by MARGARET OWEN RUCKERT where forests of strap-plants, edge-loving land-dwellers, conceal the swamp beyond & vie for space like flags in a crowd. No rationing of water or sun in paradise. Water is tropical here, but rarely topical. A bow…
by MARGARET OWEN RUCKERT I’m walking the edge of a sleepy river slapping its sides like a cool bass player jazz at sunset, songs in the air horns and wood, winds over water. Mike’s antique piano smooches and honks…
treescape in this forest closely-growing eucalypts stretch to the light intuitively seeking a better view here is shade under heavy foliage where nothing grows but an awareness of life’s empty spaces how very dark some tree trunks appear after solid…
Margaret Owen Ruckert is the 2023 Society of Women Writers National Writing Competition winner for poetry. Two books, You Deserve Dessert and musefood (an IP Book of the Year), explore café culture (www.ipoz.biz). Her latest book is tanka: Sky on Sea. As Facilitator of Discovery Writers…
