Category: Publication
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“Pain Will Do That” Published on Collaborature
A Rengay collaboration penned by Nolcha Fox, Melissa Lemay, and me, has been published on Collaborature. Thank you, Melissa Lemay, for featuring our work! Here are the first three stanzas. Pain Will Do thatpain is the perfect weight loss planfood tastes bittereven cheesecake makes me fleeholding a pen too long—my…
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“Homeless Woman Applying Makeup on the Patio Outside Eatwell Grocery” up on MasticadoresCanada!
My Poem “Homeless Woman Applying Makeup on the Patio Outside Eatwell Grocery” was published on MasticadoresCanada as a reply to the submission call on the theme of “Women.” My gratitude to Editor Ray Whitaker. Homeless Woman Applying Make-Up on the Patio Outside Eatwell GroceryColor-stained hair, yellow as butter over crisp…
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More poems from the Anthology “Social Possibilities: Poetic Voices of Hope”
This week, I did a Barb’s Wordy Blurbs about Prolific Pulse Press’s new anthology “Social Possibilities: Poetic Voices of Hope”. I also have a Tanka poem and a Puente poem in the anthology. I used the anthology “Sunflower Tanka: An Anthology of Tanka, Tanka Prose, & Experimental Tanka”, compiled by…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Social Possibilities (Poetic Voices of Hope)
The anthology Social Possibilities: Poetic Voices of Hope (Prolific Pulse Press, 2025) is available now in Amazon. I haven’t read it yet, but I’m delighted to share the Amazon blurbs and a poem I have in the book. I’m sure you all can relate to the need for hope during…
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“Water Damage” up on Collaborature!
Thank you, Melissa Lemay, for publishing our Rengay collaboration “Water Damage” on Collaborature. Melissa labeled which stanzas she, Nolcha, and I wrote. https://collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/07/water-damage-nf-ml-bl.html Please take time to read and comment on other posts on Collaborature. Melissa is taking submissions. You may want to submit to her monthly contests. Check out…
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A Pet Memoir: Rainbow Bridge Train Stop up on MasticadoreUSA
I hope this memoir inspires you to submit your pet poem or story to MasticadoresUSA. This memoir is about our three cats, all of whom passed away over a period of two years. Here are the opening paragraphs. Please read the rest of the memoir by following the link, which…
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“The Bittersweet”: A World Traveler
My gratitude to Irma Kurti for publishing her translation of my poem “The Bittersweet” into Albanian for Gazeta Destinacione. Follow this link to see her translation. https://gazetadestinacioni.al/barbara-harris-leonhard-shba-perktheu-irma-kurti/ The BittersweetA leaf dances in midairwithout falling.What holds it—A tiny threadof a spider’s weaving?Am I suspendedby my dizzy, twirling? Uncertainty and fear?Or is…
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“Instituto Terra” is up on Chewers by Masticadores!
Thank you, Editor Nolcha Fox, for publishing my poem! Here is the note about the poem, which first appeared on Silver Birch Press. Because of our environmental crisis, I wanted to give this poem more visibility. The poem was inspired by the story of a couple in Brazil who regrew…
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“Ode to a Yard” up on Collaborature!
Yongbo Ma an esteemed Chinese scholar and the most highly regarded poet in China, translated my poem “Ode to a Yard”, and our collaboration is up on Collaborature. Thank you so much, Editor, Melissa Lemay! Thank you for following this link to read the collaboration… https://collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/06/ode-to-yard-bl-imy.html
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Published in an Albanian Anthology!
I have three poems in this anthology of poetry by 103 female poets all over the world. The poems have been translated into Albanian by Dr. Jeton Kelmendi. The anthology is available as an ebook. The English title of this anthology is Colors of Thoughts. Like I’ve said, little squirrel…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 