Category: Publication
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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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Why Does Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir Read Like a Novel?
On October 4, 2023, I presented a poetry reading to the Garden of Neuro Institute’s Poetry Circle. I explained what motivated my poetry collection and how I made it read like a novel. There’s a power point presentation with links. Copyright 2023 Barbara Leonhard Amazon Best-Selling Author, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic…
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Marie Kondo Cleans My Purse at Starbucks by Barbara Leonhard
Thank you, Juan Re Crivello, for publishing my poem “Marie Kondo My Purse at Starbucks” on Gobblers. This poem is from my debut poetry collection, “Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir” (EIF – Experiments in Fiction, 2022). It appears toward the end of the book, when it is time for me…
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“Ruby’s Loss” up on Hotel
Thank you, Juan Re Crivello, for publishing “Ruby’s Loss” on Hotel. I wrote it during a workshop on writing poetry inspired by colors, taught by Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld in the Garden of Neuro Institute. You can explore the Garden on the Mighty App.
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”Estate Sale” up on Hotel Masticadores House
Thank you, Juan Re Crivello, for publishing this memoir poem about my father, who was unable to let go of worry and fear. Also, he was haunted by his idyllic past, an only son growing up on Lake Michigan in Escanaba, Michigan, in this cozy house built by his father.…



