Category: Writing
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Podcast: Grief and Racism Unmasked
I finally have a new episode up on my poetry podcast, Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul. Even though I have gotten some poems published, I lost my focus and momentum with the podcasts because I felt waylaid by COVID-19. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/grief-and-race-unmasked/ In this podcast, produced on Juneteeth, (June 19th), 2020,…
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Memoirs
My poem Memoirs was published by Poetry Curator on Poet’s Notebook. It’s a beautiful site with many features and even gifts for readers. I downloaded some free PDFs. Denise Fletcher, who publishes the blogspot site, is very nice. Thank you, Denise! https://poetrycurator2020.blogspot.com/2020/06/memoirs.html Image: pexels.com
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New Look for Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul
I notice that I haven’t completed a poetry podcast since April 2. However, as you can see on my WordPress blog, I have done some publishing. It seemed easier to publish in on line sites than on my own poetry podcast in my own voice. I have to admit, everything…
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Broken Womb, Shattered Soul: Living with Infertility (part 3)
The final section of my article on infertility is up on Phoebe,MD: Medicine + Poetry. Links to the other sections are provided. I am grateful to Phoebe and her beautiful site for being a major part of my journey with memoir writing. HEALTH | INSPIRATION By Barbara Leonhard | Featured Contributor [Click…
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Blonde-haired, Blue-eyed Adventures
Originally posted on rivrvlogr: Blonde-haired, Blue-eyed Adventures From March 1999 to July 2001, I wrote a series of stories for my daughter. They were eight short tales of the adventures of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed little girl, each written after the adventure and shared with her. The last was written after…
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PR for Poets & How Do I Promote My Books with Chronic Illness and a Disability? – guest blog post by Jeannine Hall Gailey
Trish Hopkinson My new book from Two Sylvias Press, PR for Poets, is a guide for beginning to mid-career poets to learn how to build an audience and promote their books! Think of it as a guide to getting read. People have asked me specifically about how do I, as…
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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…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 