Category: Writing
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New Publication: My Hair Eats Everything
I’m delighted Spillwords Press published one of my poems. My Hair Eats Everything My Hair Eats Everything Silver pelage. Static cling Velcro mouth gulping my life. My hair, a pantry of my days. Famished patron of my past. It shows in my sheen, the shine Of a clean plate.…
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TP Haiku and Sunday Chat with Steve 3/15/20, the one where I thank old friends of the Cafe
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café: White square rarity What else can serve your purpose? No one wants to know ~ Em C. 3.14.20 TP Haiku Go Dog Go Cafe friends, baristas and guests… some of you may recall that the idea of an Internet coffee shop for writers…
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Broken Womb, Shattered Soul: Living with Infertility (part 1)
Phoebe, MD:Medicine + Poetry Has just published the first part of an article I wrote on my infertility caused by Diethylstilbestrol, or DES. Although this drug is no longer prescribed to pregnant women to prevent miscarriages, it has been shown that this drug affected not only daughters and sons born…
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Sunday Best: saplings
FREE VERSE REVOLUTION chose my poem “A Rocky Start” as one of the top three for the weekly challenge Saplings. (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…
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Avoiding the Tragedy: A Look into Disease Prevention
The final section of my article on measles encephalitis published by phoebemd.com. Thank you, Phoebe! HEALTH | INSPIRATION By Barbara Leonhard | Featured Contributor Part 1 – Hope Was Not a Loss: A Story About Measles Encephalitis Part 2 – Learning How to Walk Again: Barbara’s Story Back in 1957, the year…
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Learning How to Walk Again: Barbara’s Story
Phoebemd.com published the second part of my article on recovering fully from measles encephalitis. The link to Part 1 is provided. The article is based on one of my poetry podcasts on Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul found at meelosmom.podbean.com. HEALTH | INSPIRATION By Barbara Leonhard | Featured Contributor [Part 1…
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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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The Unwelcome Tenant
Today we are forced to sequester to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We realize how powerful we are when it comes to our wellness because we can make choices to prevent contagion by following the CDC guidelines and being loving to ourselves and thoughtful of others by wearing masks and…
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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.)
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 