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• Audio My Mother Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry Poem Poetry Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul Writing

  

  Erosion

  This poem is included in an article I wrote for Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry (https://phoebemd.com/2020/03/16/alzheimers-grieving-the-loss-of-my-mother/). The article is based on my poetry podcast Grief: Fire and Ice (https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/grief-fire-and-ice/). Erosion A garden once planted in spring, bearing life in shade and sun, is now tangled with weeds and blight. A…

  March 27, 2020
• Healing My Mother Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry Poetry Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul Prose Publication Writing

  Grief: Healing Through Poetry — Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry

  By Barbara Leonhard [This is the third segment of a 3-part series on Grief and Loss. To read the previous post, click here.] I processed grief over Mom’s struggle with Alzheimer’s through poetry writing. The fact that caregivers—such as myself and many other poets—can relieve grief through poetry supports my…

  March 21, 2020
• Audio Healing My Mother Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry Podcasts Poem Poetry Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul Prose Publication Writing

  

  Alzheimer’s: Grieving the Loss of My Mother

  Phoebemd.com has published the second part of my article on my mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. You can access Part 1 via the link provided before the article starts. These installments are based on my poetry podcast on this topic. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/grief-fire-and-ice/ Please like, share, and follow. Others with loved ones who…

  March 16, 2020
• Healing Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry Podcasts Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul Prose Publication Writing

  

  Fire & Ice: The Faces of Grief

  My poetry podcast on Grief: Fire and Ice, which shares my journey with Mom through Alzheimer’s will be published in segments on phoebemd.com. Here is the first installment. Check out her site. It is a source of poetry and articles on healing. We all need to bolster our immune systems,…

  March 12, 2020
• Audio Healing My Mother Podcasts Poetry Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul Prose Publication Writing

  

  Poetry Podcast on Grief: Fire and Ice

  I have another episode up on my Podbean podcast, Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul. This podcast episode is about grief and in particular, my grief over my mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. I describe grief and the havoc Alzheimer’s wreaks on its victims, especially Mom. In addition to my poems,…

  January 26, 2020
• Poem Poetry

  

  A Fine Coat

  Grief is a tailor. Each garment made to suit, buttons attached each year, hems altered, seams made strong by threads of time, pockets lined with truth.   Grief takes threads of every color in and out. Rage-red borders blend flecks of gold. It makes a fine coat so soft to…

  November 16, 2019
• Poem Poetry

  

  Status: Unfriended

  We took for granted those easy days, believing in bonds, implicit contracts, soul groups, & kinships. Hugs were warm & kisses real. We could smell the hot coffee brewing for the brunches.   Life…the miles… left us in the wilderness without food or drink or matches, only emojis, tags, and…

  November 4, 2019
• Ekphrastic Poetry Poetry Prose Tai Chi

  

  The Death of a Farm

  I submitted this poem to the July 2019 Ekphrastic Challenge, but it wasn’t chosen. I don’t have permission to use the image here, but you can check out Ekphrastic Challenge on Rattle.com for the exact scene. For this post, I chose some free images on pixabay to illustrate the poem.…

  August 26, 2019
• Audio Healing Poem Poetry

  

  Gaia

  This is the poem I plan to read at an event to honor Women’s History Month. Our Mother Earth is crying. May she heal, and may we all heal.

  March 14, 2019
• Digital Art My Mother Original Digital Art Poem Poetry

  

  This, a River

  This, a River This, a river, I am not lines but curves Winding around sand bars Creating islands  Revealed in low tide My current pulses life Tadpoles, carp, algae I smile in light Shimmering reflections I draw in birds to feed I am poetry for travelers  On barges I hold…

  August 15, 2018