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Three Short Poems Published in March and April 2024

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:May 1, 2024
Post category:Creative Writing Haiku Literary Magazines Literature Poetry Published Poetry Senryu

I published several poems in March and April of 2024. My senryu “Yoga Class” appeared in tsuri-dōrō #20 (March/April 2024) on page 31. The link is https://tsuridoro.org/issue-20-march-april-2024 Tony Pupello edits this online journal. My haiku “Sukkot Moon” appeared in Presence #78 (March 2024) on page 40. Ian Storr edits this journal, which is based in England. My tanka “Your Gentle Words” just got published in Ribbons 20.1 (Spring/Summer 2024) on page 40. The editor is Susan Weaver, and the Tanka Society of America sponsors this magazine. Tanka poems resemble haiku and senryu, but tanka poems use five lines instead of three lines. I enjoy the challenge of writing these short poems, which require concise language and well-chosen specific details. #senryu #haiku #tanka #poetry Janet Ruth Heller reading her poem at the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival in April 2024

Poetry Reading by Kalamazoo Area Community Poets on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:April 4, 2024
Post category:Janet's Speaking Events Kalamazoo Poetry Festival Poetry Poetry Reading

Please join us for a free poetry reading by Kalamazoo area community poets on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The theme is “Magic.” A reception with snacks will follow this event. This event will take place at the Northside Association for Community Development at 612 N. Park Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007. Individuals and groups reading their poems are Shonda Buchanan, Markeva Love, Kyle Brautigam, Kinetic Affect, Buddy Hannah, Anessa, Janet Ruth Heller, Giuliana Tartari-Bush, Alexander Long, Ashley Watkins, Leslie Barajas, The Price Family (Zahra, Destiné, and Kim), Vidal Wilger, and the Friends of Poetry Community Poem Readers. This event is part of the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival of 2024. Other free events include the following: MAGIC: A Thematic Poetry Workshop for Middle School and High School Aged Youth on Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Read & Write Kalamazoo, 802 South Westnedge Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008. The MAGIC Open Mic by Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative and the Kalamazoo Poetry Festival on Friday,…

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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.