About Helen Ruggieri
Helen Ruggieri received her M.F.A. from Penn State and has been a practicing poet for almost 40 years. She has published close to 200 poems in little magazines, academic journals, and anthologies. She’s taught creative writing at various universities and colleges throughout western New York State, led a range of writing workshops, hosted readings, and many other activities.
Expertise
Ruggieri's writing encompasses many diverse themes, including the feeling of being a foreigner, growing up in Pennsylvania, and observing the natural world. With an intense regard for right diction and informing imagery, Ruggieri looks at those things that come her way and
saves them for us, saves them from passing into
oblivion, saves their enduring values.
Publications
Ruggieri's first book, The Poetess, was published in 1983 followed by two chapbooks, Concrete Madonna and The Rock City Hill Exercises. Later books include Glimmer Girls, Butterflies Under a Japanese Moon, The Kingdom Where Everybody Sings Off Key, and The Kingdom Where No One Keeps Time. She also has two books of creative nonfiction: The Character for Woman and Camping in the Galaxy. Additionally, she has edited an anthology about the Allegheny River, Written on Water. Ruggieri's most recent books are Blue Elegies and The Sapphires. Google “Helen Ruggieri” for reviews, publications, sample poetry and more. Find her books on Amazon.
Poetry
Her poetry has appeared in many small press publications including The English Journal, Earth’s Daughters,, River Styx, Blue Line, Snowy Egret, Sports Literate, Journal of New Jersey Poets, Hawaii Pacific Review, del sol review, Valparaiso, Hiram Poetry Review, Coal City Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Minnesota Review, Labor, Icon, Red River Review, Poetry Midwest, Poetry Magazine, Adirondack Review, and more
Japanese Verse
Poetry written by Ruggieri in Japanese verse forms
(haibun, haiku, senryu) have appeared in publications in Turkey, Japan, Belgium, England, Russia, Slovakia and Japan in the Mainichi Daily News, the Yomiuri Daily, World Haiku Review, etc. She has won several awards for haiku from Japanese publications and teaches workshops on Japanese verse forms.
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