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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► Ruth's micro-chapbook & poems are available below.
Micro-chapbook
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Poems
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By Design
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Click Title to Download microchap
![Ruth Siperstein CVR By Design 2011](/images/Covers/2022_cvr/Ruth-Siperstein--CVR--By-Design-2011.jpg)
Cover: Oak Leaf photo by JanK
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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 leap and fall born in frothy tops of rolling wake at sea where all seems placed for beauty’s sake crowned by sky and cotton puffs
they sparkle
crystal butterflies
Duality
from the dark off spark - a far spread its glow appeared illumined all below flowers turned their heads color flashed from beds light washed over all painted leaves dropped from trees announced the fall painted leaves freed from trees washed under all - light no color flashed from beds flowers turned brown heads dropped had no glow joined all below spread no glow far off a spark it was dark
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Ensemble
fingered ash point the way - golden changing - as Canada geese in ever practiced formations fly high above belled delphinium spires that echo the hue of morning sky
pods crown - buds and seed spindly stems of cosmos moving over fluffs of lavender sedum fanned atop green succulent foliage
copper accents of swamp maples herald Fall squirrels scamper on oak branches laden with acorns leap to crack open and store strawberry fruit of Korean dogwood
Summer’s eased on by Autumn’s frosty breath.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue - Proverbs
L land caressed by sea awash H I in laps and waves beckons me E F from eastern sky winds churn up P E escalate whip white caps to O A airy wisps crabs burrow W N nautilus and whelk are tossed ashore E D dashed on sand gulls soar R D dive take flight here also O E egrets skim the waves fog puff F A and spray move in hover a gust T T tattoos sand raindrops splash H H herons seek shelter find a place E A away from wind behind dunes a rivulet T R rolls down flows courses into O E ever-forming streams sun N I imposes frees sparks of salt spray that hang G N near shore form halos thru U T the haze crystals shimmer on the waterline E
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Ruth Siperstein © 2011
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