In Love With a Narc: Unrequited LoveBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron Unrequited Love In Love With a Narc: Unrequited LoveWhy didn't I turn and run the other directionWhen I felt no empathy, Nor genuine affection?Thought I would win this lover over, This sexy simpatico handsome rover.His double-messages took me by storm. He love-bombed me beyond the norm!But this Dr. Jekyll-Mr.…
Poems I wrote: My Backyard Bird-Haven Wildlife Menagerie
Backyard Bird-Haven Wildlife MenagerieBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron Photo by Frank Cone on Pexels.com Backyard Bird-Haven Wildlife MenagerieBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaronFor many years, I worked hardTo attract beautiful birds to my back yard.Feeding and watching them was healthy fun.By 2004, a Birder I’d become,Expanding my bird-feeders To sixty-one.My Birding Hobby couldn't be sweeter…Till I saw a squirrel fly overhead From…
Song I helped write: Short Creek/ Colorado City, Arizona-Utah: “They Changed the Name of Our Hometown”
Sing your song, Dance your dance, Tell your tale. ---Frank McCourt, Modern-day Dickens, Author of best-selling classics: Angela's Ashes, 'Tis, and Teacher Man They Changed the Name of Our Hometown* 1— They changed the name of our hometown the other day, But in the hearts of some Short Creek will always stay; The cliffs so high, the…
Poem I Wrote: Less and Less the U.S.
Less and Less the U.S. More and moreWe're less and lessThe U.S. we used to be.Inflation, stagnation,Illegal immigrationThe global economy,Globalists, and more Diminish our Democracy.Now, as I scribe this,"Covid 1984"Is controlling me! Who's pulling the stringsOf our Bureaucracy?I'm all for improvementAnd equality.But that's not what I seePresently:My U.S. is a mess,No longer free. Bring back the…
Poem I wrote: Cast Your Worries to the Wind
Cast Your Worries to the windby Stephany Spencer-LeBaron My Uncle Joel LeBaron's favorite maxim"Cast your worries to the windLet the rain settle them"Was keen wisdom"To yourself be kind"He'd often remind"Leave negatives behindWind blows them awayDuring your daily grindRain settles all in time"Dump the big boulderDon't let it smolderToss over your shoulderThings you can't shoulderKeep lessons learned The insights…
Quotes by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Writers Block
Point Blank: The point at which all thought leaves the frontal lobe and one comes face-to-face with writers block.~Dan Poynter WRITERS BLOCKPOINT BLANK: Point at which one's dry cartridge pen 'Ranges writers block "twixt gun and target." Stephany Spencer-LeBaron~~~~~~~~~Point at which one's brain is "shot" By the bullet of writers block.Stephany Spencer-LeBaron~~~~~~~~~ Doggerel, Blarney, 'n'…
Pieces by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: William P. Tucker’s Baby & Wife Left to Die by Cult Sister & Bill’s Buddy Stephen Silver
28-year-old Bill Tucker and 18-year-old Beulah Stephany Spencer-LeBaron de Tucker with our Six-month-old baby Asenath Marie "Where there's a will, there's a way." William James In July 1967, three months after my/our husband, William Preston Tucker/AKA: Bill Tucker (I say "our" husband because I was one of Bill's three wives), announced to the "church" he…
Pt 1–18: Esther LeBaron Spencer, Me, and Mormon Polygamist Cults Unmasked
A Memoir: FLEEING POLYGAMY: Out of LeBaronism into the Lightby Stephany Spencer-LeBaron PART 1:Esther LeBaron-McDonald Spencer:My Mother: Image “Mother! For love of thee it was begun;In thy most honored name today ’tis done.And though all earthly cares must ceaseIn that fair land of everlasting peace,Love aye is one, and they who love are…
Poem I wrote: From My Diary As An Adolescent Mormon Girl
I'm in middle row, 2nd to left Oh To Be Just Me!I was born some time ago Way out in the sticks In a Mormon colony in Mexico In nineteen-forty-six|My family moved to the U.S. When I was only one – Right after The Great Depression And World War II were done.We're now eleven kids,…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: My Hypnotic-Regression “Rebirthing” Session: Nascency in Mexico Down Past the Rio Grande
My Hypnotic-Regression "Rebirthing" SessionIn 1986 I learned it was possible to be hypnotized and taken back to the moment I was born. Being a curious person undergoing personal growth, self-discovery, and healing, I hired an excellent psychotherapist who specialized in doing psychological “Rebirthings.” Through my hypnotic-regression session, this licensed Mental Health Provider guided me back to the…
Pt 41-M: Ross Wesley LeBaron Sr and “More on” LeBaron Madness
Pt 41-M: Ross Wesley LeBaron Sr and "More on" LeBaron Madness Circa 2003: Stephany Spencer-LeBaron, age 57;36 years after fleeing polygamy and the cult "There are no heros. Only heroic decisions. You are never further than one decision away from making a difference. It doesn't matter whether it is a big difference or if it…
Poetry/Song by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: “In Mexico Down Past the Rio Grande”
Picnicking in the Canyons above Colonia LeBaron, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico In Mexico Down Past the Rio Grande by Stephany Spencer-LeBaronSong Version:1— In Mexico, down past the Rio Grande,I buried my diaries in the desert sand;Now they lie lost in a foreign land --Lost in LeBaron when I fled the clan.Buried my poems in the desert’s…
Pt 38-C: Farewell to Floren McDonald LeBaron: The Last of the LeBarons
Farewell to Floren McDonald LeBaron: The Last of The LeBarons FLOREN MCDONALD LEBARON The Last FarewellIN MEMORIAM "THE BEST IS YET TO COME!"(My Uncle Floren's favorite saying)~~~On February 17, 2019, Two months before his 92nd birthday, Floren McDonald LeBaron Left this earthly helm To join his family In a heavenly realm. Fourth youngest of thirteen children,…
Pt 38-B: Esther LeBaron & Floyd Spencer: Fights, Plights, and Physical Punishment
Pt 38-B: Esther LeBaron & Floyd Spencer: Fights, Plights, and Physical Punishment Silence only benefits the oppressor. Those who love truth, and want to help victims,are open to discussion and want to hear how to help better.” Brenda's Journey:Using Survivor’s Trauma–Help Don’t Harm My beautiful mother, the talented and creative brainiac Esther LeBaron Spencer I…
Poetry & Songs by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: Life’s Dash
LIFE'S DASH My Cousin the Famous Eddie LeBaron “There'll be two dates on your tombstoneAnd all your friends will read ‘em;But all that's going to matterIs that little dash between ‘em.”Kevin Welch LIFE'S DASHby Stephany Spencer-LeBaron 1- Between the dates of birth and death,There's always a little dash – To me it depicts life's runtime So…
Poetry & Songs by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Bio Ballads in Verse for Better or Worse
Circa 1958: 11 of my parents' ultimately 14 children(I'm age 12, middle row, 2nd to left) Bio Ballad in Verse for Better or Worseby Stephany Spencer-LeBaronI was born some time agoAway out in the sticksIn Mexico’s Rocky Mountain RangeIn 1946.Then raised in Mormon Fundy cultsWhere self-righteous hicksThink it sinfulWith…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: My Life’s a Wreck!
LIFE'S A SHIP WRECK! LIFE'S A SHIP WRECKMy life's a shipwreck! Or should I conclude That ship has sailed Like two ships passing in the night Coming unglued? I could say Life's a train wreck. Or has that train Left the station too, Like two trains Passing a wreck or two? I've lived a long time ...…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: The Sands of My Hourglass Figure
THE SANDS OF MY HOURGLASS FIGUREIN MY TIMEBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron THE SANDS OF MY HOURGLASS FIGUREIN MY TIMEThe sands of my hourglass figureGradually disfiguring meSay my time is almost up,I've little leftTo complete Life's journey.Still Time ticks away the minutesQuickly like handsOn my inner circadian clock.I can't make the sands stop,Nor my heart Pit-pattering tick-tockLike raindrops drippingFrom…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: BATTLE OF THE BULGE
BATTLE OF THE BULGE BATTLE OF THE BULGEby Stephany Spencer-LeBaron When it comes to food,I long for resistance –Stuffing to stuff holesFor Psychic subsistenceEndangers physical substance.I’m forced to keep grubAt a dastardly distance, Plus emend my daily existence.Food and I have a Con-coexistence:Victuals cause me hunger With perpetual persistence –That ever-gnawing craving For fattening ingredients.Attempting to outdistance Tempting incidents,I exercise with Herculean consistence ...Pacing work-outs With…
Pt 20-D: Ma, Pa, Me, and Polygamy On-The-Down-Low
Law 27 "People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a clause, a new faith to follow. Keep your words vague but full of promise; emphasize enthusiasm over rationality and clear thinking. Give your new disciples rituals to perform. Ask them to make sacrifices on…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer LeBaron : Ponderin’ ‘n Wanderin’: A Conversation With Self
The Thinker Ponderin' 'n Wanderin':A Conversation with SelfAt seventy-one I'm hungBy protruding nailsOn my ladder's last rung,Wonderin' what else I might've won.Should I try for more Before Life's done?Or should I commit to recreation,Cease ambition and aspiration,Cease trying to make more of myself,Simplify life, put struggle on the shelf?Thus I wonder as I ponder 'n wander.But…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: In My Time
IN MY TIME(A Stephany Spencer Doggerel Rhyme)In my timeI won’t give in, I won’t give up.I’ll let today’s mirthFill up my cup.In the darkest hours Of our imperfect worldI’ll look to the dawnAs day’s unfurled.Then hold up my hopeHold up my head.I won’t be troubledBy what is said.Placing one foot In front of the other I'll keep on trekkingWith sister…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
-LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES Does low self-esteemCause womanizers' chase?Is scoring Ladies All some MenHave going for their race!What the fuck then! Such lousy luck thenFor womenWhen the womanizers' journey Is playing the field, the pen.Then I'll never give in again ...Never yield againTo the self-serving "Little head" of little menSeeking fulfillment again.His dick but tips its cap And winks: Look!…
Pt 19-D: Esther LeBaron Spencer, Me, and More Perils of Polygamy
MY MEMOIRPart 19-D: Esther LeBaron Spencer, Me,And More Perils of Polygamy "The successful leader Is the one who makes The right move at the right moment With the right motive."John Maxwell Continued from:MY MEMOIR Esther LeBaron-McDonald-Spencer, Me,And More Perils of Polygamy, Part 19-C NOTE:I'm a poet but my medium is prose In parts of the following memories I disclose: I'm barely sixteen, parked…
Part 19-C: Esther LeBaron- McDonald-Spencer, Me, and More Perils of Polygamy
MY MEMOIR Esther LeBaron-McDonald-Spencer, Me and More Perils of PolygamyPart 19-C Circa 1962: Beulah/AKA: Stephany Spencer-LeBaron age 16 On our ranch in Colonia LeBaron, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico. Nearly all men can stand adversity,But if you want to test a man's character, Give him power. Abraham Lincoln MY MEMOIR Esther LeBaron-McDonald-Spencer Me and More Perils of PolygamyPart 19-CCOUSIN HOMER'S KISSIn Cousin Homer's kissThere'd be no connubial bliss –Though my first…
Poem/song I wrote: Pretty City Chic: A Bit o’ Bio in Verse
Stephany Spencer-LeBaron, age 38 Pretty City ChicDearest friends and fans,Please note: This tongue-in-cheek Song I wrote Isn't finished So I don't gloat,But pray my poem Won’t get your goat.It's late -- Blog due “mañana;” Check my song later on ... uh You'll find it “re-wrote”... Needs work is my last quote. But please enjoy what I wrote,As…
Poem I wrote: Pushy Prez
Pushy Prez Pushy PrezI'm repelled by your Attempts to screw me Onto the Volunteers BoardThrough arm twisting And emotional blackmail.'Tis a wonder my arm Is still in its socketAnd I still in control of My destiny and free will.Badgering me will get you Nothing but backpedaling --My pedaling backwards Away from you As fast as…
Poem I wrote: “Advice for Creatives”
"Part of the reason that people don’t become enlightened is because it’s punctuated by intermittent catastrophes." WordToTheWise Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. An axiom DARE, DEAR CREATIVES, DARE!by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly."Creatives can onlypresent works to the world... see their originations unfurled,if they dare---dare to fail, in order to…
Poem I wrote: “In Retrospect”
From Ma to Marie they competed with me Like free-wheelers in Bedlam Town. The devils had come ‘round to roost. It was All Souls Day in hell –Free reign was given the devil For a thousand years, And a ticket to ride My hide as well!No holds were barred.Could never let down my guard. They…
Original Sayings and Doggerel I wrote : From My Pen to Yours
Original Sayings 'n' Short Poems From My Pen to Yours I Think Mice Are Very NiceI think mice are very nice. Some people say they have lice ... Leave mouse tracks in their rice.But with pet mice that's rare. So I still declare, I think mice are very nice! ~Stephany Spencer (My first poem, age 8) PLEASE…
ABOUT
Bio of Stephany Spencer-LeBaron ~ Stephany Spencer-LeBaron is a retired teacher on her endless summer – a Creative: Artist, poet, performer, and musician. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico of American parents, she spent most of her life in the Western U.S.; married young, became widowed at twenty-one. Left with a toddler, she raised her while putting herself through College,…
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