Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver

EIF is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of Barbara Harris Leonard’s debut poetry collection: Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir. …

Coming Soon: ‘Three-Penny Memories’ by Barbara Harris Leonhard

When Mom died in 2016, writing poems about her helped me grieve my loss. My poems speak of many complex emotions. What connected us? Disconnected us? Was I a good daughter? Was she a good mother? All these questions haunted me even as I cared for her when the Alzheimer’s progressed, stealing the woman I knew as my mother. I hope this book helps many. I know that it helped me to set fire to several layers of grief. Now new growth is emerging from the ashes.