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Rengay Collaborations by Nolcha Fox, Melissa Lemay, and Me are Making the Rounds!
Enjoy these wacky poems by the Rengay Ladies! We had a blast composing them. The Google Gremlins are still giggling! The poems follow these links. Joy Comes in the MorningMy car wouldn’t start.I pushed it off a cliff and watchedthe luminous sunrise.Sunrise paid two bird tweets for my junker carand…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Samsara, a Poetry Collection by Shirani Rajapakse
This review first appeared on MasticadoresUSA. “Samsara” is a highly acclaimed collection of poetry. In 2023, it won the Boao International Poetry Award (China), was nominated for the 2023 State Literary Award (Sri Lanka), and shortlisted for the 2022 Gratiaen Award (Sri Lanka). Shirani Rajapakse writes poetry and short stories.…
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Maybe You’ve Seen These Poems Up on Masticadores Canada
Thank you, Ray Whitaker, for including two of my poems about my father on Masticadores Canada! Dad was always anxious and depressed. He missed the past, his idyllic childhood. He clung to his possessions and grieved his parents’ deaths. He was an only child raised in a house his father…
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Gratitude Reblogs
On MasticadoresUSA, I promoted Dawn Pisturino’s new book Ancient Voices: Poems About Ancient Egypt. When she reblogged my post, she surprised me with a boost for my new book The Lost Book of Zeroth. Thank you so much, Dawn! Our posts have sample poems.
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: Poetry Treasures 5 (Small Pleasures)
I’m delighted to have four poems in this gorgeous new anthology complied and edited by Kaye Lynne Booth and Robbie Cheadle. Other authors include DL Mullan, Jude Itakali, Ivor Steven, Robbie Cheadle, Michelle Ayon Navajas, Gwen M. Plano, Elizabeth Gauffreau, David Bogomolny, Dawn Pasturino, Maggie Watson, and Colleen Chesebro. Isn’t…
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A Review of Three-Penny Memories by Ken Tomaro
Thank you, Ken, for reviewing Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir on Amazon! I appreciate your keen insights! (His review follows my comments.) Grief work is a sacred process. When I saw my mother failing and begged her to choose a child to live closer to, she chose me. My uncle’s…
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“The Song of Lilith” – Translated into Chinese by Yongbo Ma
Yongbo Ma has translated the works of so many poets that I call him the Poet Laureate of the World. His reputation is highly regarded. I’ve published his poetry on MasticadoresUSA and Feed the Holy. I notice that his work is appearing in many other English journals. I’ll include links…
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Two Poems Up on Literary Revelations!
Thank you, Gabriela Marie Milton, for publishing two of my poems on Literary Revelations Journal today, April 6, 2025. One poem is “Lilith” and the other is a haiku she accepted for TRANQUILITY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF HAIKU, which will be released at the end of April. The beautiful cover for…
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Barb’s Wordy Blurbs: One Petal at a Time by Joni Caggiano
April 5 was the anniversary of the publication of Joni Caggiano’s poetry collection One Petal at a Time (Prolific Pulse Press, 2024). Congratulations, Joni! The title of Joni Karen Caggiano’s powerful poetry collection, One Petal at a Time, makes me recall what I used to say as a child while…
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Publications on Collaborature!
I’m behind on expressing gratitude for publications in Collaborature, Melissa Lemay’s literary journal. Melissa’s WordPress blog is Mom With a Blog. Please take a look and show Collaborature (and Melissa’s blog) some love! “Clipped Together: An Interview with Barbara Leonhard” This interview also contains a few of my poems. https://collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/01/clipped-together-bl.html?q=Barbara+leonhard…
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