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Sam Pierstorff

T-Shirt View

Sam Pierstorff

T-ShirtView Wear Your Pride I love wearing my Modesto gear.   One of my all time favorite Modesto shirts is my ...

All Ages View

Sam Pierstorff

AllAgesView By Sofia Johnson After crossing the days off my calendar until 2020 would be over, the new year is ...

Food & Wine View: The Patio is the New Star!

Sam Pierstorff

Food and Drink View: The Patio is the New Star! By Chris Murphy Well, the bars are not open and ...

Arts Grants Given

Sam Pierstorff

Grants made to arts organizations supporting people of color Although COVID-19 has put a damper on many arts activities, our ...

February Greetings Friends

Sam Pierstorff

Greetings Friends, First off, an apology. I got drilled with COVID in December. It took out my family, my friends, ...

PoetryView – Love in the Time of Coronavirus

Sam Pierstorff

Love-in-the-Time-of-Coronavirus.docx Love in the Time of Coronavirus by Sam Pierstorff, @njapoet Six feet feels like a hundred miles when handshakes ...

PoetryView – Fireworks

Sam Pierstorff

PoetryView by Sam Pierstorff FIREWORKS We stuffed them in mailboxes, lit the fuses and ran like hell as white-haired men— ...

PoetryView – 26.2 Mile Run

Sam Pierstorff

Dear 26.2-Mile Run by Sam Pierstorff, #NinjaPoet I have been drinking a lot lately, slugging shots of honey whiskey, watching ...

PoetryView – House Outside our Homes

Sam Pierstorff

PoetryView by Sam Pierstorff The House Outside our Homes I. The four walls pucker the way cheeks do when the ...

PoetryView – Learning to Ride

Sam Pierstorff

Learning to Ride —Sam Pierstorff As a father, you never want to push your daughter away, but sometimes you have ...

PoetryView -Why I Don’t Write Love Poems

Sam Pierstorff

PoetryView by Sam Pierstorff Why I Don’t Write Love Poems There’s always the concern that you’re thinking more about her ...

Poetry View – Dear 2015

Sam Pierstorff

Dear 2015 by Sam Pierstorff You were not my first year, and you will certainly not be my last, but ...

PoetryView – Dear Syrian Refugees

Sam Pierstorff

Dear Syrian Refugees, By Sam Pierstorff You are welcome in my home. Not everyone welcomes you, not in their country, ...

PoetryView – Goodnight Moon

Sam Pierstorff

PoetryView By Sam Pierstorff Award winning ninja poet and MJC English Professor and Poet Laureate- ModestoView Goodnight Moon From outside ...

PoetryView – Let the Games Begin

Sam Pierstorff

Let The Games Begin by Sam Pierstorff This is for the first letter learned—etched with a fist around a blunt ...