News and Publications from Ruth McArthur
Through Layered Limestone: A Texas Hill Country anthology of place
Check out this anthology created by Friends of the Boerne Public Library. Bits of history, some photos, and reflections and observations on living here. Boerne once had a sanitarium. The area’s European settlers included German Freethinkers. A few pieces about native people. Ruth has two poems in it, Cedar Fever, a reflection on the despised pollen, and Yearnings, wondering about running with the coyotes. Learn more
Underwood Press - May 2019
You can find two poems by Ruth McArthur in the May 2019 publication of Underwood Press
Beginning of the End of Summer
These September highs are lower
than the lows of August.
She’ll be back, Summer,
before the weather finally cools,
but the object lesson that the heat
can abate fills me with hope.
filled by the first rains of fall,
the creek sings after summer silence,
Persistence from Finishing Line Press
Persistence, Ruth’s first book of poetry, is available from Finishing Line Press and Amazon. This story-in-verse is based on family stories around the women whose lives were touched by her maternal grandfather and the courage they showed in persevering despite his less than honorable impulses.
