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Write from Your Heart
A Collection of Memories from Pepper Tree’s Past
Volume I
Compiled by: Julie Ann Howell
The following articles and poetry have been chosen to be in the Write from Your Heart book distributed worldwide. All of the submissions were previously published in The Pepper Tree Magazine from 2004 to present. This book will be a fundraiser for the magazine to help keep its pages green and growing.
Look for your name below and call or email the office to find out how to get your copy.
Email: PeppertreePublishing@Yahoo.com.
Office: 941-922-2662
Copies will be available at the Sarasota Reading Festival on November 3rd…. downtown Sarasota. Look for the Pepper Tree Tents….
Congratulations to all the writers that have participated in submitting to this fine venue for the past three years.
Sincerely,
Julie Ann Howell
Just a note to the Publisher:
Pat Tway
J. L. Abbott
Teri Franco
Frank Dimeo
Corinne Rector Ferrara
Kathy Kovzelove
Jane Boritz
Cindy Dumas
Lynn Berndt
Larry Chulock
Betty Rack
Mike Taylor
Bill Howell
Jodi Ann Walukonis
Short Stories
Jacuzzi Romance by Ed Lyman
Pat Tway, A Different Kind of Christmas
Her Hands, Kathy Musto
Jessica’s Story Living with Tourette Syndrome, Janet McLaughlin
My Lucky Break, Helen Fleder
Yuk! I Have Butterflies in My Stomach, Kathy Kovzelove
The Lure of Nuremberg, John McCafferty
My Own Special Giant, Tom Porfido
Eyes of the Heart, Barbara Anton
Golden Silence, Verona Morse
Morning, Helene Kroll Gupp
Enchantment, Marguerite Jill Dye
Belle’s Gift, Samuel Hyman
The Princess and the Brooklyn Dodgers, Kay Pruden
A Graceful Child, Betty Rack
Goldilocks: The Second Episode, by Dominic Martia
Ramon the Toad, Samuel Hyman
George the Fish, Scott Shea
Give Me Five, Christine Schrantz
Morning Coffee, Lorraine Favero
A Special Gift, Carrillee Collins-Burke
Mary Ellen’s Miracle, Linda Dampier
Hand in Hand, Susan Garbett
Counting Blueberries, Fran Kriegel
Whistle the Dog, Samuel Hyman
How Do I Get Rid of Freddy, Sylvia Price
Letter From Rena, Virginia Bedinger
Chelsea and Miss Fluff, Sally L. Bostrom
Charley Was Here, Bill Carrigan
10 Excuses for Not Having My Homework, Katie McPartland
Helping Others Is Great, Renee Craft
The Trial, Tom Pacheco
Orca Mother, Jon Kuntz
Silence, Carol Taylor
Winter Flowers, Louise Bolger
The Power of Words, Linda Bodo
Raising Boys, Patty Jackson
Weinberg’s Glasses, Sonia Fuentes
The Other Right, Connie Sommer
How to Make a Sandwich, Elizabeth Fowler
Beach Scene, Sara Bloom
What I learned from My Mom, Linda Tway, Ph.D.
Why I Write, Helene Kroll Gupp
Deep-dish Apple Pie, Pat Crowell
My Mother, My Inspiration, Patty Jackson
Spring Cleaning, Dale E. Moore
Like Bea, Anne Segel Armand
The Magic Gift, Rita Dussault
What I Learned From my Dad, Linda Tway, Ph. D.
My Dog Ate My Homework, Lee Ann Brink
4-D, Michael Pelc
Oh! No! Preschool, Linda Lee Berndt
Mud Cakes and Laundry, Charlene B. Carstens
Giving Directions, Angela Mastersons Jones
The Scary Ghost, Jessica Thompson
He’s Not Fat, He’s Fluffy, Becki Dahlman
Why I Love the Pepper Tree, Corinne Rector Ferrara
The Reigning Royalty on Siesta Key, Irv Newman
Popcorn, Pop and Pure Awareness, Frank Kinslow
Canvas to Cover, Bree Hill
What’s Behind Door Number Three, Susan C. Haley
The Many Pictures of Life, J.L. Abbott
The Sound of Music, Thomas Cobey
Write Right, Thomas Cobey
Just a Horse, You Say, Patda Jim
Turning Seventy-five, Don Westerfield
The Poppy Field, Nicole Mobley
Strictly Circumstantial, Jerry Swartz
10, 320,563 The Raindrop, Zachary Jordan
It Happened on Herkimer Hill, Ed Lyman
The Equivocal Legacy, Lisa A. Gray
A Good Day, Patricia Moore
Running Cross-country Despite My Blindness, Karen Christie
Poetry
Sometimes in My Dreams, Nicole McLaughlin
9-11 Ashley McLaughlin
Autumn Sonnet, Marcile Pinder
Disappearance, Marguerite Loucks Dye
She Doesn’t Cook Anymore, Marguerite Loucks Dye
At 97, Daniel Green
Emily Dickinson, Ellie Cavis
God’s Beauty, Lynn Berndt
Yesterday’s Thoughts, Alice Grainger
My Orphan Annie Doll, Thelma Ryan
Grandma and Little Monkey, Linda Lee Berndt
BoDolly Yellow Sock, BoDolly White Sock, Larry Chulock
Pepper Pods Haiku, Ernesto Epistola
Ageless Honor, Grant Schrantz
A Rainy Day, Amanda Dumas
If I Had Wings, Madeline Del Medico
Of Hice and Grice, Jack Fones
Ceiling, Mikayla Dumas
Ebony Ed: To a Black Squirrel I Once Knew, Dominic Martia
Karen at the Opera, Virginia Bedinger
The Sunrise, Jenna Froug
The River Runs, Jessica Bloch
The Piano Tuner, Joe Cyr
Bright, Meagan Boritz
Paint the Sky, Casey Gill
A Dinosaur Went to the Beach, Dominic Martia
Walking Together, Joyce Sammon
Foamy Meringue, Ann Faverau
And the Gulf of Mexico Pulls, Ellie Cavis
Morning Coffee Shop, Hyannis, 1987
Morning Coffee Cake, Sue Harris Spigel
Wedding Day, Rise’ Snider Loshaek
Mother’s Day 2005, Amanda Kohut
Poems, Ed Lyman
Beginning of the End, Ashley Flint
Forrest Seasons, Joe Cyr
I am a Star, Susan Haley
Dinner Reservations, Henry Rudell
Candles, Victoria Lyn Ryan
Child With His Teddy Bear, Linda Eleanor Shuts
Heaven is Coming, Susan Haley
Time to Love, Jon Kuntz
Butterfly, Dottie Kelley
Ode to Pencils, Dominic Martia
Thank you for Being You, Salvatore Dilorenzo III
Make Friends with Zero, Dominic Martia
Magical Heart, Arlene S. Kindcaid
Treasure, Jeffrey L. Poole Sr.
Trees, Emma Embrey Henson
The Heart Stones, Nicole Mobley
The Dream, Amanda Cornwell
Bob, Marilynn L. Masterson
Never a Thought, Angelica Ernst
Ready, Patricia L. Howe
My Page, Dixie Lee Churchhill
Day and Night, Paola Piascik
Soldier, Caitlin Cleary
Fishing for Dreams, Jack Conlon
Beyond the Glass, Liana Whipple
Over My Shoulder, Abby Rex
To My Children, Susan Kohut
My Pencil, Lee Ann Brink
I Love You the Yellowist, John Abreu
A Dream of a Farmhouse, Kelley Ley
Teaching Never Has an End, Paula Martin
Friendship Is, James O. Kelly
Light, Rain VanTassel
Ode to a Fish, Timothy Bedell
Robert E. Willis Elementary
Lee Ann Brinks Class
Geckos, Brianna Boese
Shimmer, Lauren, DelFbaro
Gold, Anthony Satira
Pieces, Lauren Lindsay
The Northern Lights, Madison Stoutenburg
Rhythm, Mike Wall
The Woods, Mike Wall
The Gift, Tom Edwards
The Teacher, Gaile Harpan
What He Wants Me to See, Paul Samson
Island Nights, Gilligan
Reminiscing, Don Westerfield
The Blue Room, Cora Hendershot Fariello
Children, Mike Wall
Stingray Migration, Angela Masterson Jones
An Ode to The Pepper Tree, Rev. Dr. Vincent W. Carroll
The Pug, The Party-favor Challenge, Kathy Kovzelove
October’s Tale, Arlene S. Kincaid
I’m Beautiful, Brandon Underwood
Sundowning at Coquina Beach, Anne Armand
Salute to the Crocodile Hunter, Angela Ernst
Students from Lee Ann Brinks Class your letters to the Publisher
Are also included, but not listed in this document.
More from Robert E. Willis:
I Am a Tiger, Kevin W.
I Am a Lion, Frank P.
I Am Lauren, Lauren
I Am a Lion Cub, Lauren D.
I Am Nicole, by Nicole
Booker Middle School
Proudly Presents:
Room 130, Dragonfly Cafe’
Joanna Hapner’s Class
Picture Perfect, Oliver Gale
Stillness, Robert Sutton
Waiting, Summer McNeil
Praise Be, Timeria Howard
The Dove, Sarah Sutton
Hear the Music, Darryl Daughtry
Stray Cat, Summer McNeil
Walking Tall, Robby Sutton
Because, Kaylee Glyder
The Future, Sierra Johnson
No Stillness, Monique Blackwood
One, Monique Blackwood
I am, Kari Solum
Choreography, Roy Schneider
Get Back Up, Sebastian Gardner
I Am Me, Alex Dodson
Silhouette, Joanna Hapner
Nothing, Lyzz Weisensee
Autumn Blush, Cody Magee
Becoming, Sebastian Gardner
The Storm, Lyzz Weisensee
Quoem, Alex Gammon
Morning Mist, Nicole, Moore
Autumn Blush, Shelby Genter
Disobedience, Alex Dodson
Autumn Blush, Monique Blackwood
Paint, Alex Dodson
Truth Decay, Roy Schneider
Rock River Innocence, Alex Gammon
Juxtaposition, Alex Gamon
The Game of Life, Alex Gamon
The Summer Winter, Robby Sutton
Beach-View Sunset, Robby Sutton
Summer Promise, Savannah Fehling
Talk to Me, Jaydee Robles
A Tracker’s Dream, Kari Solum
Hidden Forest, Kari Solum
Let Freedom Ring, Amelia Risner
Routine, Rain Van Tassal
Face to Face, Amelia Risner
Celestial Victory, Amelia Risner
Back Then, Kaylee Glyder
Englewood School
Squirrels, Moriah Turick
Bald Eagle, Cody Pappas
Manatee, Betsy Hibbert
Manatees, Stephen Drozd
Our Environment, Sarah Deleon
Eagles, Thomas Grissinger
Bobcat, Kyra Lance
The Puffer Fish Lives, Kase Cicchella
Tortoises, Alec Bigness
Gulf Water in the Winter, Chandler Hucknall
Dolphins, Faith Jacobson
Snakes, Donald Jackson
The Gulf of Mexico, Alison Schlake
The Ocean, Morgan Fielder
Squirrels, Rory Shortt
Our Environment, Michaelah Park
Freedom, Miranda Hope Diaz
Our Environment, Reily Feustel
Fruitville Elementary
I Rest, Jose Perez
Ocean Waves, Zoe Verbil
An Angel, Taylor Eason
When I Get to Be a Dancer, Autumn Byrd
I See, Autumn Byrd
The New Kid, Lauren Mucci
The Sun, Rachel Ross
The Fisherman, Zachary Hough
Joy, Faith Bresciani
April, Jose Perez
Poets, William Wang
A Ladder to Heaven, Kiana Dodson
Scattered Poems, Ashley Waters
An Emerald Writer, William Wang
My Fragile Heart, Miranda Diaz
May, Ava Yturraspe
Me, Alexandria Anderson-Whittaker
Mice, Delaney Smelser
January, Kiana Dodson
A Gift, Abigail Kroneberger
A Colorful Hug, Maggie Dormichey
Happiness, Logan Finlay
China Poets, Caleb Williams
June, Ava Yturraspe
January, Kayla Shelley
My New Home, Ellie Tsuchiya
Manatee High School
A Little Something from Bryan, Bryan Hopkins
Transfixed, K. M. Heil
Untitled, Shazlynn Dunton
The Setting Sun, Caeli Kenney
Rain, Brianna Gaskins
On the Top of My Head, Juleah Butterfield
Swinging Away, Shannon Hamilton
As We Go On, Vince Circharo
Love Me, Emma Brandt
Apple, Sam Hooker
The Deer, Brittni Howard
Deep Creek Elementary
Mrs. O’Gwyn’s Class Fourth Grade
Roses, Adil Ibrahim
Unicorn Magic, Katie Spoonts
Water, Jacob Causey
Nature’s Songs, Melanie Mayes
Winnie the Pooh, Haley Fox
Autumn, Jacob Causey
Amusement Park, Lauren Jemison
Friends, Lauren Arnold
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