Poem about Pamela Brown Thomas of Michigan’s Underground Railroad

Panoply literary magazine recently published my poem "Pamela Brown Thomas" in its issue 25 of September 8, 2023. My poem concerns a real woman in the 1800s who helped the Underground Railroad in Schoolcraft, Michigan, and hid African Americans trying to escape slavery. My poem is a dramatic monologue from the perspective of Pamela Brown Thomas. The Editor-in-Chief of Panoply is Jeff Santosuosso. Here is the link to my poem: https://panoplyzine.com/pamela-brown-thomas-by-janet-ruth-heller/ #poetry#undergroundrailroad#antislavery#dramaticmonologue Home of Pamela and Nathan Thomas in Schoolcraft and Underground Railroad Museum--photo taken by the Schoolcraft Historical Society

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Moonbathing published my tanka poem “Your Angry Words”

My tanka poem "Your Angry Words" appears in Moonbathing, issue 28 (Spring/Summer 2023), page 8. The editor of this journal is Pamela A. Babusci. I wrote this poem about twenty years ago and am happy to have found such a good home for it. #tanka #anger #literaryjournal Photo of Janet Ruth Heller by Darrin Goodman

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