Category: Memoir
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Marie Kondo Cleans My Purse at Starbucks
New poem up at Spillwords! Thank you Dagmara and the editing staff! This memoir poem is from my poetry collection in progress. I’m looking for a publisher, by the way. 🙏🙏🙏 This poem, as do many in my collection, explores grief, the Mother Wound, our mother-daughter relationship, letting go, and…
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The One and Only Real True Santa: A Memoir — Spillwords
The One and Only Real True Santa A Memoir written by: Barbara Harris Leonhard @BarbaraLeonhar4 I I was looking forward to the annual church Christmas party in the fellowship hall. 67 more words The One and Only Real True Santa: A Memoir — Spillwords Thank you, Spillwords, for publishing my…
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Instituto Terra by Barbara Leonhard (HOW TO HEAL THE EARTH Series)
Thank you, Silver Birch Press! Instituto Terra by Barbara Leonhard “Nature is the earth and it is other beings and if we don’t have some kind of spiritual return to our planet, I … Instituto Terra by Barbara Leonhard (HOW TO HEAL THE EARTH Series)
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Spotlight on Writers – Spillwords Press
My gratitude to the editors at Spillwords Press, Rebecca M. and Dagmara K., for the invitation to be interviewed. It was a delight and honor.
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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…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 