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A Busy Time!
I am so grateful for some recent publications. Lothlorien Poetry Journal published three poems, which happen to be from my book, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir. Mother’s Light”, “Bearing the World,” and “Ode to the Embryo that My T-Shaped Uterus Miscarried”. Thank you, Editor Strider Marcus Jones! https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/search?q=Three+Poems+by+Barbara+Leonhard Chewers by…
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FEED THE HOLY Submission Call
I have my own literary eZine called FEED THE HOLY. In this post, I explain all about it and there is a submission call. I hope you submit! https://feedthehol.blogspot.com/2024/11/feed-holy-submission-call.html
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In the Midst of Hate….
Since the 2024 election results, I’ve been grieving about how divided our country is and how misled by fear we are. I’m sorting through my emotions, looking for hope. I cannot tolerate the Trump policies. I don’t want to summarize them here because I am certain you are informed. In…
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A Collection of Rengay Poems up on Medusa’s Kitchen!
Enjoy this tasty collection of collaborative Rengay poetry by Melissa Lemay, Barbara Leonhard, and Nolcha Fox! Medusa’s Kitchen For More of My PoetryThree-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir Too Much Fun To Be Legal
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“The New Girl” is up on MasticadoresCanada!
Thank you to the team at MasticadoresCanada for publishing my poem! The New GirlI pray to be a perfect work,a masterpiece of unchipped clay,to heal all wounds and scars,to run on strong legs once again, as a young girl, who sang and danced in fields of fescue stroking my legsand…
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I received a 2025 Pushcart Nomination for “Ophelia”!
It was great to wake up to an email from Spartan Press announcing that one of my ten poems published in their anthology, Rough-Cut Elegies, has been nominated for a 2024 Pushcart Prize. I’m grateful to the Editors, Jason Ryberg and Sharon Singingmoon. Ophelia There is a willow grows aslant…
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“You’re the Cream in My Cadaver” is up on Chewers!
Thank you, Nolcha Fox, for publishing this Rengay poem by the Rengay Ladies!!
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A Great Review of “Too Much Fun To Be Legal” by Aarik Danielsen!
Aarik Danielsen combined his reviews of Too Much Fun To Be Legal by Nolcha Fox and me with that of Walter Bargen’s new book Orwell at the Kremlin. I was delighted to this space with Walter Bargen, Missouri’s first Poet Laureate. I’m providing the purchase links for both books below.…
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“Spooked” is up on Spillwords!
Thank you, Dagmara K, for publishing this memoir poem on Spillwords! This haunting happened to me in my maternal grandparents’ house when I was 15 years old. I was visiting them that summer. At that time, my grandfather, BT (which he preferred to be called), had remarried. His second wife’s…
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World Alzheimer’s Day- September 21
When I told my uncle that Mom was moving close to me so that I could help her as she had health issues, my uncle asked me, “Do you love your mother?” His question sent me into a tailspin. I sought grief therapy to dig into the key life events…
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