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Jen Gennari
@jengennari.bsky.social
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Kidlit author! STIFLED (2026!), MUFFLED, MY MIXED-UP BERRY BLUE SUMMER. Teacher, editor, word lover. Earth fan. Tree hugger. Water baby. www.jengennari.com
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Sing, morning glory
defy the season under
ever-present sun

#haikuSaturday #NovemberinCA
Purple flower on green vine
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Watching the National Book Awards! (Squee!) beginning with Corinne Bailey Rae 🎶
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Unearthed old rhizomes
shoots pushing up anyway
dark dissipaters

#haikuSaturday
Paper white bulbs and iris rhizomes
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Writers! Want some cool tips on writing a pitch? Join me & @lisamooreramee.bsky.social for a Highlights mini! $59
@highlightsfound.bsky.social
#kidlit #writingcommunity
Pitch perfect class Dec 2 and 4 with The Highlights Foundation
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Hey @marintransit.org #goldengatetransit why is there no sidewalk or signage here @ Paradise Wye bus pad?
On ramp with oncoming cars blocking access to bus pad
November 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Dramatic view today from the Marin headlands @karlthefog.bsky.social
Fog through the golden gate with only Sf poking through
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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A single guide post
in a nation confounded
waiting for fog-lift

#haikuSaturday
Great blue heron on a piling in Richardson Bay
November 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Congrats to the finalists! Yay! Lots to read!
@nationalbook.bsky.social #kidlit
Finalists for the Young People's Literature award National Book Foundation.
October 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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A silent brass ring
who was welcomed at this door—
who did we shut out?

#haikuSaturday
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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SUN day in Burlington VT! ☀️Day of action ! More solar for more people 💪🏻 #renewableEnergy @thirdactorg.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Layered stone on stone
crafted lines like sentences
story in the woods

#haikuSaturday
An old stone wall in Pennsylvania
September 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Ocean-breath rises
wet-kisses the stony shore
re-cycling wonder

#haikuSaturday #grateful
Sunrise on cape cod beach
September 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Red tomatoes, green
fall chill creeps into August
more sun-ripe days please

#haikuSaturday
Tomatoes green and two red
August 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Hiking in Frost’s woods
paper birch peels, kinglet sings
unfurling stories

#haikuSaturday #longtrail
White paper birch tree on the long trail
August 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Persistent heat
chickadees swallow
sprinkler spray

#haikuSaturday
Water falls on purple cone flowers
August 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Sign up today! have two new book recommendations in my next newsletter—books that may change your perspective! #kidlit
Jen Gennari author newsletter
August 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Lunch not provided
(so cool the pond in summer)
Is your next meal known?

#HaikuSaturday #feedchildren
August 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Bee feeds deep
in skirted petal
summer spire

#haikuSaturday
Hosta blooms
July 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Fiery petals
garden eccentric, a balm
against conforming

#haikuSaturday
Red Beebalm
July 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Turtle perched on stone
carrying stories northward
Earth-bound gravitas

#spiritgarden #Toronto #haikuSaturday
Turtle sculpture at Spirit Garden
June 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Super proud of my parents… protesting for equality and democracy since 1960!
#nokings
Man with sign and woman in wheelchair
June 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Our flag flying high
for justice and liberty
e pluribus unum

#nokings #haikuSaturday
Love not hate sign
June 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Porch swing, book, birdsong
*gentle rocking, lake-lapping*
summer quietude

#haikuSaturday
Porch. Swing with rainbow pillow
June 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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So moved by this conversation between @staceyabrams.com and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social Power belongs to the people! #resist
June 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Even the birds are happy today with the rain ending!

#warblers #birdsky
May 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM