Category: My Mother
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“Grandmother Lilian” is up on MasticadoresCanada
My gratitude to Editor Ray Whitaker for publishing “Grandmother Lilian”, a contribution to his series “Women” on MasticadoresCanada. Ray’s current series on Women and his earlier one on Men are both fantastic. Please explore his blog and read, like, and comment on the posts. “Grandmother Lilian” is a memoir poem…
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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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Woman
This poem is in my first poetry book, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir. Woman for Mom Woman, how you portray your complex essence and ambiguity.You are a study of lightcast on the walls of your Self. Shadows border your brilliance.Your portrait is askew with flavorsthat you offer to guests enamored…
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Poems for Emily Dickinson
This post is late. I should have put it up on the anniversary of Emily Dickinson’s death on May 15. She passed that day in 1886 (55 years old). I wrote the poems while attending an online Tell It Slant Poetry Festival, which is sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum…
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A Busy Time!
I am so grateful for some recent publications. Lothlorien Poetry Journal published three poems, which happen to be from my book, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir. Mother’s Light”, “Bearing the World,” and “Ode to the Embryo that My T-Shaped Uterus Miscarried”. Thank you, Editor Strider Marcus Jones! https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/search?q=Three+Poems+by+Barbara+Leonhard Chewers by…
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World Alzheimer’s Day- September 21
When I told my uncle that Mom was moving close to me so that I could help her as she had health issues, my uncle asked me, “Do you love your mother?” His question sent me into a tailspin. I sought grief therapy to dig into the key life events…
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”Mother’s Light” and other poems about fertility and infertility up on SINDH COURIER
Thank you, Angela Kosta, for inviting me to submit more poems! These poems are from my book Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir, which is available on Amazon and other online venues and some bookstores. The poem, “Mother’s Light” first appeared in Anti-Heroin Chic by editor James Diaz. The poems I…
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Poems Published in Italian!
Thank you, Angela Kosta, for translating three poems from my book Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir into Italian! I’m delighted beyond belief. Here is a snippet. I hope you enjoy the translations in the rest of the article! The English poems follow the translations. EROSIONE Il giardino un tempo piantato…
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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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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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