Author: leona allen

• Day 2 Comic Practice: #054: Stories as secrets of survival

  

  I woke up this morning and said pick a number from 1-100 and I will try to draw a comic based on a poem I wrote during the 100 rep challenge. I picked 54. Which meant ‘Stories as Secrets of Survival.’ As someone relatively new to drawing (and even newer to making it a regular…

  leona allen

  October 1, 2026

  #comicpractice

  #comics, #comicstrip, #dailycomics, #dailydoodle, #drawingpractice, #poetry, #poetrycomics, #treecomics, #treepoems

• Day 1 Comic Practice: #78 Where the food is (an acrostic comic)

  

  Hello World, It’s been a long time since posting but I’m back! Last week I began a comic course and in the spirit of public practice I’ll be using some of the poems on Studio Lerial as stimuli for small comic strips. Here’s the first #78 from the 100 Rep Challenge. Happy Reading! Lx

  leona allen

  September 30, 2026

  #comicpractice

  #comics, #comicstrip, #drawingpractice, #foodcomics, #foodpoetry, #poetry

• A man by a well with a penny in his pocket begins to read the plaque.

  

  give a little give what you’re willing to lose into the well of all things .

  leona allen

  May 30, 2023

  #100tinyexperiments

  #poetry, #writing

• What are you pretending not to know?

  

  A seven-worded prompt For an origami heart Creases leaking, splitting apart Folded unfolded, folded again A swamped song in the chest, drained by the pen.

  leona allen

  May 18, 2023

  #100tinyexperiments, poetry

  #journalprompt, #origami, #poetry, #prompt, #reflections, #writingprompt

• I was with you ’til then

  

  Why do people on tv have their shoes on the bed? Which home allows Outside dirt so close to where you sleep? . I was with you ’til then Following your speech ‘Til your laced up feet broke my suspended disbelief.

  leona allen

  May 17, 2023

  #100tinyexperiments, poetry

  #fictionandreality, #home, #poetry, #shoesonthebed, #suspensionofdisbelief, #tvhomes, #tvpoetry, #writing