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Poetry by Jeeni

Your Last Lie

While you were snickering and sniveling,palms circling together in sinister ...
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September 28, 2021

Atlantic City 1964

That summer I left my childhood behind.Grandma arrived in her ...
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August 22, 2021

Seeing You in the New Hampshire Light

Posted a selfie of the two of us(Would that be ...
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July 3, 2021

A Love Poem to Poetry

Not given this gift of wordcraft to speak of love, ...
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May 28, 2021

The Great Adventure

adventure: an exciting or unusual experience that usually involves risks ...
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April 27, 2021

Moving to New Hampshire

It felt like biting into an unripe persimmon.The furry fuzzies ...
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March 31, 2021

In the moment

He put his hand on mine as he often does ...
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January 5, 2021

Defeat

Despite how the movies always ended, there was never really ...
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October 28, 2020

Burnt Sage

The flames began like a dry-heave migraine how did we ...
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September 22, 2020

A Sense of Sourdough

This began as a recipe for my blog, then became ...
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June 12, 2020

The Amazing COVID 19 Magic Show

Quicker than the eye, you fling your cape over the ...
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March 4, 2020

Breakfast in Bed

Opening my eyes to exit the stage of an instantly ...
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February 14, 2020

It’s Okay to Feel this Way

In a recent visit to my doctor, I thought about ...
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February 3, 2020

So Began the Last Chance Decade

Ten years, that’s a conservative estimate, a window where we ...
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January 9, 2020

Triptych

Sixteen Remember feeling invincible. Indestructible. The cautions of elders slid ...
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December 14, 2019

Like That

Like That by Jeeni Criscenzo November 2019 Thoughts on the ...
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November 20, 2019

A Nice White Principal without Principles

Twenty years you’ve dedicated your career to them, the kids ...
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June 9, 2019

Nobody’s Right, If Everybody’s Wrong

A murder of crows caw out of key (or so ...
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June 6, 2019

The Little Girl in the Lime-Green Jumper

A little girl, in a bright, lime-green jumper, stole the ...
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January 28, 2019

Just Three Doors Down

We live just three doors down from the sea of ...
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November 14, 2018

The Hearing

I watched him, like an elk exposed on the plains, ...
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September 29, 2018

The Stroke of His Pen

I’m too bone weary to keep doing this work over ...
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September 19, 2018

Blog by Jeeni

Gonna Make this Garden Grow

I drove home last night from our final Master Gardener ...
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The Great Adventure

adventure: an exciting or unusual experience that usually involves risks ...
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Moving to New Hampshire

It felt like biting into an unripe persimmon.The furry fuzzies ...
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The Senior Bus

The Franklin, New Hampshire Chronicles The Senior bus pulled up ...
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We need a Brilliant Backfire!

There is only one way to respond to extortion. BACKFIRE! ...
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The Store-Bought Dress

I cannot remember the occasion – maybe it was for ...
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Imagining a Post-COVID Economy

Yeah! It’s September and the San Diego heatwave has broken ...
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Everything you need to know about facemasks

Because not knowing can cost you your life. Buying a ...
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Pasta con Sarde e Finocchietto

I always used to make this meal when my kids ...
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