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Masticadores USA–A Book Review: One Petal At A Time by Joni Karen Caggiano

It gives me great pleasure to share my review of Joni Karen Caggiano’s poetry
book, One Petal At A Time with you, dear readers, and even more pleasure to
have it published at Masticadores USA.

A warm thank you to Editor Barbara Harris Leonhard for giving my poem a
splendid nesting place in her magazine on the World Wide Web and exposure
to my words. Thanks from the bottom of my heart.

Who is Barbara?

Barbara Harris Leonhard is an Amazon Best-Selling Author, Three-Penny Memories:
A Poetic Memoir, (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022), Pushcart Nominee, 2022, 2023;
Trending Poets- Poet of the Year 2023. She’s the editor at MUSA*.

For those unfamiliar with Masticadores USA*, here’s a #writerslift

  • This collaboration grows my reach.
  •  The English editions of Masticadores are breaking records in views.
  • Barbara shares that numbers are not as important as the gratification of writing
    and editing. However, big news! MasticadoresUSA has accrued 80,000 views and
    over 30,000 visits since it began!
  • In total, the Masticadores magazines (MasticadoresUSA, Chewers & Masticadores,
    Gobblers & Masticadores, and many other Masticadores issues across the planet)
    now have over 300 thousand visits this year and 800 thousand visits since the
    Masticadores enterprise began, according to our Founder and Head Editor, Juan
    Re Crivello. He says when we reach 1 million visits, we will have a party!!

Publication is scheduled for 4:00 a.m. CDT, today, July 20th. Please click the link:

https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/a-book-review-of-joni-karen-caggianos-one-petal-at-a-time-by-selma-martin

Thank you so much for reading it there.


I hope Joni finds the review satisfactory
and that the review has piqued your attention
for the lovely book that has already received
tons of accolades.

Selma Martin
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  1. beth

    heartbreakingly sad and beautifully written

    1. Selma Martin

      So pleased you enjoyed reading my review dear Maggie. Bee cool.

  2. jonicaggiano

    Dearest Selma, your review was such a heartfelt write, and the line across the top touched me so profoundly. It was hard to write about all these things that happened to me and often on days I wrote I also cried. It was difficult to think of those times as an older adult because while you are in the mist of what is happening you are too busy just trying to survive. As a teenager I stayed so busy working and studying while in high school and college that coming home and seeing a police car parked at the house brought unpanicked and steady questions for the police. When you get older you start to think about the things that happened and I wonder how how on earth did I survive? Then I think of my constant conversations with God. I know that it was God that got me through my childhood and young adulthood. Selma, I thank you for this beautiful review and most importantly your kind words offered to me as a child. I appreciate the sweet heart you have and I am grateful to know you and to call both you and Barbara friend. Love you, Joni 🙏

    1. Selma Martin

      Joni, you’re too kind. Hugs my friend. All the best in all your endeavors. Here’s looking at you.

  3. Cindy Georgakas

    What a beautiful review of Joni’s book and lovely plug for Barbara and MUSA, Selma!!!!❣️👏🙏🏼

    1. Selma Martin

      Shake the 🪇 maracas 🪇
      Let’s. It’s time to do it joyfully. Bless you for reading and commenting, Cindy. 🤗 and smooches like our Sista loves to say… you know who!

      1. Cindy Georgakas

        Yes, indeed. You are so very welcome always my sista from another mother.. I sure do… lol 💗😂

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