Ruth Bavetta

Thank you, Poppy. I really enjoyed the last two poems you posted.

Yes, I like Ted Kooser, too. Sorry to say that I am tired of Mary Oliver. Every poem of hers now sounds like warmed-up last night's supper to me. You, OTOH, always soothe me with your fluidity, your intelligent resolutions, your careful choice of words that lead me into the meaning of you poems. Thanks, Ruth!

Thank you, Poppy! I was amazed when he contacted me about my poem.

Ruth, what a vast and impressive crowd you belong to in Scarborough's poet's society! I agree with him.

Poppy wrote: "Ruth, I got such a kick out of your "work resume". I wonder if kids today have such an assortment of jobs? I could run a race with you, but at the moment I am too tired - maybe later. We are all sh..."

Thanks, Poppy. I'm still hiding out by my lonesome. I'm perfectly able to amuse myself, but anxiety about the future really gets to me. Will you and I live to see the end of this?

Ruth, I got such a kick out of your "work resume". I wonder if kids today have such an assortment of jobs? I could run a race with you, but at the moment I am too tired - maybe later. We are all sheltering in place, and it is growing very tiresome. Now off to deliver some rubber gloves to a friend who has to make a trip to Alabama for a funeral. Ala Gilda on SNL: "It's always something."

Poppy wrote: "OH Ruth! What a wonderful expression of the times. As I read your poem, I almost gasped in admiration for your ability to capture my own feelings . Send it out immediately!!"

Thank you, Poppy. Which poem are you talking about, though? But if it's here on Goodreads, it's already been published.
xoxo

OH Ruth! What a wonderful expression of the times. As I read your poem, I almost gasped in admiration for your ability to capture my own feelings . Send it out immediately!!

Hi Ruth! I see there is nowhere I can leave you a message. This is Heather from Art Lovers.
I just wanted to mention, in case you haven't noticed, that when it shows how many views a particular thread have, it isn't always consistent. You have posted a few poems, and I have a couple posts that actually have comments from other people but it shows only one view to the thread. By the other comments, we know there has been more than just you or me viewing the thread.
I just wanted to bring that to your attention so you'd know that even if it doesn't "show" the number of views of a thread, your poetry is being seen by more than one person (or however many it says) because it isn't always accurate.
Maybe you already knew that, but I like to comment on your posts and it never shows that I, or anyone else, has even looked at your post!
Thank you for your participation and additions to the group! You're wonderful!

Hello, Ruth, thank you for contacting me! I hope you're well and will have a great new week. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!

Best wishes from Majenta

Ruth, I've been trying to find the thread you began (at least I think you did) about Seamus Heaney. I found the poem I love so much. Sent it to my siblings, one of whom send the obituary from...The Times? The Globe? If anyone wants, I'll send. It's about the memorial as well. Here's the poem if you don't mind passing it along.

Mossbawn: Two Poems in Dedication
For Mary Heaney

I. Sunlight
There was a sunlit absence.
The helmeted pump in the yard
heated its iron,
water honeyed

in the slung bucket
and the sun stood
like a griddle cooling
against the wall

of each long afternoon.
So, her hands scuffled
over the bakeboard,
the reddening stove

sent its plaque of heat
against her where she stood
in a floury apron
by the window.

Now she dusts the board
with a goose's wing,
now sits, broad-lapped,
with whitened nails

and measling shins:
here is a space
again, the scone rising
to the tick of two clocks.

And here is love
like a tinsmith's scoop
sunk past its gleam
in the meal-bin.

Doug wrote: "Ruth,

Thanks for being a friend. (Where have I heard that song?)

Doug"

:)

Ruth,

Thanks for being a friend. (Where have I heard that song?)

Doug

Ruth, I added 6 books from your list to mine, because I think we have similar tastes in reading. So THANK YOU for the suggestions. (I reached that conclusion in part, because you, as do I, seem to prefer E.M. Forster to Henry James.

My sister is an artist, and I would appreciate your advice on the purchase of a book for her. I noticed that you had quite a long list of art books. Do you have an absolute favorite?

Thanks!

Thanks, Ruth, for adding me as a Goodreads friend. The Constant Reader group is incredible!

Poem of the Month!
Congratulations, Ruth.

Hello, Ruth

I really liked reading your poems and look forward to finding more.

Hi, Ruth! You are my first friend. Yay!

I'm now on GoodReads and trying to find my way around.

Susan Thomsen