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Nature Journal Humana Obscura Published Haiku Poem “May Snowfall”

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:March 11, 2023
Post category:Haiku Nature Poetry Published Poetry

Editor-in-Chief Bri Bruce of the literary journal Humana Obscura just published my haiku “May Snowfall” in the spring/summer issue on page 44. This journal features writing and art about nature. I originally wrote this poem in 2003 and have revised it several times. #haiku #naturepoetry #nature Here is the link to the issue online: https://issuu.com/humanaobscura/docs/humanaobscura_issue6_digital #haiku #naturepoetry #nature Photo of Janet Ruth Heller by Darrin Goodman

Senryu published in Presence and Prune Juice and Tanka in Eucalypt

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:December 20, 2022
Post category:Literary Magazines Poetry Published Poetry Senryu tanka

In November, 2022, Presence published my senryu poem “Passover in Michigan” in issue #74 on page 25. The editor is Ian Storr, and this journal is based in Sheffield, England. Senryu are like haiku in form, but senryu poems focus on people, while haiku focus on nature. In December, 2022, Prune Juice published my senryu poem "Havdalah" in issue #38 at https://prunejuicesenryu.com/2022/12/19/issue-38-senryu-kyoka/ The editor is Tia Haynes. The poems are arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. Also, in November, Eucalypt published my tanka poem "Birthmark" in issue #33 on page 40. The editor is Julie Thorndyke, and this journal is based in Castle Hill, Australia. Janet Ruth Heller reading her poems at the Kalamazoo Public Library; photo by Hedy Habra

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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.