Poet and Writer

Poet and WriterPoet and WriterPoet and WriterPoet and Writer

Poet and Writer

Poet and WriterPoet and WriterPoet and Writer

Helen Ruggieri

Helen RuggieriHelen RuggieriHelen Ruggieri
Helen Ruggieri

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.

What's new

Flocks of starlings

circle and swirl

in concert

as if they all knew 

where they were going


Decline in bird population: 29%


These poems tell their stories


Introducing Blue Elegies!

beautiful bird poems


From Helen Ruggieri & Sea Cow Press

www.seacowpress.com

My Blog

Contact Me

Questions or Comments?

You can send me a message or ask me a general question using this form. 



I will do my best to get back to you soon!

Helen Ruggieri

Get in Touch

Attach Files
Attachments (0)

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Cancel

Helen RuggierI

Copyright © 2024 Helen Ruggieri - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by GoDaddy

This website uses cookies.

We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.

Accept