If I was your child would you grant me an open-hearted curiosity and gypsy spiritMight you discover the planet with me, all her beauty, heartache…
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Finger Lakes Daily News with Steve Penstone Jackie Cioffa’s 4th book, entitled The Shape of Us, is a collection of poems and essays dedicated to…
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I have always felt safest underwater. My fondest memories are childhood summers spent at home with my strong, capable, joyful father sitting in a chair…
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There is a number, a precise hour, minute, second between the sun’s revolving door and the moon’s sparkly shine when the world grows quiet and…
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To write from a safe place, to nurture and to listen are the greatest lessons I can share. Storytelling starts with an idea, a perspective, a…
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Time moves fast separating the then from the now What if I imagined a palm tree pause?There’s a place beyond the palms where the wind blows…
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I see how the majority lives. Kids dying in the streets, devastation runs amok, earth’s temperatures off-key, disaster abounds, the homeless discarded, the invisible caged,…
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Behind every face, there is a story of despair and of strength. Behind every face, there is a tear of joy, and regret. Behind every…
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All I ever wanted was for you to be happy. Without the clothes, the bling, the boys, all the heavy stuff. To be deliriously happy…
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