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Once Upon a Route

Gas is expensive

About what?

If the city ever sleeps

The Telluride Post Card

The Healer

Welcome Home

Family Tree

The Going

You sound like the ocean

Between gullible and yearning there is me

Liquid Sand, Riddle Man

Ziggy

Enter an Ocean

Ambition

Salt.

Perfume

Vanilla

that’s the thing about poets

Good Year

Real

  • Cartagena

    by Stephanie Alfaia May 2, 2017

    She closed her eyes And whispered – I can already feel The icy brew melting…

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  • Dream Catcher

    by Stephanie Alfaia May 2, 2017

    I would like to be The breeze that fills your lungs Slowing your heartbeat to…

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  • Let me trace the Haire on Your Skin

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 27, 2017

    Blinking lashes A thought of you dashes Through the rainforest in my mind Your silence…

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  • Tongue Tied Twisted – Lust

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 26, 2017

    I remember darling When you spoke to me in Planets. When your accent resembled Pacific…

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  • Old Love, New Dreams

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 26, 2017

    “Carefully drawn And once was he with vivid colors Though the colors have faded As…

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  • Glass Half Full

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 24, 2017

    Pricked fingertips Collecting shards of glass Over flowing water. We have moved from Organization To…

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  • Damned Folks, Them All

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 21, 2017

    Define good. – Nice. – Right. – Sane. But only while you have me In…

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  • Imagined Dragons

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 21, 2017

    I have become comfortable In my own skin – The emotional writer, The girl who…

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  • Play With Me

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 18, 2017

    Come, Let’s play pretend I’ll leave my bra behind Tell you stories of Yester-one time…

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  • In The Zodiac We Trust

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 18, 2017

    Sparks in silence? Raw desire in his eyes Was it talks of felonies? The melody…

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  • Wildfire

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 17, 2017

    My rebellion Is a lit match Yearning for Kindle Glowing, Flickering, Quietly burning; Dreaming of…

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  • Horizon

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 17, 2017

    I can’t fall in love with the sky When I know nothing About the ocean…

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  • What is in a Name?

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 12, 2017

    I see Eve lost in the Garden of Eden Her fingertips trailing pink Bromeliads Her…

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  • The Untold Story of Romeo & Juliet

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 11, 2017

    There’s an alternate universe Where Juliet is lying on Sweet talking Romeo’s chest, Questioning the…

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  • Flowers I Stand For

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 10, 2017

    Alas, Spring! I can only find words for And yet sometimes I can’t. I stand…

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  • Speak to me in Floyd

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 7, 2017

    It was his hands. His strong yet soft grasp on the guitar. The way his…

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  • Gone with the Wind

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 7, 2017

    Scarlet O’Hara, You remind me more of myself Than I have ever been – Selfish,…

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  • My Demon Daemon

    by Stephanie Alfaia April 6, 2017

    My daemon visited me tonight. It pulled my hair into darkness Gripping its misericorde dagger…

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  • Tell Me You Do

    by Stephanie Alfaia February 28, 2017

    I can still smell you and the scent intoxicates my veins until they bulge darling……

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  • On Hope and Love for a SEAL

    by Stephanie Alfaia February 28, 2017

    I cried for you darling, as I settled into my seat, strapped my belt and…

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  • Homesick

    by Stephanie Alfaia February 28, 2017

      This morning I woke up with my right ear Pressed tightly against his warm…

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  • On Endings

    by Stephanie Alfaia February 28, 2017

    Seconds Minutes Hours Have now become days. Poetry cannot define the Suffocating Anxiety of waiting.…

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  • On Serendipity

    by Stephanie Alfaia February 28, 2017

    Serendipity Serendipitous You’ve been on my mind Often, Lately. I find myself wondering How to…

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  • An Ode to Another Ten Years

    by Stephanie Alfaia February 28, 2017

    “Isn’t it crazy that what, ten years ago I walked you home… and here we…

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  • Templates

    by Stephanie Alfaia December 23, 2016

    “People fascinate me,” she told him, looking down at her soup stirring inanimately.“I like to lose myself…

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  • To the Devil in the White City

    by Stephanie Alfaia December 22, 2016

    I don’t feel regret remorse is far from me, you see. Ophelia – am I?…

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  • Wishful Thinking

    by Stephanie Alfaia November 18, 2016

    I wish plain and simple was enough I wish my eyes didn’t spark at chaos …

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  • Because All the World’s a Stage

    by Stephanie Alfaia November 16, 2016

    Darling, you should know I have grown since Our stars have crossed. I have grown to…

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  • Bruxismo

    by Stephanie Alfaia November 16, 2016

    I find myself spending hoursTrying not to think of you.Telling myself to stop.Yelling at my…

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  • Disco

    by Stephanie Alfaia November 16, 2016

    You think you can cloud my eyes, Blur my mind into desire, And diminish my…

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  • On Long Subway Rides

    by Stephanie Alfaia November 16, 2016

    My mind needs occupationI must lose myselfIn my literary heroesAnd watch damselsBe savedFor I am…

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  • Ophelia’s Freedom

    by Stephanie Alfaia November 8, 2016

    Ophelia found herself crossing a road filled with lifted spirits. She smiled, to ensure her…

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  • Oh, Oh Junior – You’ve Been On My Mind

    by Stephanie Alfaia November 8, 2016

    Lumineers, OpheliaImagine dancing under the starswith soft yellow lightsfluttering in the garden.Moonlit smiles,my hand reaching…

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  • The Cuban Doppelgänger

    by Stephanie Alfaia November 8, 2016

    Dirt roads twist and turnLucero trotting beneath meWe come across a little innHidden in hills…

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  • Magus, Do You Dream?

    by Stephanie Alfaia October 16, 2016

    Sometimes I am walking Along an island shore  Watching the ocean kiss sand Feeling the…

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  • Go on, read into me

    by Stephanie Alfaia October 16, 2016

    Don’t try and understand Black ink on white paper Darling, In between the lines  Is…

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  • Lost in Someday

    by Stephanie Alfaia October 16, 2016

    Someday we’ll be somewhere Laughing without looking Behind our shoulders, Like star crossed lovers Faith’s…

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  • The Girl Dressed in Chandelier

    by Stephanie Alfaia October 8, 2016

    Please darling, let me Trace your tat with my tongue. Let me follow each dip…

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  • The Alternate Universe of Two Green Chairs

    by Stephanie Alfaia October 6, 2016

    Maybe somewhere we are walking down a road, you and I. Lost in innocent giggle,…

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  • Playtime

    by Stephanie Alfaia October 2, 2016

    I loved him. Not for the way he twirled me in  my blue princess dress…

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About the Author

About the Author

Hi! My name is Stephanie Alfaia and I write poetry inspired by my travels. As a Brazilian American and citizen of the world, my goal is to inspire you as our planet has inspired me.

I'm an avid dreamer, a hopeless romantic and an occasional optimist who wanders the globe in search of lessons, connections and stories to tell. My work dances, twirls and skips between the lines of fiction and non-fiction as our minds and hearts do, embellishing upon our memories. Some characters are completely fictional while others, are locals who have inspired or helped me in my travels. Read through and see if you can decipher the enigmatic world of words! Thank you for stopping by.

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Popular Posts

  • 1

    Enter an Ocean

    May 28, 2019
  • 2

    Between gullible and yearning there is me

    August 2, 2019
  • 3

    Ambition

    April 8, 2019
  • 4

    Not All Traveled Grounds Run Smooth

    November 18, 2014
  • 5

    Family Tree

    April 27, 2021
  • 6

    that’s the thing about poets

    January 29, 2019
  • 7

    Is My Take-Out Ready?

    July 2, 2019
  • Furniture is nothing but a commodity 

    May 17, 2017
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    Perfume

    February 21, 2019
  • 10

    Ziggy

    June 26, 2019

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