Another Autumn
A good run of publications!
1 May 2017
I am so happy that I've had a good run of acceptances over the past few months....(and yes, a lot of rejections arrived in the same timeframe). Olive Press took "The Strange Behavior of Grief", Inscape published "The Secret of My Parent's Marriage" (see link), THE THING ITSELF will publish "Empty Nest" in their upcoming issue and Flint Hills Review will do the same with my poem "The Black Helmet".
http://inscape.byu.edu/2017/04/12/the-secret-of-my-parents-marriage/
http://inscape.byu.edu/2017/04/12/the-secret-of-my-parents-marriage/
Political Poem
17 February 2017
After the 2016 Presidential election results, my friend's family was so divided politically that my friend cancelled hosting Thanksgiving dinner. It was the inspiration for me to write this poem.
Thanks to Former People: Bangs, Whimpers, Arts, Culture and Commentary for publishing it.https://formerpeople.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/we-cancel-thanksgiving-dinner-after-the-2016-election-results/
Thanks to Former People: Bangs, Whimpers, Arts, Culture and Commentary for publishing it.https://formerpeople.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/we-cancel-thanksgiving-dinner-after-the-2016-election-results/
Poem in Themed Issue
16 Feb 2017
Silver Birch Press is doing a lovely job on their themed issue called ME, AT 17, including a photo and recollections of the memory along with the poem. They published my poem "Watching the Planes" today which is about when my high school friend Chris Davis and I would go watch airplanes land at the Spokane airport
https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/watching-the-planes-poem-by-yvonne-higgins-leach-me-at-17-poetry-and-prose-series/
Inland Northwest Poets
29 Dec 2016
Very happy to be featured with other Inland Northwest poets in a special poetry section of Spokane's weekly print and online newspaper Inlander. A huge thank you to editor Thom Caraway.
Interview in blog: You Read It Hear First
7 March 2016
I am honored to have been interviewed by Christina Hamlett about my poetry, my writing process, and poetry in general in her blog You Read It Here First, Conversations with Today's Authors. Christina’s credits to date include 32 books, 159 stage plays, five optioned feature films, and a plethora of articles and interviews that appear in trade publications throughout the world.
http://fromtheauthors.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/another-autumn/