Word Intoxication: Wildernesschic Poetry

"It is said that everyone has one book in them. I have a feeling Ruthie has several.

 25 years ago, when I first met her, she seemed to have a tale to tell. She arrived in town, a posh Scouser.  A beautiful, blonde lioness who seemed to me, mad, bad and dangerous to know.

I wanted to get to know her.

Mad, bad and dangerous to know, she might have been, but also kind, loyal, fun and honest. 

It is this honesty I see in her poems.  A raw truth that never shies away from the dark, less glamorous side of life; while at the same time celebrating its wonder and bizarreness.  She quite literally bares her soul.

She is a soul singer, the modern melodies in her poems as clear as the lyrics.” Laurie Cohen