Author of Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022). Pushcart Nominated Poet 2022. Editor MasticadoresUSA.
Photo by NEOSiAM 2024+ on Pexels.com Thank you, Juan re Crivello and Elliot Rubin, for publishing my series of Haiku! And how wonderful to have a new Masticadores in Canada! Here are the first 3 Haiku. I invite you to visit MasticadoresCanada to read the rest. Thank you for reading, liking and commenting. Waiting The... Continue Reading →
Image by Dierik Leonhard 2024 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... Continue Reading →
Photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexels.com I have a poem up on Hotel Masticadores House. My gratitude to Editor Michelle Ayon Navajas! @poetrybymich How to Write a Poem Right by Barbara Leonhard A haibun a daykeeps the sonnets at baybecause in the haikuthe meter isn’t true…..If you need a chuckle today, you can read the... Continue Reading →
Thank you, Dagmara K., for publishing my poem “Early Spring Snow” on Spillwords! My Thoughts on the PoemIt never fails that snow falls shortly after the daffodils bloom and the birds are back, deceived by the weather that Spring has arrived. Snow can smother or buffer. The morning’s glistening mounds promise hope amidst a world’s... Continue Reading →
Thank you, Michelle Ayon Navajas, for publishing my sonnet today on Hotel Masticadores House! As you may know, tinnitus is ringing in the ears. The screeching sounds are all around me every minute of the day and night, and when I’m trying to sleep, the volume and pitch rise as though some unseen force is... Continue Reading →
I’m so delighted to have some poems in Volume 1 of this new anthology, edited by Christal Ann Rice Cooper and Donna Biffar. It’s available on Amazon. It’s 446 pages long and currently a best seller in American Poetry! Can’t wait to get the copy I ordered! $10.99 for paperback$3.00 for Kindle. https://www.amazon.com/Power-Feminine-Poems-Perspective/dp/B0CT5DL8RS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1706198735&sr=1-1 My poems... Continue Reading →
Photo by u015eeyda Hacu0131hasanou011flu on Pexels.com 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... Continue Reading →
Photo by Jan Koetsier on Pexels.com Thank you, Michelle Ayon Navajas, for publishing this fun collaboration by me and Nolcha Fox! https://hotelmasticadoreshouse.wordpress.com/2024/01/19/cow-cud-by-barbara-leonhard-nolcha-fox/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BH99FS2T
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 Slant Poetry Festival, offered by... Continue Reading →
Thank you, Juan re Crivello, for publishing my poem, “Sleep Sit”! ”Sleep sit” means “to rest from labor”. In this poem, I empathize with those whose lives are devoted to farming and working the land. https://chewersmasticadores.wordpress.com/2024/01/08/sleep-sit-by-barbara-leonhard/ @BarbaraLeonhar4 Amazon Best-Selling Author, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022); Pushcart Nominee https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BH99FS2T Facebook: Barbara Harris Leonhard /barbara.leonhard; Instagram:... Continue Reading →
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 