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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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”
Souldust
by Lisa O’Neil Guerci confetti that glimmersfeathersand dirtthe tumbleweed stuffof hopesdreamsand hurt stardust detritusthe crushed shells of timesandgrains of memory,gold unrefined brushed off,mundanethese contents of daysjagged shards of glasslining the way birdseed strewnwithout a carethe cats dandera few stray hairs fibers and lintfound on the sheets dust mites andpebbles,crumbs that we eat all this andContinue reading “Souldust”
Spring 2022 Edition
We are pleased to announce our Spring 2022 edition of confetti. CONTRIBUTORS Fiction by: Catherine Alexander, Alex R. Encomienda, J.P.J. Fox, Terry John Malik, Eadbhard McGowan, Malaena Nahmias, Dana Trick, Judy Voss Non-fiction by: Jeffrey Feingold Poetry by: Angela Acosta, Bidisha Chakraborty, Maid Čorbić, PW Covington, Oriada Dajko, TAK Erzinger, Joseph A Farina, John Grey, Lisa O’Neil Guerci, Jennifer Ruth Jackson, George Perreault, Mahbubat Salahudeen, Sunil Sharma, Pat St. Pierre, Linda Tancs Play by: Veronica Brown See the full Table of Contents.
Song of the Crone
by Lisa O’Neil Guerci Agingis a beautiful thing,not to be set asidein some future ‘somewhere’. Agingis nature.Seeds to sagacious seasons…secrets heldin rutted handsand the rivulets of smile lines on the landscapeof a face that has lived. Truly lived. Agingis the graceful, grateful letting go, as russet leaves dowhen they fall from sturdy limbs which haveContinue reading “Song of the Crone”
Spring 2021 Edition
We are pleased to announce our Spring 2021 edition of confetti. CONTRIBUTORS Fiction by: J.P.J. Fox, Janet Garber, Sheldon Hanner, Judy Voss, Patricia Young Non-fiction by: Buddy Matt Coughlin Poetry by: Mary Coughlin, Andrew Crellin, Lisa O’Neil Guerci, margie merek, Thea Schiller, Katharine Schulz, Gabriel Sebastian See the full Table of Contents
Fall 2021 Edition
We are pleased to announce our Fall 2021 edition of confetti. CONTRIBUTORS Fiction by: Subrata Das, J.P.J. Fox, Christina Hoag, Mark Jabaut, Richard Natale, Niles Reddick, Daniel Tarker, Judy Voss, Patricia Walkow Non-fiction by: Barbara Alfaro Poetry by: Dee Allen, John Carew, Maid Čorbić, Joseph A Farina, Shaswata Gangopadhyay, Norbert Góra, John Grey, Lisa O’Neil Guerci, LaVern Spencer McCarthy, Joan McNerney, Bruce McRae, Arik Mitra, P. Muralidharan, Katharine Schulz, Gabriel Sebastian Play by: Dave Patton See the full Table of Contents.
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”
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