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Best Lit Magazine Awards
Please vote for FEED THE HOLY. You can nominate up to 5 lit magazines on Chill Subs. Voting closes on December 7 https://www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag-awards Explore the journal. https://feedthehol.blogspot.com/ You can learn about the mission of FEED THE HOLY here. https://feedthehol.blogspot.com/2024/11/feed-holy-submission-call.html
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The Rengay Ladies Swarmed by Honey Bees!
“Honey Bee” is up on Collaborature! Thank you. Melissa Lemay! Follow this link to read the Rengay poem and other posts. It’s a beautiful journal. There are monthly contests! Submissions are open. Submit here. https://collaborature.blogspot.com/2025/11/honey-bee-nf-ml-bl.html More Rengay poems by the Rengay Ladies
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Treats from Robbie Cheadle!
On Treasuring Poetry (Part of Writing to be Read), Robbie Cheadle published an interview with Melissa Lemay about Melissa’s journal Collaborature, Melissa’s favorite poet and poem, and her collaborative poetry collection with Nolcha Fox and me, Broken Rengay: Unruly Poetry. Following the interview, Robbie shares her positive review of the…
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“Payne” Keeps Showing Up for Tea!
“Payne Comes for Tea” is up on Chewers by Masticadores. Thank you so much, Nolcha Fox, for this collaboration. As you said, you and I are a payne! 🤣 We could not have written our poems without Payne hanging around so much. “Payne Comes for Tea” is one of the…
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A Tiny Poem up on Little Chews
Thank you, Editor Nolcha Fox, for publishing “Orange Sun” on Little Chews. I wrote “Orange Sun” during an online workshop offered by Cheltenham Poetry Festival. Orange SunHalf-consumed by smoky skiesIt slips slowly into the billowing cloudsA life half-spentA life that wants to sleep forever.©Barbara Leonhard
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“Bringing Home the Bacon” by the Rengay Gals
Nolcha Fox, Melissa Lemay, and I are back at it! We hope you enjoy our new Rengay and then click on the purchase link to the Kindle book for Bro Ken Rengay: Unruly Poetry (Prolific Pulse Press, 2025). Paperback format is also available. Bringing Home the BaconPlease buy our bookIt’ll…
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Children’s Poems Up on Little Chews!
I’m delighted Nolcha Fox published my children’s poems for the Poetry Reading Project at a school for orphans in Kenya. I shared the first poem in my recent post on my blog. Please follow this link to see the entire post on Little Chews, which Nolcha Fox edits on LatinosUSA.…
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“You Beautiful Equation” up on Chewers by Masticadores
“You Beautiful Equation” was published today on Chewers by Masticadores. I am grateful to editor Nolcha Fox for providing poets and writers a beautiful home for their work. The poem is so short that you can read it in its entirety on the link below. However, give Chewers some traffic…
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A Good Cause!
I discovered a school for orphans in Kenya, founded and directed by Hillary Mainga. He invited me to submit a short poem for one of the children to read on Saturday for their weekly Poetry Reading Project, which helps the children to learn English. These taped readings can found on…
