Ruth Siperstein is a retired English teacher of both high school and Community College. She has been published in the Newport Review, Crone's Nest, the Heartbeat of New England, and other journals. Other interests include music, photography, and the natural world.
She feels lucky to "live where I can see the cove and the trees, that is what often catches my imagination. I love the changing light and the magic it creates.”
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Update: We were sad to learn that Ruth Siperstein left us on January 12th of 2022. We wanted to share an exerpt friom her online obituary:
'Ruth ... taught at Cranston High School East, and then at the Community College of Rhode Island. She very much appreciated the students who kept in touch with her long after their graduations. ...
After retirement, Ruth volunteered for a variety of organizations. She was involved in the poetry group through the North Kingstown library, where she also volunteered.'
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from topmost branch from topmost branch
of tallest oak a rust- colored robin calls “I spoke” surveys the scene plans his flight shakes off traces of sleepy night soars with fluttering outspread wings cardinal adds his voice now sings solos blend in the serenade there in marshy swale they fill the air and peep-toads drone a rhythmic bass finches flutter and soar in graceful arcs adding their throaty trills to choral offerings now in the still of night or calm of day often these avian muses guide my pen Iridescence
Crystal drops they sparkle crystal butterflies
Duality from the dark
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Ensemble fingered ash point the way - golden pods crown - buds and seed copper accents of swamp maples Summer’s eased on
Life and death are in the power of the tongue L land caressed by sea awash H •
Ruth Siperstein © 2011
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