Author Archives: Jeannette
Triptych for International Women’s Day
Mulling over Mimosa clouds of yellow puffstethered to a spray of frondswithout roots would float their powdery gloryevaporating by duskephemeral waifs maybe mimosaas metaphor for the fairsex is moldy, think daughters as greenwoodflowerlets not to fizzlemulched when the bloom’s off … Continue reading
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A Memorial Sonnet, three years after
The Breathtaking Panorama – Il Panorama Mozzafiato “Italy cable car fall: 14 dead after accident near Lake Maggiore” BBC, 23 May 2021, Stresa Meadowlands are seldom mozzafiato,so sublime to scythe breath. But Italianlake views glide, cloud plume gondolas in … Continue reading
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Poems for Sustainability
Recently, I’ve felt a growing sense of responsibility to take action “nel mio piccolo” in the area of environmental sustainability. But what can a poet and educator do? Timidly picking up my pen, I submitted two poems to the Loving … Continue reading
Poetry Reading by the Sea
Poetry reading of my villanelle about the Ukraine-Russia war. Location: Cervia, Italy, by the Adriatic Sea Continue reading
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Launch Party Tonight
Launch party for Pensive Journal, Issue 6, with publication of villanelle “Easter in Our Palms” Continue reading
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Tagged #journaling, #launchparty, #northeasternuniversity, #pensivejournal, #poetry, #religion, #seaside, #spirituality, #villanelle
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Online publication!
My English jueju entitled “Trimester to St. Patrick’s” was published in The Bluebird Word for St. Paddy’s Day Continue reading
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Tagged #Englishjueju, #nature, #poetry, #stpatricksday, #thebluebirdword
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