Two in IthacaLit

[Ruth]

IthacaLit’s Summer 2012 issue has two of my poems. Wedding Cake is a twist on marriage and Black, White is a poem about my father, written as homage to a famous poem, Black Stone on a White Stone by César Vallejo. You can see them here. http://ithacalit.com/ruth-bavetta.htm...

[Carol]

Wonderful Ruth, I never thought I liked poetry, but you have taught me the joy and richness of it.

[Ken, Moderator]

Very nice stuff here, Ruth. Love "Black, White" and the contrasts throughout, how it so captures life's subtle ironies.

The list of publications is amazing to me. Some top-notch journals there. The only blip is not liking sauerkraut. Fermentation is healthy, even with cabbages and kings...

[Ruth]

Thanks Carol. I'm glad you're coming to appreciate poetry.

And NE, I took a workshop during which the leader made us write on the Vallejo poem that inspired Black, White. I'll find a copy and post it.

Gabi, there is no help for Alzheimer's.

[Carol]

At least not yet, until we can clone our brains and other spare parts. Looking forward to that.