Published Poetry

Janet Ruth Heller’s poem “Elegy for Freda” published in the Mizmor Anthology of 2019

My poem "Elegy for Freda" has just been published in the Mizmor Anthology: 2019 Poetry Edition by Poetica Publishing (page 30). This anthology appeared in print in December, 2019, and interested people can purchase this book from Poetica Publishing. The editors are Michal Mahgerefteh and David King. The poem is about Freda Blumenthal, a good friend of my mother-in-law, may their memories be a blessing, and of the family. I'm very happy to have found such a good home for my poem. Photo of Janet Ruth Heller taken by Diane Joy Schmidt

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The Manhattanville Review just published a poem about sexual harassment by Janet Ruth Heller

On May 6, 2018, The Manhattanville Review published my poem “To a Man on the Greyhound Bus,” which I wrote in 1978.  I had been sending it out to editors for four decades.  The poem concerns sexual harassment.  Because many people have trouble dealing with this issue, it took forty years for me to find editors who understand the importance of the subject.

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