Blue Notes by Joni Caggiano

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hearts melting red trickling down hardwoods

solitary trumpet blowing blue notes calling

dolefully floating through my window, I ensue

a corner that may hold a shadow laugh of you

cigar smoke lingers in stale air by our old bar

trumpet tears create a puddle outside the door

cobblestones hold echoes of honest laughter

your voice, I will love you always, forever after

-JONI CAGGIANO

Joni’s blog is Rum and Robots, where she has published poetry, photography, and short stories. Take a look at Joni’s work in Spillwords Press NYC, Vita Brevis Press, The Finest Example, The Tiny Seed Literary Journal, I Write Her – The Short of it, and MasticadoresUSA. Joni’s work was included in the following anthologies: The Sound of Brilliance (The Short of It Publishing, Volume 1 2020), Inner Eye (Poets Choice, 2021), and It’s Not Easy (Poets Choice 2021). Her blog is an effort to give back – she is a surviving Adult Child of Alcoholics. Joni is a retired nurse and paralegal.

You can also read her writing on Instagram @jonicaggiano and Twitter @theinnerchild1.

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