Poetry – Page 6 – Janet Ruth Heller

Poem about Pamela Brown Thomas of Michigan’s Underground Railroad

Author: Janet Ruth Heller September 28, 2023

Panoply literary magazine recently published my poem “Pamela Brown Thomas” in its issue 25 of September 8, 2023. My poem concerns a real woman in the 1800s who helped the Underground Railroad in Schoolcraft, Michigan, and hid African Americans trying…
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anti-slavery, dramatic monologue, Literary Magazines, Literature, Poetry, Published Poetry, Underground Railroad

Anti-Slavery, Dramatic Monologue, literature, poetry, Underground Railroad

Funky Ferndale Art Fair on Friday, September 22, 2023 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Author: Janet Ruth Heller September 21, 2023

Janet Ruth Heller will join other Michigan authors and illustrators of books for children at the Funky Ferndale Art Fair on Friday, September 22, 2023 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Troy Street at Booth 318. This is west…
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Autographing, Book Fairs, Books, Bullying, Chapter Book, Children's Literature, Fiction, Multicultural Literature, Nature, Picture Book, Poetry, Sibling Rivalry, Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators

books, children's literature, Sibling Rivalry

“Cottonwood Seeds” published in Ribbons

Author: Janet Ruth Heller July 26, 2023

My tanka poem “Cottonwood Seeds” recently appeared in Ribbons 19.2 (Spring/Summer 2023) on page 42. The Tanka Society of America publishes Ribbons, and the editor is Susan Weaver. Tanka resemble haiku, but tanka are five lines long, so this format…
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Poetry, Published Poetry, Short Poetry, tanka

lyric poetry, poetry, revision, short poetry, tanka