Category: My Mother
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My Book Came Home with an “A”!
I happened to check my book stats on Amazon today. The Kindle version of my book Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir is back on the list of best-sellers in Poetry About Death! Thank you, everyone! I’m delighted. These stats fluctuate, so I’m tickled I caught an upswing! Having met and…
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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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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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Four Poems up in Lothlorien Poetry Journal!
Thank you, Strider Marcus Jones, for publishing my four poems written in the manner of Emily Dickinson. “As For Death” “I Wish the Words” “There was a Knock” “My Mother Haunts My Twitter Feed” I wrote the first drafts of these poems after attending an online Emily Dickinson Tell It…
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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…
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Contemplate has published “Marie Kondo Cleans My Purse at Starbucks”
Konmari took off with my purse of regrets. I see it’s been found by Contemplate on Medium. I subscribed to Medium a few months ago, but this year has been so busy that I failed to post much. Now I’m addicted. My handle is BarbaraLeonhard@meelosmom. Of course, I’m promoting my…
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Interview on Canvas Rebel
My appreciation for being nominated for this interview by Ingrid Wilson, who my publisher with EIF-Experiments in Fiction, and to the Editor of CanvasRebel Magazine, Editor Eric Garcia, who by the way, is a wonderful person to collaborate with. Once a book is born, it always needs support, much like…
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I would like to invite you….
…to a free online poetry event sponsored by Normal Public Library (in Normal, Illinois). I’ll be reading from my book “Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir” (Experiments in Fiction, 2032) and answering your questions. I’m very excited to have this time to share my poetic memoir with you all. The event…
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