Category: Ekphrastic Poetry
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“If I had an extra November day” by Nolcha Fox and Barbara Leonhard
I’d play in the leaves I piled up the day before, eat another slice of pecan pie. I’d light the candle in the pumpkin one more night. How nice to have an extra day of fall before the winter lays its icy hand upon the barren branches. A day to…
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Supersize Me — Spillwords
I have a new poem up on Spillwords. In April 2022, I participated in Wombwell Rainbow’s poetry-writing marathon during Poetry Month. I wrote a rough draft of this poem to the surreal image of an iceberg balancing on the edge of glass of bourbon. I thought about the ice caps…
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The Song of River Grass: A Video Poem
Thank you for viewing and liking this video on YouTube. My channel is Barbara Leonhard. Not too fancy! Please subscribe and hit the bell for notifications of new uploads! Look for this poem and video at MasticadoresUSA in the near future! Thank you, Gabriela Marie Milton, for accepting my video…
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My Mourning Heart by Barbara Harris Leonhard
My Mourning Heart by Barbara Harris Leonhard site: extraordinarysunshineweaver.blog@BarbaraLeonhar4 -In response to “Melancholie”, a Statue created … My Mourning Heart by Barbara Harris Leonhard Thank you, Gabriela Marie Milton, for publishing my poem on MasticadoresUSA today!
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Songs for Dusk and Dawn
SINGING with the SETTING SUN Release into Dreams As you set between the branches of the oak tree, may I see clearly how the day now dips its head, like a sunflower nodding asleep under your gaze. I give you, the setting fire, all that no longer serves me. May…
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New Year’s Blessing
The year 2021 has slipped into history, the bright spots and shadows all melted away. I see 2022 shaping up into something magical. Different from any year. New, perfect, stunning in its design. Magical, distinctive, one of a kind. It will be fast, like this year, but every moment sublime.…
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Soar
To all my peeps… some of my poetry and art for the new year! Happy New Year! May 2021 lift us to new heights! To soar! May 2021 lift you out of depleted soil.To soar. To soar in sun.Free. Free in sheer air,Where you dream. Dream.Not despair,Not dread.Not drown in…
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Blue Baby
My Ekphrastic poem, “Blue Baby”, written in response to the painting “A Woman Holding a Balance” by Johannes Vermeer, has been published by Vita Brevis. Thank you, Brian Geiger! https://vitabrevisliterature.com/poems/poetry-by-barbara-leonhard/ It’s interesting that this poem was published on Father’s Day considering the theme I propose. What is she weighing? Is…
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Sunday Best: phantom
My poem “Dark Apostle” ranked top of three best chosen for this past week’s challenge, Phantom. My sister, Martha Harris, created the digital image, “The Devil’s in the Details”. Thank you FREE VERSE REVOLUTION! (UPDATE: This poem is archived – the link no longer works – because FREE VERSE REVOLUTION…
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Dark Apostle
Rising shadows of flames, dressed in deep void, I arrive to burn the bramble of your complacent life. You hide inside this clay façade, live for self in idle pleasure, slumber in this carcass of addiction and desire. I hold you down as you writhe in agony, thrive on…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 