Testimony tangled tears unfold in burnt red leavesas October reins her tempest, sultry, yet encageddeciduous in nature, wool sweaters lose their sleeves,sanguine cheeks pale, your passion dies and empties me, enraged a hummingbird in torpor, my heart slowsyour frigidity bites like a rattler who yearns for heatlonely is my sinking vessel, not ministering where…
Tag: Passion
“Why This Man” Now Live On Hotel Masticadores
Why This Man my feet wiggle with soil and the last crop of the seasonthey tantalize my senses as I ponder each logical reason while my heart still beats rapidly from the tender touchof a man I barely know, yet dare, to crave this much Why This Man connecting freckles, on my arms, and makeup naked faceI smell my white dress, to…
Barbara Leonhard’s Review Of “One Petal At A Time” On Roi Fainéant Press
Thank you, Barbara Leonhard (Barbara’s Blog), editor of MasticadoresUSA, for this amazing review and submitting it to Roi Fainéant Press (Roi Fainéant Page)! Barbara’s Review of “One Petal At A Time” The title of Joni Karen Caggiano’s powerful poetry collection, One Petal at a Time, makes me recall what I used to say as a child…
The Calling Ocean
The Calling Ocean a trail of love springs forth with morning gloriesrain disperses drops, on steaming, searing sandtemperate waves leave kisses on briny shoreslike a ring placed on the ankle of a new bridemoonlight is tasting the glitter of dusk of a regalement of tearsshifting like sighs of lost sand dollars on ocean’s symphonic shoredraped…
Publication of the Month and More . . .
I wanted to say a very special thanks to friends, readers of SpillWords Press NYC, and my family for taking precious time and effort to like the original post and then for voting for me. I feel extremely celebrated when my work is published by SpillWords. When my first Spillwords publication in March of 2020,…
Interview With Francisco Bravo Cabrera
Thank you, Francisco, for this series of interviews that you’re doing with fellow poets and artists, and thank you for including me. Please see the preview below, click through and be sure to like, subscribe and comment. Have an amazingly blessed Sunday! Big hugs! 🥰
My New Poem “A Gift” Now Live At Chewers And Masticadores
A Gift I peel the night air off the fibers of my dress. His smells crack like paint on an old canvas. A rare gift from Barbados. His words travel up my spine with child-like anticipation. A gift, Hand-picked Sea Island cotton, his voice like the imposing breath of the cypress. Mementos of time-worn…
Fantastic Promotional Videos Put Together By Francisco Bravo Cabrera!
Francisco Bravo Cabrera, aka Bodo Vespaciano, is so talented, and the video that he put together shows some of his many talents. In addition to the art that you may be familiar with, he’s also a talented musician, and the music that you hear in the video is his own composition! AND, did you know…
Book Launch Was A Success! Watch For Yourself
Thank you, Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld, Prolific Pulse Press, my publisher, for this amazing book launch, and thank you to everyone who attended. What a wonderful family we all have online! For those that couldn’t make it, you can watch it in its entirety below. Readings from: Zaneta Varnado Johns, Sarfraz Ahmed, Carolyn Bishop (Joni’s Daughter), Francisco…
“Lethal Toast” Now On Hotel Masticadores
Lethal Toast sweet hour of love, you climb into my youthful pocketweariness finds you restless, you flirt merely to offendlike a child, eyes betray only you, I do not pretend selfish a pungent being, you sting the air from my lungsbruise the scent of the fresh laundry that hangs to dryyour smells grow stale on…