Author of Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022). Pushcart Nominated Poet 2022. Editor MasticadoresUSA.
Why does my book title, Three-Penny Memories, have the number 3 in it? Read on and then listen to my recording of a poem from Chapter 3, "Departing from Gate 3". When you see the number 3, what do you think of? This number represents many triads in our culture: mind-body-soul, birth-life-death, harmony-balance-wisdom, beginning-middle-end, and... Continue Reading →
This is the final installment of my interview view series with Thomas Whyte on his blog, Poetry Mini Interviews. The question this time is “How does a poem begin?” http://poetryminiinterviews.blogspot.com/search/label/Barbara%20Leonhard To illustrate what triggers a poem, I include parts of some poems from my forthcoming debut poetry book, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF -... Continue Reading →
Alison Wearing’s course Memoir Writing, Ink helped me to write my poetry book, which debuts soon on Amazon. Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF - Experiments in Fiction, 2022). Stay tuned for the cover reveal and other promos for my book. Meanwhile, if you are interested in memoir writing, check out Alison’s course. She’s a... Continue Reading →
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 