anger – Janet Ruth Heller

Moonbathing published my tanka poem “Your Angry Words”

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:June 21, 2023
Post category:Literary Magazines Literature mental health Nature Poetry Published Poetry tanka

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

Serena Williams and Anger Management

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 17, 2011
Post category:Sports

Two years ago, when she was penalized for a foot fault, star tennis player Serena Williams completely lost her temper in a semi-final match at the U. S. Open. She screamed at the line judge and threatened to stuff a tennis ball down her throat. Williams’ tantrum continued. Eventually, the chair umpire ended the match, which Williams was losing badly to Kim Clijsters. (more…)

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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.