Working Gal Rock and Roll Poet: 05_26

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Veteran

(To Peppy)

I wanted to thank him for his understanding

And I got to again and again

‘Cause he was a man of wisdom,

“I know you want to heal that rift

to go out to give your ex a lift."

His instruction rooted in experience

one that’s been forgotten and remembered

by the unreasonably offended

sometimes by souls with sweet intentions

in hopes they find connection.

His soul-to me- full of good intentions,

Every moment filled with inspiration

Always he saw our potential as good

not that there’s anything wrong with that

….except when we miss those we didn’t get to thank.

-May 2026

Monday, May 4, 2026

Eye Doc

oversized pupils

baby cataracts left eye

grade school ones in the right

-May 4, 2026

Friday, May 1, 2026

Poet and Singer-Songwriter Cornelius Eady on The Anne Leighton Inclusion Interview Show

It was a pleasure interviewing my friend and fellow poet/songwriter Cornelius Eady. He wrote and read "Proof" for the Inauguration of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. "Proof" is his upcoming chapbook, which will be out this September on Tupelo Press.

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My book is called THE LEIGHTON EXPLOSION, which is a title I've played with throughout my entire adult life. It's based on The Music Explosion who rocked with a favorite song, "A Little Bit Of Soul." It's optimistic, and self-empowering, which is a quality I love in art... Three things have been constant in my life—- writing, music, and animals. Likewise, I've adapted the words to Frank Sinatra’s hit, “That’s Life.” I sing, “I’ve been a poet, a pauper, a publicist…. up and down…..” My poetry book, The Leighton Explosion (Soul Asylum, Canada) shows my range of emotion and different interests, especially rock music. My publisher Ken Cowle says I “made him laugh.” Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, who writes the book’s foreword, praises my “lilt” and “personality” in an encouraging note. While I usually work as a music publicist with musicians including Jethro Tull, Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius, Sharon Katz & The Peace Train, and Michael Veitch, I've also made money from my poetry. This includes the Grammy-nominated album, Healthy Food for Thought: Good Enough to Eat, (Audio & Video Labs) with me reading my poem “Feed Your Parents Well.” My poems have been published in The Indie Collaborative’s “Holiday Program,” “The Literary Parrot Anthology,” “Elephant Journal,” “BOG GOB,” “Powerline,” “the Aquarian,” and “Nickel.” I've performed live at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Peter Max’s Studio. Some of my plays have been performed live—one by the Poets Repertory Theatre of Long Island and another by the San Antonio Living River Church, and at New York City’s Howl Fest. My other books are Paws For Thought: How to Understand What Your Cat is Thinking (Rockwell Books, UK), Using Your Art & the Media to Comfort People (Free To Run Books, West Hills, CA), and the self-published e-book, Get the Gig (Common Sense Career Consulting). I recently started producing pop music singles, which can be heard at soundcloud.com/leightonmedia/sets/anneleightonsongs.