Don Pettinelli

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Date PostedPoemTitle# ViewsForm 
10/16/2019474 Free verse
08/21/2019409 Free verse
03/29/2019624 Free verse
02/19/2019482 Free verse
02/19/2019501 Free verse
09/02/2018565 Free verse
08/06/2018573 Free verse
07/07/2018478 Free verse
05/01/2018600 Free verse
04/30/2018854 Sonnet
03/21/20183523 Free verse
02/28/2018624 Free verse
02/01/2018892 Free verse
11/10/20171930 Free verse
11/06/2017659 Personification
10/23/2017444 Free verse
10/20/20171106 Free verse
10/20/2017881 Free verse
10/18/2017754 Free verse
10/07/2017765 Free verse
10/06/2017916 Free verse
10/04/20171172 Free verse
08/31/2017704 Rhyme
08/21/201716439 Free verse
08/04/20171694 Free verse
07/30/20171474 Free verse
07/29/2017798 Free verse
07/26/20171426 Elegy
07/24/2017928 Free verse
07/21/20171837 Ode
07/18/2017694 Light Verse
07/18/20171139 Personification
07/12/20171413 Free verse
07/11/20171529 Narrative
07/10/2017813 Rhyme
07/08/2017837 Rhyme
07/08/20172287 Free verse
07/07/2017654 Rhyme

Quotes

Quote Left Never say never until you try. You will be amazed at what you can do. Quote Right
Go to Quote / Comment | by Don Pettinelli

Quote Left Whatever mood you are in that is what you should be writing. Quote Right
Go to Quote / Comment | by Don Pettinelli

Quote Left The way you learn to do things shows the sum of who you are. Quote Right
Go to Quote / Comment | by Don Pettinelli

Quote Left A Poet who writes from the heart takes ordinary themes and expresses them in extraordinary ways using imagery. Quote Right
Go to Quote / Comment | by Don Pettinelli

Biography

I was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1944.  Graduated Mainland Regional High School, Linwood, New Jersey in 1965.  Served in the Army in Vietnam April 1966 to April 1967. 

Member International Society of Lyricists and Composers Inc Nashville, Tennessee 1974.

Member National Song Writers Guild 1975.

Twenty year veteran US Army July 1975 to September 1993.

Inrolled at South East Colledge of Technology Mobile, Alabama  1996-1997.

Sustaining member of the Academy of American Poets 2016-2019.

I am a member of a local Poet and writers workshop, we meet during the months of February and March.  This is my third year.

I joined Poetrysoup.com July 4, 2017.

I want to continue my passion for music and the Guitar.

I also have a love for Photography especially Landscape Photography. 

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