Ruth Harrigan's Blog - Posts Tagged "poetry"

And yes I have a book of poems for that! Check out Beware Old Lovers...don't let the title fool you...it all turns out well in the end.

You can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/Beware-Old-Love...

I've published several poetry books on Kindle. St. Crow is a collection of diverse poems, some whimsical and others more serious, which I've written over the past few years. Beware Old Lovers contains love poems as well as poems about the opportunity for growth that relationships, even difficult ones, can provide.

Both works will be available on Amazon for .99 each later today. They are also in the Kindle Lending Library and Kindle Unlimited.

http://www.amazon.com/Saint-Crow-poem...


http://www.amazon.com/Beware-Old-Love...

My book of poems, Saint Crow, will be available free on amazon for the next five days.

You can find it here:

http://www.amazon.com/Saint-Crow-poem...

Wishing everyone a good weekend!

Just released a new volume of poetry, entitled That Woman in the Wheelchair. It was written over the past twenty years, from the time I acquired my disability, through the present.

You can find it at:

http://www.amazon.com/That-Woman-Whee...

Wishing everyone well!

I've just released a new volume of 10 poems entitled Inexplicable Mortality. It includes poems raising issues of spirituality and mortality when encountering events outside of our normal everyday experience.

You can find the book on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Inexplicable-Mo...

Hard to believe my dad died 35 years ago. I wrote about it in this poem.

The Ides of March Polka

My letter opener does not show the blood
as my friend slices open
the letter denying me the equipment I need
To be more independent.
My friend says
“Well it was expensive”
Et tu Brute?
It’s the Ides of March
So polka. Just polka.
I hate this time of year
the half wintry not yet springtime
Unpredictability of it all.
Much like living with spiraling medical costs
from a disability
without a net.
It’s the Ides of March
So polka. Just polka.
My father died on the Ides of March
I flew home the next day.
We buried him on St. Patrick’s Day
which might have ruined that day for me forever
had not my nephew been born on it.
It’s the Ides of March
So polka. Just polka.
It’s that time of year.
My Polish friends bake me
Green soda bread
Every St. Patrick’s Day
Then take me to their club at night to dance.
It’s the Ides of March
So polka. Just polka.
from That Woman in the Wheelchair
copyright 2015 Ruth Harrigan

My newest book Inexplicable Mortality and other poems is free on Kindle this week. You can find it here:

http://www.amazon.com/Inexplicable-Mo...

Have a good week :)

You can find it here:

http://www.amazon.com/Inexplicable-Mo...

My poetry book That Woman in the Wheelchair is on sale for 99 cents on Amazon right now. It's an autobiographical collection of poems written over the decades I've lived with quadriplegia.

http://www.amazon.com/That-Woman-Whee...

St. Crow : poems is available free on Amazon from tomorrow, June 16 through Saturday, June 20, 2015.

You can find it here:
http://www.amazon.com/Saint-Crow-poem...