Category: FOR WRITERS

In Between The Exhale

Published November 27, 2018 by jackiecioffa

I often wonder if I have enough faith to navigate my way in the world. I’m pretty sure I don’t. It’s the stubbornness that keeps…

Published July 25, 2018 by jackiecioffa

It is after all, just a life. No bigger, no better. I have breathed more shades, more pain, more joy, more crazy, more fear, more…

Published September 28, 2017 by jackiecioffa

You don’t have to like my politics or my opinions Even my race, gender, social status, mental health That’s fine by me All I ask…

Published September 21, 2017 by jackiecioffa

Precious heart you don’t fool me Not everyone is good, not everyone is kind Precious heart do not worry your sad little boombox beats Or…

Published April 24, 2017 by jackiecioffa

I look back on the road with no regret, humbled and in awe of where I have been, and the horrible days lived. I look…

Published January 26, 2017 by jackiecioffa

We built a house out of a dream 10 minutes turned into a life of sunflowers and wooden porches and Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald…

Published December 5, 2016 by jackiecioffa

Sideways Dreams I love it when the clouds swirl and swish about in different directions, knocking angrily against each other in the sky. The clean…

Published November 28, 2016 by jackiecioffa

The Unwilling Participant Some idiot had the bright idea to hang a birdcage outside a locked window on a mental ward. It hung from metal…

Published September 7, 2016 by jackiecioffa

Passo dopo Passo I cut the grass. Big whoop dee do. To some this might seem trivial, like why the hell is grass between…

Published March 15, 2016 by jackiecioffa

Harrison’s back with a new look, nip and tuck, and bonus chapter. She and I have returned to the Cove, where the magic begins. The…