Category: Poetry
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Alzheimer’s: Grieving the Loss of My Mother
Phoebemd.com has published the second part of my article on my mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. You can access Part 1 via the link provided before the article starts. These installments are based on my poetry podcast on this topic. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/grief-fire-and-ice/ Please like, share, and follow. Others with loved ones who…
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Podcast Water: The Sacral Way
Enjoy this exploration of the sacral way of water. Our steady and constant companion in various forms throughout the year, water reflects our creativity as well as our turmoil. Our emotional states are revealed in the many faces of water. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/water-the-sacral-way/ I share my poems “Listen to the Prayers of…
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MOON ATE THE DARK CHALLENGE: MOON EATS THE DARK – BARBARA LEONHARD
Originally posted on Heretics, Lovers, and Madmen: In a nest of owls, I awaken bare, bleeding. Talons pierce flesh. Stabbing beaks shear old skin, mincing fat and bone. I am released into cloud. Glossy wings unfurl. I chase stars and alight onto rays of petrified time. I scan marvel as…
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Podcast Measles Encephalitis: Hope Was Not a Loss
I have a new poetry podcast up on the topic of my case of measles encephalitis, which paralyzed me and almost killed when I was 6 going on 7. I went into a coma, had a near death experience, and recovered my ability to speak but not walk, I defied…
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Moon Ate the Dark Challenge: Moon Eats the Dark – Barbara Leonhard
Originally posted on Brave & Reckless: In a nest of owls, I awaken bare, bleeding. Talons pierce flesh. Stabbing beaks shear old skin, mincing fat and bone. I am released into cloud. Glossy wings unfurl. I chase stars and alight onto rays of petrified time. I scan marvel as Moon…
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Podcast The Art of War: Enter the Dragon
I have a new podcast up to commemorate International Women’s Day, which is March 8, 2020. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/the-art-of-war-enter-the-dragon/ This memoir is dedicated to victims of sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, incest, and sex trafficking, and murdered and missing indigenous women. I apply the teachings of Sun Tzu in the ancient Chinese…
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Poetry Podcast – Seeking Light: Mindful Presence
Hello, everyone, I have a new memoir up on my poetry podcast called Seeking Light: Mindful Presence. This memoir reveals how poets seek light, the mindful presence, in their poetry. Being present to the NOW fosters insights and promotes healing. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/seeking-light-mindful-presence/ “Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul” https://meelosmom.podbean.com/ (If…
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Poetry Podcasts on Kindness
My new two-part poetry podcast explores kindness and its antithesis, bullying, especially of children on the playground and online. My featured image is Izzy Dix, a beautiful 14-year-old UK girl who killed herself as a result of unrelenting bullying on social media. Before taking her life, she wrote a poem…
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Poetry Podcast on Grief: Fire and Ice
I have another episode up on my Podbean podcast, Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul. This podcast episode is about grief and in particular, my grief over my mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. I describe grief and the havoc Alzheimer’s wreaks on its victims, especially Mom. In addition to my poems,…
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