Category: Memoir
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“Mother’s Light” – Up in Anti-Heroin Chic
My gratitude to the editors of Anti-Heroin Chic for publishing a poem of mine in this month’s issue. http://heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/poetry-by-barbara-harris-leonhard
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Poet Weaver
I am a poet weaver. Many of my poems are spiritual, for I love going within to excavate the bits of my soul that need reassembly into words. As a sunshine weaver, I’m also a collagist, assembling snippets of images into a new whole with deep meaning. Each collage is…
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An Honor
My poem Cooking a Life with a Wire Spine has been nominated for Publication of the Month at Spillwords Press. People can vote for the poem by clicking on the link. You may have to register for free to vote. Thank you!! 🙏🙏🙏 Update: My poem didn’t make Publication of…
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Cooking a Life with a Wire Spine – New Publication
Today, as a FEATURED post, Spillwords Press published a memoir poem I wrote about me and my mother. I’m so excited. Thank you, Spillwords! https://spillwords.com/cooking-a-life-with-a-wire-spine/ This poem is one of 63 poems in my first poetry collection, a poetic memoir of my mother and me. More to come on that!
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Such an Honor
Well Versed 2021: A Collection of Poetry and Prose accepted three of my poems. One earned Third Place in Poetry and another, Honorary Mention. The anthology can be purchased on Amazon. Thank you Columbia Writers Guild, judges, and editors! Honorary Mention From Your Son In Memory of George Floyd…
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Estate Sale
I have a new publication in October Hill Magazine, Spring Issue, page 92. The title of the poem is “Estate Sale”. You can also read the poem here, (but the format is not correct. I don’t know how to fix it.) https://www.octoberhillmagazine.com/archives Estate Sale “When someone is missing, their possessions…
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Memoirs of Denise Fletcher
Hello, my friends, I’ve been away too long! This year has been challenging as you must know. However, I am getting back into my soul work. Here is my latest episode. The theme is mental health, and Denise shares her journey of recovery with a lot of great advice and…
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Memoirs of Susi Bocks
I have a new poetry podcast on the Memoirs, of Susi Bocks. You can find it here – https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/memoirs-of-susi-bocks/ This episode features the memoirs of Susi Bocks, who courageously shares her painful upbringing by a dysfunctional and abusive mother. Grief and anger hide in wait for illumination when Susi’s heart…
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Memoirs of Ivor Steven
I have uploaded an episode featuring Ivor Steven to my poetry podcast, Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul. You can access it here. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/memoirs-of-ivor-steven/ In this episode, I feature the memoirs of Ivor Steven, who writes of his loss of his wife to Multiple Sclerosis. His poems reveal raw and…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 