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Poem “Jeremiah” published in Reformed Journal

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:June 4, 2021
Post category:Bible Books Poetry

The Reformed Journal, which is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, published my poem "Jeremiah" in the July 13, 2021 issue on its website at https://reformedjournal.com/jeremiah/ The poetry editor is Rose Postma. The poem is a dramatic monologue with young Jeremiah speaking when he first becomes a prophet. #poetry #prophet #monologue #Jeremiah #Bible Janet Ruth Heller reading her poems at the Kalamazoo Public Library; photo by Hedy Habra

Open Mic Reading During the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:April 22, 2021
Post category:Books

I read two of my poems during the Open Mic session of the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival on April 16, 2021. About twenty-five poets of different races participated. All of the poets were supportive of one another, and I enjoyed this event very much. Other local poets who participated included Gail Martin and Lynn Pattison. Here is the festival's website: https://kalamazoopoetryfestival.com/ #poetryreading#poetry Janet Ruth Heller reading her poetry at the Kalamazoo Public Library; photo by Hedy Habra

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I love books by British writers P. D. James, Seamus Heaney, S. T. Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Judy Blume, Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Jim Daniels, Mong-Lan, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Ríos, Gail B. Griffin, Jerry Spinelli, Jane Yolen, Kathryn Erskine, Gary D. Schmidt, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks, Marge Piercy, Grace Paley, Alicia Ostriker, Jaimy Gordon; South African writer Athol Fugard;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon; and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico García Lorca, Ruben Darío, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillén, Pedro Salinas, and Dámaso Alonso.

I also love Japanese haiku, especially those by Matsuo Bashō.

My writing has been influenced by many other authors, including British writers Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon, and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ruben Dario, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillen, Pedro Salinas, and Damaso Alonso.