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Jan 4, 20221 min read

[12/19/21]

And after posting my poem from Lizard Light earlier, later this morning, a new poem has arrived, also born from the encounter with the...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[12/19/21]

Just watched a wonderful short film honoring Barry Lopez whose work I have always revered. That got me thinking about the Earth-affirming...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20222 min read

[12/17/21]

[12/17/21] When I woke this morning, a week before Christmas Eve (and on my late husband’s birthday), I found myself feeling nostalgic...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[12/16/21]

Happy to share that again a haiku of mine is both featured and commented upon in this week's Haiku Dialogue. Thank you, Alex Fyffe, for...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[21/2/21]

Yay, finally a new poem came this morning, thanks to a program I saw on NOVA last night.---a poem in quite a different mood from the one...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[12/1/21]

[The holiday season brings with it nostalgia, childhood memories of Christmas, snow, sleigh-riding and ice-skating, hot chocolate,...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20222 min read

[11/25/21]

Wishing a very Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family! Last night I watched on “Nature” a program about a man who imprinted...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[11/18/21]

Thrilled to share that my poem "No Name" is just out in the Autumn / Winter issue of "Tiferet." http://www.tiferetjournal.com. Many...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

11/4/21]

I'm thrilled to announce that I have two poems in a wonderful anthology, "The Mountain", edited by David Anthony Martin with cover art by...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[11/8/21]

I'm so pleased to share the link for this poem from my new book Still-Water Days that appears in today's post from Silver Birch Press....

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20222 min read

[11/7/21]

This afternoon I want to share a haibun I wrote fifteen years ago, one that was published back in 2006 in "Modern Haiku" (37.2). It...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[11/6/21]

I'm pleased to share that Marietta McGregor has again included one of my haiku in the weekly "selected" list for poems submitted for this...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[10/13/21]

Thanks to Marietta McGregor for including another of my new haiku, this one written to the prompt "tea party" in this week's Haiku...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20222 min read

[10/11/21]

I’m feeling meditative today, the 13th anniversary of the day my late husband, William J. (Bill) Higginson died. The mysteries of time,...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20222 min read

[10/6/21]

October is among my favorite months, blazing with scarlet and gold—compensation for its shortening hours of daylight. It also holds...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20222 min read

[10/5/21]

This gray, muggy morning here in southern New Jersey, I need to remind myself that it's possible to feel at peace despite these...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20222 min read

[9/23/21]

This morning we are on the cusp of a cold front here in NJ, expecting rain, wind, thunderstorms, and even the chance of an isolated...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[9/22/21]

On this Autumn Equinox day, I wake from a dream of having called my mother. She loved to garden, and each day as I walk past the small...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20222 min read

[9/11/21]

When I wrote this poem from my new book “Still-Water Days,” I remember hoping that somewhere among the galaxies other beings are doing...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4, 20221 min read

[8/27/21]

These long, hot August days bring back memories of childhood in central NJ. I grew up in a semi-rural area. Our development climbed three...

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