Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver

I was honored and delighted to write a review of Joni Caggiano’s stunning debut poetry collection, One Petal at a Time (Prolific Pulse Press, 2024). It’s published on MasticadoresUSA. I invite you to go there to read the review and preorder the book on Amazon. The details are in the review.

“One Petal at a Time by Joni Caggiano: A Review” by Barbara Leonhard

Barbara Leonhard and Joni Caggiano

Barbara Leonhard’s poetry is curated in various literary magazines and anthologies. She’s also written a best-selling poetry collection Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (Experiments in Fiction, 2022), which is about her relationship with her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s. Barbara’s poetry has received awards and honors from Well-Versed 2021 and Spillwords Press. She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. Trending Poets named her Poet of the Year 2023. This year, Barbara and Nolcha Fox will launch a new book, Too Much Fun to Be Legal, with The Garden of Neuro Institute. Barbara is also the Editor for MasticadoresUSA. Her WordPress site is https://extraordinarysunshineweaver.blog. She lives in Mid-Missouri with her husband and cat Jasper, who refuses to go on drives to count deer.

Joni Karen Caggiano is an internationally published author, poet, and photographer.  She is a 2022 Pushcart Nominee for her poem, “Old News is Not Old News,” published by “The Short of It Publishing.”  She was privileged to write the Forward for the Best Seller, “I Am In Itself Poetry In The Dark,” by the five-time Amazon Best Selling Author Michelle Ayon Navajas.  On SpillWords Press NYC, Joni won Publication of the Month in November 2022 and Co-Winner of Socialite of the Year 2023 and 2024.   Joni was a Co-Author of both # 1 Amazon Bestselling books, Hidden In Childhood and Wounds I Healed.  She is also in five additional Poetry Anthologies.  Her first book of poetry, “One Petal at a Time,” will be released by Prolific Pulse Press, LLC in 2024, featuring Valencian artist Francisco Bravo Cabrera.  Joni is also proud to be included in the upcoming Poetry Anthology, “A Safe and Brave Space,” published by, “Garden of Neuro Publishing, to be released in the Spring of 2024.  She is currently a writer for Hotel Masticadores.  Joni formerly contributed four combined pieces a month for one year to Masticadores India and Masticadores USA.  You can find a complete list of Joni’s works at https://the-inner-child.com/publications.  Joni’s website is https://the-inner-child.com, Twitter is @theinnerchild1, and Instagram is @jonicaggiano.  Joni is a retired nurse, ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics) survivor, and environmental advocate.