Category: My Father
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On Father’s Day 2025
Sunday, June 15, was a quiet day. Because I wanted to find a biography written by some relatives about my paternal great grandmother, whom we called Sweet Grandma, I was rifling through papers and came upon letters from my father. One read so much like a poem that I had…
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Little Squirrel is Getting Around! 🐿️
My gratitude to Irma Kurti for making this publication of “A Squirrel’s Front Teeth Never Stop Growing” possible in Quick World News in Kosovo. Run, Little Squirrel, run quickly! The poem is a double haibun. You may have seen it posted on my blog because it won Publication of the…
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Maybe You’ve Seen These Poems Up on Masticadores Canada
Thank you, Ray Whitaker, for including two of my poems about my father on Masticadores Canada! Dad was always anxious and depressed. He missed the past, his idyllic childhood. He clung to his possessions and grieved his parents’ deaths. He was an only child raised in a house his father…
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My Gratitude for the Best of the Net Nomination for 2025!
Thank you Michelle Ayon Navajas for nominating my mythic poem “The Battle of Lake Michigan” for Best of the Net 2025! I’m truly honored and humbled to be included among these amazing nominees. Read on for the reblog of the nominations made by Michelle Ayon Navajas (Editor of Hotel Masticadores…
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“A Squirrel’s Front Teeth Never Stop Growing” – Publication of the Month of May on Spillwords!
I was gobsmacked to learn that my poem won Publication of the Month of May on Spillwords. I’m truly grateful to all of you who voted for the poem. Because the other works that were nominated were powerful and amazing, I am humbled by this news.Thank you, Dagmara K, for…
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My Fable “ The Battle of Lake Michigan” is up on Hotel Masticadores!
My gratitude to Editor Michelle Ayon Navajas for publishing my fable. I imagined my dad playing on the shore of Lake Michigan just outside his home in Escanaba, Michigan, way back in late 20s. He was an only child. I always loved visiting my grandparents and playing on the same…
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Can Squirrels win Publication of the Month on Spillwords?
Spillwords.com announced the nominations for Publication of the Month of May! My poem “A Squirrel’s Front Teeth Never Stops Growing” was nominated. The competition includes some fine poets and writers. Congratulations all! ♥️🎈🍾🌺🌹 Check out these amazing nominees. Voting ends on May 29. Thank you for your vote! My poem…
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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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”Estate Sale” up on Hotel Masticadores House
Thank you, Juan Re Crivello, for publishing this memoir poem about my father, who was unable to let go of worry and fear. Also, he was haunted by his idyllic past, an only son growing up on Lake Michigan in Escanaba, Michigan, in this cozy house built by his father.…
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“Estate Sale” up on Hotel
Thank you, Juan Re Crivello, for publishing this memoir poem about my father on Hotel. Amazon Best-Selling Author, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022); Pushcart Nomineehttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BH99FS2T Facebook: Barbara Harris Leonhard /barbara.leonhard; Instagram: @meelosmom123
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