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Poems by Janet Ruth Heller recently published in december, Prune Juice, and Blithe Spirit

I am happy to report that december magazine just published six of my haiku and senryu poems: “Swimming in the Rain,” “Flames Flicker,” “Raindrops,” “Yellow Quilt,” “Stocking Cap,” and “Wild Pea Flowers.” december 36.1 (Spring/Summer, 2025) on page 88. I wrote “Flames Flicker” in 1999 and revised it, so I am very happy to have found such a good home for this tiny poem after waiting 25 years. I wrote “Swimming in the Rain” in 2010, and I’m also delighted to have this poem in print. It concerns swimming in Elkhart Lake during one of our family reunions. The managing editor of december is Jennifer Goldring. Also, my senryu poem “Exit” is in the current issue of Prune Juice No. 46 (August 2025) on page 8. https://prunejuicesenryu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/prune-juice-issue-46-c2a9-2025.pdf  The editors are Antoinette Cheung and P. H. Fischer. Finally, editor Iliyana Stoyanova published my two haiku “Deer Tracks” and “Flash of Red” in Blithe Spirit 35.3 (August 2025) on page 59. This journal is based in England.  This is the special thirty-fifth anniversary issue of Blithe Spirit.…

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New Issue of Moss Piglet Has My Poem “On Using My Mother’s College Textbook”

My poem “On Using My Mother’s College Textbook” appears in the current issue of Moss Piglet on the theme of Junk (August 2025) on page 31. The editor is John Bloner, Jr., and this journal is based in Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin. The literary journal Anima first published this poem in volume 7, issue 1 (Fall 1980) on page 18. Subsequently, “On Using My Mother’s College Textbook” was reprinted in my poetry book Folk Concert: Changing Times (Cochran GA: Anaphora Literary Press, 2012) on page 23. Both my mother and I were English majors, and I used her old textbooks to study for my preliminary examinations at the University of Chicago. #poetry #family #lyricpoetry Janet Ruth Heller reading her poetry at the Kalamazoo Public Library; photo by Hedy Habra

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