Category: Publication
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Audio!!! Guest reader Barbara reads her poem The Unwelcome Tenant for today’s 5 O’Clock Poem
I am honored and humbled to be a guest on Stephen’s site tonight. This poem seems to be getting a great deal of attention since I posted it, so it speaks to our concerns at his time of a pandemic. Thank you Stephen! Your kind words mean a lot. Image…
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Hope Was Not a Loss: A Story About Measles Encephalitis
Phoebemd.com is publishing a series of articles based on another poetry podcast I did on Podbean. You have seen this story of mine before, and I will tell it until I am blue in the face if it saves lives. Kids need protection – we all do – from the…
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Bloom – Barbara Leonhard
I have a poem up on Free Verse Revolution. (UPDATE: This poem is archived – the link no longer works – because FREE VERSE REVOLUTION has a new literary magazine. If you wish to access this link, let me know.)
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Podcast The Shape of Our Light
https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/the-shape-of-our-light-1585860479/ In this episode, I explore the shape of our light. Emotions can affect the shapes of water crystals, according to experiments done by Dr. Masuru Emoto, who wrote The Hidden Messages in Water (2001). He demonstrated that the shapes of water crystals are determined by the vibrations emitted by…
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Podcast Magical Mystical Nature
A new episode of my poetry podcast, Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul, is up. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/magical-mystical-nature/ In this episode, I take a poetic look at messages from our magical mystical nature that can help us to emotionally navigate the challenges of COVID-19. Trees, fireflies, dolphins, bees, the moon, the sun,…
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Grief: Healing Through Poetry — Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry
By Barbara Leonhard [This is the third segment of a 3-part series on Grief and Loss. To read the previous post, click here.] I processed grief over Mom’s struggle with Alzheimer’s through poetry writing. The fact that caregivers—such as myself and many other poets—can relieve grief through poetry supports my…
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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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Fire & Ice: The Faces of Grief
My poetry podcast on Grief: Fire and Ice, which shares my journey with Mom through Alzheimer’s will be published in segments on phoebemd.com. Here is the first installment. Check out her site. It is a source of poetry and articles on healing. We all need to bolster our immune systems,…
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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…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 