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.…
Poem/song I wrote: A New Day’s Dawning
A New Day’s Dawning: By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron 1- I feel bad, I feel blue, Sad because this day is through; Still so much left to do; But tomorrow I'll start anew. For God gives, and God takes. Every day is a gift God makes. Too soon my life will be through, But Blues, be off…
Poem I wrote: Ultimately In Eternity
Ultimately in EternityI know God loves us all the same,And we all partake of joy and pain,Free will and choice, loss and gain;Plus a chance to Journey to the water's main,Drink and make a memorable name;And understanding of all things attain.God gives so much for free;And carries us when we're weakly.Though the journey's never easy,Lessons…
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…
Poems/doggerel I wrote: Notes, Quotes, Jokes; Pokes, ‘n’ Anecdotes
Bimbo Weeps: I'm sittin' alone in the moonlight, At the Heartbreak Hotel Café, Abandoned by women and men; And here's all I have to say: “I’ll never eat garlic nor onions again -- Not till my dying day --They've driven my possible friends away; Kept romance and intimacy at bay!"By Stephany Spencer BIG LOVE Bimbo…
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…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Agenda 2021/2030 and End-times Fate
Agenda 2021/2030 and End-Times FateBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaronIf the Globalists' Agenda to dominate Vaccinate and exterminate succeedsBy 2028 we'll no longer be allowed To congregate.This will ensure We no longer hook-upMeet nor copulateSo humans will ceaseTo propagateTest-tube babies will Take the cake.By the time Enough sheople finally awake,It will be far and away too late –The Cabalist takeover Will have sealed our fate. Extraterrestrials and Satanists Sanguineously…
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…
Poetry/Song by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: “Painted Spring:” Take-off from Spanish Traditional Song “De Colores”
A Lesson Too Late In The Learning: Write It or Regret It Recently, at the California Writers Club, a fellow poet and guest speaker, Deborah Edler Brown, advised: "At the moment of inspiration, record it. Don't wait! For it's like babies lost you can never retrieve if you don't record your inspiration when it comes."…
Poetry & Songs by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: HAPPY NEW YEAR MEDLEY
HAPPY NEW YEAR!2025 IS HERE!! By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron(to tune of Auld Lang Syne)1- Now 2025 is here,We're all one year older;Everyone has grown;We're now much bolder.So let's make a resolutionTo not be the problem –Only the solutionTo our problems, Every one!2- Let's spread hope and good cheerFrom here till December,'Cause when all's said and done,That's what we remember.Chorus:So Happy…
Poetry & Songs by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: Thanksgiving Day Medley
Our First Thanksgiving Day:A Thanksgiving MedleyBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron OUR FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY:A Thanksgiving Day Medley(Sung to Traditional tune"Thanksgiving Day" *)Across the Atlantic Ocean, A long time ago,Came Pilgrims on the Mayflower,A New World to know.Freedom of religionWas what they sought;Starvation and illnessWere problems they fought.But the people worked together,And friendly Indians taughtThese Pilgrims how to live…
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,…
Review By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: The Sound of Gravel, a Memoir by Ruth Wariner
NOTE: The following is a Review of The Sound of Gravel, a Memoir by my cousin Ruth Wariner. ("Wariner" is Ruth's mother's maiden name. My mother's brother self-proclaimed Prophet Joel LeBaron was Ruth's father.) By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron:I've read once, listened thrice to Ruth Wariner's book, The Sound of Gravel, giving it higher ratings with each…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Prose The New Poetry
Prose Is the New Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron Photo by Nu00f3ra Zahradnu00edk on Pexels.com A poem is never finished. PROSE IS THE NEW POETRYPart OneDearest Friend,Says VoltairTo hold a pen is to be at war.And don't we know it If we are a lyrical poet!For today's fake poetsHave taken the lion's share. With pen in hand And lack…
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: Comedians Madigan and Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan Madigan and Gaffigan By Stephany Spencer-LeBaronBrilliant Comedian Jim GaffiganMakes me laugh then laugh again. His moniker “Mr. Universe"He has earned thru action and verse –He's a dynamo driving forward in reverse!Most comedians lewdly gesture and curse.Their Acts are loaded with smut and worse.Lacking enough humor that isn't lame, They employ obscenities –They show…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: Lovely Lively Lizards
LOVELY LIVELY LIZARDS:The Best Things in Life Are FreeI detest supporting lazy lizards –Leeches, losers, Welfare abusers.Socialism is Welfare for Users.And it's NOT free.So loafing lizards,Penniless-paupers,Down-and-out dizzards,Jump-start yer rump,Produce some gump, Use your gizzard,Get off Welfare –Be scissored!A sloganHumbly delivered: Be part of the solution,Not Pollution Blizzard.I LOVE living lizards literally! :)- While loafers use Society,These…
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…
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!…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Tips From Tony: Emote the Emotion
TIPS FROM TONY:Emote the Emotionby Stephany Spencer-LeBaronEmote the emotionOver-and-overYou want to feelSays Tony Robbins,Motivational Speaker And guru like Doctors Dyer and Phil. Says Tony:To change our emotion Change our motion.We’re at the wheel.Changing physiologyChanges emotions.It's a done deal.Stand tall and proudWhen feeling afraid.Sing a happy tuneTo also aid.Sitting erect when feeling badOr turning frowns upside downWhen…
Poem I wrote: Cougar Lives To Love Another Day
Cougar lives to love another day Cougar Lives to Love Another DayBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron2008Hey King Kay, Your cougar lives To love another day,To further bond With wondrous King Kay.Cougaress never dreamed It could be this way: First he was her friend, Then her boyfriend; Now her husband – Her Kind King Kay.Cougaress lives for him each day.People call her a cougar.You've robbed the…
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 I wrote: Dr. Kwak Treats Gullibles Galore!
Dr. Kwak Treats Gullibles Galore! by Stephany Spencer-LeBaronA Quack and a sucker is born every Second. DR. KWAK Quacks’ Doctor plaques Hanging on their door, Ought to read: ~$$~ DR. KWAK Treats Gullibles Galore! ~$$~ Medical Malpractice and Pharmaceutical quackery Make Health costs soar; And add to suffering, Cutting to the core. Some MDs aren't better. Is your…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Fred Morrow Plumbing: Super Savings on Sewer Sub-Meters!
Fred Morrow Poets forFred Morrow Plumbing:*Savings on Sewer Sub-Meters –They've installed hundreds of meter readers! It's a first class, first choiceContractor’s corporation–In my humble opinionBest Plumbers in the nation I hired Fred MorrowSo won't be sorry tomorrow –Did my homeworkNow I'll not repent in sorrow. Morrow’s super Plumber StalIn-stal-led my sewer sub-meter machine.‘Twas some of…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: Do You Dig?
Do You Dig?To find enlightenmentand succeed in life’s journeytoward individuation and edification,we might participate inan inner archaeological dig. Assisting Workshops are found under"Soul-Searching Archaeology,"offered free at The College of Life,and Hard Knox University.Do you “dig”? These workshops includea certain kind of digginginto our inner archaeological riggingto discover, then uncover our intrinsic self —our weaknesses, specialness,…
Poem I wrote and a Review of the California Writers Club Anniversary Anthology, “Cascade of Pearls”
Ode to The California Writers Club: The California Writers Club is our oyster, And writers the pearls polished within her. Stephany Spencer 2016 2016 marked the 30th anniversary -- The Pearl Anniversary of The California Writers Club: San Fernando Valley Branch. For thirty years, This club's been our "oyster" ranch, And we members Pearls growing within her dance, Polishing…
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…
Some of My Pieces Published 2007–2008 in the California Writers Club “The Scribe”
* NOTE: I have taken some of my pieces that were published in…
Poems I wrote, and Original Quotes, Notes, ‘n’ Anecdotes on Writing ‘n’ Creativity
Stephany Spencer, age 20 Hi! Welcome to my little corner of the World Wide Web. I'm Stephany, retired teacher on her endless summer ... poet, artist, musician ... Jackalyn of many trades. As we speak, it's 2016. I'm developing skills as a webmaster and blogger–work so fun I doubt it will ever be done.I'm loving the…
Poem/song I wrote: Mariachi Musician Juan José
Mariachi Musician Juan José 1- He was born some time ago, Way out in the sticks, In a valley of Old Mexico, The year nineteen-forty-six. By the time he turned thirteen, There were siblings of twelve; For everything he ever got He had to dig and delve. CHORUS: Dig and delve, yes, dig and…
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/doggerel I wrote: Ragged Rug/Rugged Rag
Ragged Rug/Rugged Rag There is a ragged looking rug On the bug. Better on him Than on an old mug. Old mugs need all The help they can get. It's hard to face old-age without it. "Ragged-looking lawn," you say? "Hey, what's he got on today? A toupe`? How much would you pay To look…
Poem/doggerel I wrote: The C-Average Rule
The Pecking Party The C-Average RuleBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaronCommoners commandeeringPecking partiesLike gaggles of geese and hens, Flock in control-pens, Downing high-achievers Who rise to tweet a tweet,Open their “pecker,” or make a peep. It’s a fowl pastime of the pack:The C-average rule.Pack policies proclaimMidlers run Life’s game. “Schools out,” says the herd,As they give Brights “the bird.”It's our way or the…
Poem I wrote: Wonder How I’ll Go
Wonder how I'll go. What will be my final blow? What will finally bring me down When life has brought me up, thus far, And saved my life so many times before, Till now, and kept me 'round? Well, can't complain. I'm in God's hands, As inane as it sometimes sounds. I know a Higher…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Ode To Chava Chavarin And The Tres Camarones Team
Tres Camarones = Three Shrimp Dr. Luis Alberto Urrea’s audiobook Into the Beautiful North inspired my following lyrics: Ode to Chava Chavarin*And the Tres Camarones Teamby Stephany Spencer-LeBaron Hey!What's in a name?I can't say,But the vowels“Chava Chavarin”Ring in my mind today,Though I finished Listening to the novel yesterday.Like music in the rain,This sonorous nameIs motivating my…
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…
Essay and Doggerel Poem I wrote: “John Cage and Composing”
Avant-garde composer John Cage said: The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing. We could likewise say:The material of poetryIs sound and silence – Syllables and silence. Integrating these is composing, Albeit poetry. We could compose music And poems that go together; I.e., compose songs: Songs are poems ...Lyrics set to music. Now I…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: “Helen’s Home Life”
TULIPS HELEN'S HOME LIFEHelen's home life Makes mine and Marie’s Look complacent comparatively. Her home’s a hotbed for tulips Or "two lips" – in hell!Ours a heavenly hotbed For tulips to dwell. Oh, well! Poor “Hel.” But one never can tellFrom the outside If a home's a heaven or hell On the inside. It's probably…
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