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Barbara Harris Leonhard

Barbara Harris Leonhard started writing at age 8 and was first published in college. Now that she has retired from teaching ESL, she has more time to devote to writing. Her work appears online on Spillwords, Anti-Heroin Chic, among others. This year Barbara earned both third place and honorary mention for two poems in Well Versed 2021. She is currently marketing her first poetry collection about her relationship with her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer’s. From that memoir collection, her poem “Cooking a Life with a Wire Spine”, was nominated for Publication of the Month on Spillwords in August 2021. This year Barbara was also featured in an interview for Spotlight on Writers on Spillwords. She enjoys bringing writers together and has been sponsoring open mics and readings on Zoom during the pandemic.

REVEREND RUPERT’S OBSESSION by Verity Mason

Reverend Rupert Dubois’ halo of blond hair shines golden with the sunshine streaming through the church windows. Light pours through the stained glass, hues of emerald and ruby ennoble him with a mantle of heaven.
His guardian angels softly sing, weaving their protective wings, urging him to speak the truth of God.
Joy soaks into his words as he rouses his congregation, shouting with gladness.
“Walk closer with God,” he proclaims, “forgive others, surprise them with little acts of kindness.”
“I ask you all to seek opportunities this week to help others, you do not know what troubles others have until you walk in their shoes.”...

Features

A Small Atrocity

…On Poetry and Fiction Just “One Word” Away (“Secrets”)

I Know I’ve Lived

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Norberto Franco Cisneros

Spotlight On Writers – Paula Puolakka

Interview Q&A With Barbara Harris Leonhard

A Small Atrocity

You Were Here

Door of Heaven

Penelope and Odysseus

Penelope

I Know I’ve Lived

…On Poetry and Fiction Just “One Word” Away (“Secrets”)

The Fall of A Phone

Richard Parkes Bonington – The Undercliff, 1828

The Great Thanksgiving Turkey Feud

My Dad, The Pied Piper

Ghost of Tsali Comes

Someone Called My Name

A Small Atrocity

Door of Heaven

You Were Here

Gentile and Jew