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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

Tanka Poem about Cedar Waxwings

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:December 10, 2023
Post category:birdwatching birdwatching,Literary Magazines Literature Nature Poetry Published Poetry Short Poetry tanka

My tanka poem “Cedar Waxwings” appeared in the Australian journal Eucalypt #35 (December 2023) on page 26. The editor is Julie Thorndyke. Eucalypt publishes tanka (five-lined poems similar to haiku) written by authors from all over the world, including India, Canada, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United States. The journal's website is https://www.eucalypt.info/ My husband and I are birdwatchers, and we take delight in the many winged creatures who visit our yard. #tanka #poetry #cedarwaxwings #birdwatching Cedar Waxwings on a tree; photo from the website https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Birds/Cedar-Waxwing

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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.