Biography Lisa O’Neil Guerci was born in Boston, but has lived in New York since 1996, currently calling Lake Carmel home. A mother of two adult children and grandmother to two young grandchildren, Lisa works as a Direct Support Professional and advocate within the developmentally challenged community. In her spare time, she enjoys being withContinue reading “Featured poet: Lisa O’Neil Guerci”
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autumn’s gift of dawn
by Lisa O’Neil Guerci What did I doto deserve a morningdawning such as this? Its bursting at seamswhich stitch night to lightwith secrets to telland promises to keep. The sun seems especially kind todaywith its warm smile- like a child’s idea of it; an exuberantly scribbled drawing~fiery flames ofyellow and orange squiggles. A benevolent beinglivesContinue reading “autumn’s gift of dawn”
student
by Lisa O’Neil Guerci Try to write a poemwithout using cloying wordsoften found there instructed my mind,my intellect,to a part of my heart-the student. In order to beprosaic,be a mosaic- don’t merely relyupon cloudsor the moon. And by all means,avoid clichés likebirds in flight or your sad and lonelysoul in the night (although…you already knowyouContinue reading “student”
Today I Thought
by Lisa O’Neil Guerci Today I thought ofthe word gloriousand all that it holdslike a vessel,a chalice. I thought of grace as a container, toowhich carries the humanand the holy. I thought again of fairies;their tiny kingdoms of enchantmentinvisible until the searching. I thought of howI want to regard myselfas a sort of Queen;regal yetContinue reading “Today I Thought”
Art let me know
by Lisa O’Neil Guerci Art let me knowit wants toit needs to be part of lifebe in lifeBE life. Art let me knowit lives in loveis *in* lovewith the wild,untamed words of poetry in love with the thunderstormand your most recent heartbreak Art let me knowit longs to enter abandoned buildingsin dirty cities to transformContinue reading “Art let me know”
Ghosted
by Lisa O’Neil Guerci When you are ghosted, thank the phantom who taught you in hollow silence what was fantasy,when you thought it could be real. Respect the specter of what you once thought “was”~ the cold unfeeling wisp which never kissed wistful lips or touched your wishful thinking when you imagined that minds met.When youContinue reading “Ghosted”
A Gathering of Poets
After what always feels like a too long though unusually clement winter, springtime is indeed upon us. And with the springtime flowers, local, creative, and cultural events have been popping up! During National Poetry Month, what better way to celebrate than by attending the most recent Open Mic, which took place on the first dayContinue reading “A Gathering of Poets”
Spring 2023 Edition
We are pleased to announce our Spring 2023 edition of confetti. CONTRIBUTORS Fiction by: Alice Archer, William Baker, P.A. Farrell, Mary Walsh Foley, J.P.J. Fox, Calla Gold, Elizabeth Liang, margie marek, Axel Martens, Don Noel, Judy Voss Non-fiction by: Susan Bloch, Janice Boland Poetry by: C. J. Anderson-Wu, W Roger Carlisle, Shuvra Das, D.F., Joseph A Farina, John Grey, Lisa O’Neil Guerci, Edward Lee, margie marek, Lawrence Miles, Chaya Nadi, Malaena Nahmias, Diana Raab, Nick Romeo, Gregg Shapiro, Dominik Slusarczyk, Marianne Tefft, Terry Trowbridge Plays by: Mark Knight Cover art by: Janice Boland FEATURES William Teets,Continue reading “Spring 2023 Edition”
Fall 2022 Edition
We are pleased to announce our Fall 2022 edition of confetti. CONTRIBUTORS Fiction by: Steve Carr, William Cass, DC Diamondopolous, J.P.J. Fox, Scott Archer Jones, Sharyn Kolberg, Mario Lowther, Don Noel, Niles Reddick, Kristin H. Sample, John Sheirer, Adam Strassberg, Leon Taylor, Judy Voss Non-fiction by: Malaena Nahmias Poetry by: R. A. Allen, Dennis J Bernstein, Matt Chalmers, James Cochran, John Dorroh, Joshua Gage, John Grey, Lisa O’Neil Guerci, Jack D. Harvey, Mary Kennelly, Chelsie Kreitzman, Allan Lake, Oksana Lizunova, DS Maolalai, Paweł Markiewicz, Nazanin Mirsadeghi, Susan Oleferuk, Gerard Sarnat, William Teets Art by: Janice Williams See the full TableContinue reading “Fall 2022 Edition”
A Still Beautiful Sky
by Lisa O’Neil Guerci how many angels fell from the clotted air that morning? jumping fallingflying the flailing futilitythe gravity of terror when their bodies met the other side when the unthinkable pierced an impossibly bluecloudless sky sidewalks stainedwith scarlet sacrifice those streets hold storiesand can never be swept clean. that perfect day started outwithaContinue reading “A Still Beautiful Sky”