Tag: Love
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“Grandmother Lilian” is up on MasticadoresCanada
My gratitude to Editor Ray Whitaker for publishing “Grandmother Lilian”, a contribution to his series “Women” on MasticadoresCanada. Ray’s current series on Women and his earlier one on Men are both fantastic. Please explore his blog and read, like, and comment on the posts. “Grandmother Lilian” is a memoir poem…
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Woman
This poem is in my first poetry book, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir. Woman for Mom Woman, how you portray your complex essence and ambiguity.You are a study of lightcast on the walls of your Self. Shadows border your brilliance.Your portrait is askew with flavorsthat you offer to guests enamored…
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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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“Too Much Fun To Be Legal” by Nolcha Fox and Barbara Leonhard
Too Much Fun To Be Legal Author: Nolcha Fox and Barbara Leonhard Poetry by Women; Poetry Themes & Styles ISBN 978-1962077071 Format: Paperback, 5.0″ x 8.0″ Publication Date: August 3, 2024 Pages: 114 List Price: $9.99 available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online stores. Garden of Neuro Publishing…
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Poems Translated into Albanian by Angela Kosta & Published in an Albanian Anthology!
I would like to thank Angela Kosta for translating three of my poems into Italian and Albanian. I have fallen behind on reblogging all the publications of the poems in those languages. They’ve made the rounds in various online and print magazines abroad. Angela has an amazing repertoire of venues…
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“I Find Myself in a Field of Henbit” published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal!
My gratitude to Editor Strider Marcus Jones for curating my poem today in his esteemed Lothlorien Poetry Journal. I’m so honored. Dierik took the photo of me in the field of Henbit after we did a hike of over 3 miles along the Missouri River on a trail he helped…
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Mom, I remember…
My tribute poem to Mom was just published by Grief Book Club. The anniversary of her death was April 3. Mom, I remember You were at my side when I was paralyzed with encephalitis & recovering from the coma I cried in your arms after school each day, learning was so…
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“One Petal at a Time” by Joni Karen Caggiano: My Review
I was honored and delighted to write a review of Joni Caggiano’s stunning debut poetry collection, One Petal at a Time (Prolific Pulse Press, 2024). It’s published on MasticadoresUSA. I invite you to go there to read the review and preorder the book on Amazon. The details are in the…
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Grief and Joy Ride the Smiler
Grief and Joy Ride the Smiler The wacky 14-loop roller coaster ride invites laughter and loss. Grief screams and hangs on to Joy as though proposing. The reeling, a dance of ups, downs, ins and outs. Twists and turns. Joy loses her lunch on Loop 8, Grief, his last two…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 