Category: Memoir
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”A Squirrel’s Front Teeth Never Stop Growing” is up on Spillwords!
Thank you, Dagmara K, for publishing my double Haibun, “A Squirrel’s Front Teeth Never Stop Growing”. It’s a memoir poem about how my parents gathered for us but also had trouble letting go of their treasures. Here is the first part of the poem. Please continue to Spillwords to read…
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“Take a Knee” finds a home in Hotel Masticadores House!
Those of you who suffer from osteoarthritis know about joint failures and replacements. Surgeons want you to wait until your screams bleed because new joints have a shelf life. Taking a step is like trying to jog pulling an oxygen tank. Depression takes over. Although you know it’s situational, you…
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“I Find Myself in a Field of Henbit” published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal!
My gratitude to Editor Strider Marcus Jones for curating my poem today in his esteemed Lothlorien Poetry Journal. I’m so honored. Dierik took the photo of me in the field of Henbit after we did a hike of over 3 miles along the Missouri River on a trail he helped…
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Mom, I remember…
My tribute poem to Mom was just published by Grief Book Club. The anniversary of her death was April 3. Mom, I remember You were at my side when I was paralyzed with encephalitis & recovering from the coma I cried in your arms after school each day, learning was so…
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Reliving Grief at Poetry Readings
Sensitive Content: Abortion and Miscarriage I’m busy with final preparations for a major reading from my poetic memoir, Three-Penny Memories. the reading will also include a PowerPoint presentation about why my poetry book reads like a novel. I’ve been working on this presentation for months and even gave a version…
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I Almost Died at Age 6 going on 7
To commemorate International Encephalitis Day, which is on February 22, I have written an article about my case of Measles Encephalitis, which nearly killed me the summer of 1958. This article includes my personal experience along with information on both measles and encephalitis (brain swelling). I also advocate for getting…
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Spooked!
I have a new memoir poem up on Scuzzbucket! Thank you, Franco Amati, for publishing “Spooked”. This event was either a haunting or a shared dream. You decide. Thanks for reading! Have you ever experienced something like this? Here is the start of the poem, and I hope you enjoy…
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Grief and Joy Ride the Smiler
Grief and Joy Ride the Smiler The wacky 14-loop roller coaster ride invites laughter and loss. Grief screams and hangs on to Joy as though proposing. The reeling, a dance of ups, downs, ins and outs. Twists and turns. Joy loses her lunch on Loop 8, Grief, his last two…
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“Woman” by Barbara Leonhard is up on Chewers & Masticadores!!
Thank you, Nolcha Fox, for publishing this poem from Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir! As much as I knew about my mother, she was also a mystery to me. I wish I knew more about her life routines. Although I knew the highs and lows, I never asked enough questions…
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“Portrait of My Mother as a Young Woman” is Up on Contemplate on Medium
Grateful to Contemplate for publishing a new poem about my mother on Medium. I guess I’m still working through some grief. I was thinking about how much I knew about my mother and yet she was still a stranger. I wanted to see her whole life day by day pass…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 