supper. “I will,” I called back as I slammed out the front door. My friends...
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"Roslyn Pond and You"
We’ll follow the path To the old tree swing Down by Roslyn pond Hand in hand Shy smiles Back and forth Our footprints On the worn dirt path Last only...
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Look For The Good
I am posting this link for no other reason than this song made me feel good today- It is happily optimistic and I’ve be teetering on pessimism a lot...
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Your descriptions made me
Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2019
Your descriptions made me feel the changes of seasons, the arid air and the cooler rush of spring moving this ever flowing river along - and the quest to be strong, like the river. I felt several different meanings in the words and to each reader...
Read full commentPosted in prairie river flowing
Your story and words felt so
Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2019
Your story and words felt so real. The acceptance of the spirit of the lost child, still ephemerally in their lives, was touching and heartfelt. The notion that The Mother and Child connection is never severed came through beautifully. Katy is ...
Read full commentPosted in Katy, A Ghost Story (IP)
I love the flavor of
Posted on Mon, 20 May 2019
I love the flavor of friendship in this – you’re letting us in on your thoughts as this day unfolds, like we’re best friends and I laughed, commiserated and cheered and it was so much fun spending the day there – I truly enjoyed your wit and...
Read full commentPosted in Pad Life 3: Tunnelling Through
I could not stop reading,
Posted on Mon, 13 May 2019
I could not stop reading, each morsel of this story was more tender than the last. The way you wrote of the beauty of her poetry conjured images both amazing and provoking, winter can be warmly cold and artistically beautiful. This was a great...
Read full commentPosted in The Norwegian Poetess
Thank you airyfairy, it has
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
Thank you airyfairy, it has always stayed with me even though I'd never meet this relative, the ending of his life seemed so harsh for one so young (he'd turned 29 the September before that Christmas Eve) and the year 1944 just evoked so many...
Read full commentPosted in 1944 (12miles south of Spa Belgium)
I love what you surmise in
Posted on Sun, 05 May 2019
I love what you surmise in this thought provoking theory. I would book first passage to this Planet 9 free from all the animosity, hatred, wanton pollution etc... It would be a utopia for sure. Perhaps Heaven is out there among the uncharted...
Read full commentPosted in The Ninth Planet
I liked the structure, the
Posted on Sun, 05 May 2019
I liked the structure, the way the words flowed to take you through the moment when everything changed form lovely to painful, like anytime in life when we are hit with something fearful we pray. In this poem, your prayer was answered.
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Read full commentPosted in There's Something
I found so many ways to
Posted on Fri, 03 May 2019
I found so many ways to interpret this, one, it sounds like a marvelous garden planted and protected, but two, I feel it is a soul that is planted and defended in that garden and will not venture beyond the wall to where it is not protected. I...
Read full commentPosted in I won't leave my Walled Garden
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
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