“Sunbird” Now On Spillwords

Sunbird complete the refrainwithin the splinteringof my nomadic heartsilk strings sway forthbringing delicate lovemeticulously closeplaying white noteswrens sing blissfullybestowing approvalhe shifts towards mewalls dance for pennies To continue reading, please visit Spillwords, and be sure to like, comment, subscribe and share.

Tender Embraces – Visit Gifted

Tender Embraces – Visit Gifted light embraces us gifts abundant manna from heavenpure joy clings, and anchors us, like the song of treeseach child buzzes around us, like gold pollen to bees smiles sway like timeless joy and wrap us like a giftwords of reason spill over us like a starlit waterfallhummingbirds dance as they…

Poetry Book And Art Review: One Petal at a Time

Thank you, Dawn, not just for writing this amazing review, but for taking the time to read my book, which was published shortly after your book was released. Thank you also to this wonderful community and all of the other support and love I have received during this time. What a wonderful community of writers…

For My New Book, A Big Thank You, One Person At A Time!

To all the people that have helped bring my book to life and bringing attention to it, promoting it out of love and hope that it can help people, I can’t thank you enough. As a small token, my husband and I put together some thank you “cards” to post in Instagram. Hope you enjoy,…

Review And Latest Cover Reveal Video Of Upcoming Book!

My good friend, prolific poet, Amazon Bestseller, uplifting character and overall great guy, Sarfraz Ahmed, wrote the review below of my upcoming book, One Petal At A Time.  From: Sarfraz Ahmed, Poet (UK) 2024 One Petal at a Time by Joni Caggiano is a masterpiece of poetry, exposing the poet’s true vulnerability as she captures…

Open Casket Reading By Navin Manik

  My good friend, fellow poet and gifted narrator, Navin Manik, has posted a fantastic reading of my poem, Open Casket, a poem from my upcoming book, “One Petal At A Time.” He did such an amazing job, putting in appropriate pausing and inflection, he captured it beautifully (disclaimer at the end of the video)….

The Inner Child Speaks – Part 3

My good friend, fellow poet and grand storyteller has posted the latest installment of the series of interviews with me.  Please see below to continue reading, and be sure to like, share and subscribe to Nigel’s blog and his great stories!

My poem “Emmett Till, Emmett Till, Emmett Till” Now Live On Hotel

sun shimmers in dark eyes, life stirs, myriad of dreamsa princely smile creates unstoppable joyfourteen-years happy, bout to be in city’s ugly schemes a beautiful child who could sing, dance, whistle and playhis mama’s tender nurturing handtouching suit, told him, stay close to cousins, don’t stray Emmett’s stunning mom felt dread in her yellow floral…

my new story “The Blue Pill” live on masticadoresindia

Having had migraines for years, I knew I would need that third pill. No more than 300 milligrams of Imitrex, and I would take that enormous, new, blue blood pressure pill my family doctor just prescribed. I was way too young to be having blood pressure issues. But the unexpected has a way of meandering…