My poem, “Marie Kondo Cleans My Purse at Starbucks” has been nominated Publication of the Year on Spillwords. The poem follows. If you like the poem, would you vote for it? It would mean a lot to me. The poem is included in my debut poetry collection, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir (EIF-Experiments in Fiction, 2022). Congratulations... Continue Reading →
Submission Call!!
I’m the new editor for MasticadoresUSA, and it’s been fun to communicate with authors and publish their work. Take a look here. Readers have enjoyed poetry, prose poetry, poetic memoir, short memoir, and fiction from talented writers from age 14 and up. I would like to publish at least 5 times a week, so I... Continue Reading →
“My Gratitude: How an Owl Woke Me Up” by Barbara Harris Leonhard
Way back in the 1960s, my family moved to Roanoke, Missouri. Dad had accepted a teaching position at Central Methodist College (now a university). He…“My Gratitude: How an Owl Woke Me Up” by Barbara Harris Leonhard
Video Poem: The Caregiver’s Craft
https://videopress.com/v/e7Gd3BRe?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fextraordinarysunshineweaver.files.wordpress.com%2F2022%2F09%2Fimg_4045.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true I created a video poem for “The Caregiver’s Craft”, which is in my poetic memoir, Three-Penny Memories, now available on Amazon. For this movie, I selected a random sampling of photos of Mom mostly. The music is public domain, available on my iMovie app. I believe it was called “Hope”. The featured image is... Continue Reading →
Estate Sale
I have a new publication in October Hill Magazine, Spring Issue, page 92. The title of the poem is "Estate Sale". You can also read the poem here, (but the format is not correct. I don’t know how to fix it.) https://www.octoberhillmagazine.com/archives Estate Sale “When someone is missing, their possessions take on meanings.” – Claudia... Continue Reading →