Jenn R-J
jennfel.bsky.social
Jenn R-J
@jennfel.bsky.social
Haiku, Senryu and Tanka Poet. Touchstone nominee 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Business Systems Analyst. Host of #SenryuSunday writing prompt
Our girl turned two years old today. She welcomes birthday wishes from cats, and humans alike.
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This was mine from earlier
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Stop your hope scrolling and just look at this cat’s cute little back foot.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I’m truly honored to have this #senryu poem included in issue #17 of the Turning Japanese column of Suspect Device Zine among such phenomenal poems/poets. Thanks so much to Editor Tim Gardiner for including mine. Click on the link below to read them all.

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November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We do have fall colors in Arizona! We just have to drive up a mountain. Today on Mt Lemmon, 45 minutes northeast of Tucson.
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I’m delighted to have this piece make the long list in the latest installment of Haiku Dialogue, with the theme of ‘Music Around the World- Let’s talk about feelings’. Thanks to Guest Editor Deborah Karl Brandt. Click on the link below to read all the poems.

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October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
decades later
my Halloween costume
still wreaking terror
#vss365 #senryu #spookysenryu #horrorku
October 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I was there!
October 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Cats against kings.
#caturday
October 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The cat in question.
October 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The AZ CD7 election results have been certified. It’s time for Speaker Johnson to perform his constitutional duty and swear our Representative @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social into office. Enough is enough.
October 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Delighted to have this piece included in the long list of selections in the latest installment of Haiku Dialogue, with the theme of ‘From apprentice to master or how to walk the path of music’. Thanks so much to Guest Editor Deborah Karl-Brandt

#senryu

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October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’m beyond honored that my poem received an honorable mention in The Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for September, with the theme of “Pink”. Thanks so much to Beverly Acuff Momoi for her thoughtful commentary. To read the winning poems, click on the link.

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October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Violeta sends love
September 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’m thrilled to have this poem make the long list for the latest installment of Haiku Dialogue, with the theme of Island as Metaphor - Utopia and Dystopia. Thanks so much to Guest Editor Marietta McGregor, and congratulations to all featured poets.
#haiku

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September 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Another day. Another reason why this still hangs in our stairwell.
September 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I’m delighted to have three senryu in the final issue of Failed Haiku. Thanks so much to Editor Kelly Moyer for including me among so many phenomenal pieces. Also a huge thank you to Founding Editor Mike Rehling for the opportunity over the past few years.
#senryu
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September 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy #caturday
August 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My husband capturing my joy at seeing Modest Mouse perform live last Sunday night in Tucson
#music #modestmouse
August 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’m delighted to have this piece make the long list of the latest installment of Haiku Dialogue, with the theme ‘No one is an Island’. Thanks so much to Guest Editor Marietta McGregor, and congratulations to all featured poets.

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August 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The end result
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Seeing Modest Mouse perform in Tucson tonight, hence the clear bag.
August 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Here I am attending the CIO100 awards gala tonight, where I am being honored along with my colleagues with a tech innovation award.
August 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Hi Stanley! He looks so much like our Violeta.
August 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Happy #InternationalCatDay from Violeta
August 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM