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Spillwords Press Awards! Little Squirrel is Thrilled!
My poem, “A Squirrel’s Front Teeth Never Stop Growing” has been nominated for Publication of the Year on Spillwords! Congratulations to all the nominees for that award and other Spillwords Press Awards! Can I get your vote? You’ll need to log in (accounts are free). Once you select your choice…
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Honored to be Interviewed by Collaborature!
It was fun to collaborate with Editor, Melissa Lemay, on this interview, published today on Collaborature! Thank you, Melissa! https://collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/01/clipped-together-bl.html I mainly discussed my books. At the time of this interview, I hadn’t found a publisher for my new poetry/ flash fiction collection, The Lost Book of Zeroth. I’m delighted…
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A Wonderful Review of Too Much Fun To Be Legal!
Thank you so much, Robbie, for your positive review of this light-hearted book by me and Nolcha Fox! So appreciated!
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With gratitude to Smitha Vishwanath for a fine review of Too Much Fun To Be Legal!
Thank you, Smitha, for your thoughtful discussion of our book. Writing this book with Nolcha Fox helped me over a hump after my book Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir was published. My memoir involved heavy grief work. With Nolcha, I was able to regain my sense of humor. Our poems…
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My poem “My Memoir as a Doll” was translated into Chinese by the scholar Yongbo Ma!
“My Memoir as a Doll” is a poem in my book Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir. I wrote it to express how I felt as a child paralyzed by measles encephalitis in the summer of 1958. I was six going on seven when my legs gave out one day. I…
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”Sonnet to Grief” is up on Chewers!
Sonnet to GriefIn Memory of LindaYou’re a flamingo stretching its wings to the rising sunA hummingbird gathering dew drops from my tearsand dashing about, like bees do from stamen to stamenYou’re the winter wind that left her burning lungsand the icy pond where she rests to extinguish a fireravaging in…
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FEED THE HOLY: A New Literary eZine
The response to my first submission call has been gratifying. People are eager to share in the healing process of self and society. I’ve explored the theme of feeding the Holy in more depth since you first saw the submission guidelines. I wrote the following, which includes credit to Martin…
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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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