Photo by NEOSiAM 2024+ on Pexels.com Thank you, Juan re Crivello and Elliot Rubin, for publishing my series of Haiku! And how wonderful to have a new Masticadores in Canada! Here are the first 3 Haiku. I invite you to visit MasticadoresCanada to read the rest. Thank you for reading, liking and commenting. Waiting The... Continue Reading →
“I’m no poetry groupie” is live on Hotel Masticadores House!
Nolcha Fox and I have another poetry collaboration up on Hotel! Thank you, Michelle Ayon Navajas, for appreciating our goofy creations! Here is the opening verse, written by Nolcha. Mine are in italics. I’m no poetry groupieeven though I loveto meet online withfellow poets, lovecollaborations.Words flow bestwhen I’m alone.Images turn intopoems whenthis old lonerbasks in... Continue Reading →
New Collaboration up on Masticadores & India!
Photo by Eric Sanman on Pexels.com My gratitude to Editor Abhilash Fraizer for publishing “Hiking with Haikus” by Nolcha Fox and me. There are five Haikus, but the spacing between them is missing. Here is part of the poem. Nolcha wrote the first Haiku, I did the second one, and we alternated verses. Hiking with... Continue Reading →
“I Find Myself in a Field of Henbit” published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal!
Image by Dierik Leonhard 2024 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... Continue Reading →
Eclipse Album: You’re Cordially Invited
The 2024 Eclipse as Seen Through a Colander. Doesn’t the image appear ancient? Dierik and I wanted to see the eclipse without traveling. I hear some places were charging $900 a night. Being in large crowds or stuck in slow traffic didn’t sound appealing. We decided to forego the chance to see the full eclipse... Continue Reading →
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 challenging after encephalitis, & the... Continue Reading →
How to Write a Poem Right: Don’t tell Shakespeare!
Photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexels.com I have a poem up on Hotel Masticadores House. My gratitude to Editor Michelle Ayon Navajas! @poetrybymich How to Write a Poem Right by Barbara Leonhard A haibun a daykeeps the sonnets at baybecause in the haikuthe meter isn’t true…..If you need a chuckle today, you can read the... Continue Reading →
“One Petal at a Time” by Joni Karen Caggiano: My Review
Cover and Interior Art by Francisco Bravo Cabrera (also Known as Bodo Vespaciano) 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... Continue Reading →
Party Hearty—My New Collaboration with Nolcha Fox is up On HOTEL Masticadores!
Thank you, Esteemed Editor Michelle Ayon Navajas, for publishing our poem “Party Hearty” on HOTEL Masticadores! Party Hearty by Barbara Leonhard and Nolcha Fox Rona woke up on the right side of the saddle. Felt hoarse. Coughed up phlegm the color of runny yolks. “Good day for a party. They love Worry woke up on the... Continue Reading →
Poem up on Hotel Masticadores!
Thank you, Michelle Ayon Navajas, for publishing “Birth Name”, a collaboration by Nolcha Fox and me. Nolcha and I had fun spinning verses on Google Drive, responding to each other’s new verses daily for a period of time. Hope you like this poem! Here is the start of the poem. Nolcha’s verses are regular font... Continue Reading →