The haiku journal bottle rockets, which is based in Windsor, Connecticut, has published my poem "Sunset" in issue #45. The editor is Stanford M. Forrester. I wrote the first draft of this poem in 1969 and revised it in early April 2021. #haiku#haikujournal#bottlerockets Photo of Janet Ruth Heller by Diane Joy Schmidt
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