Musefood

Ruckert’s musings on women in contemporary life explore a subject not often visited through verse. What could have easily been flighty or frivolous is instead a witty and honest social commentary, intertwined with varying shades of comedy and poignancy.


Margaret Owen Ruckert, educator and writer, is currently Café Poet at Limes Café, Lugarno, a delightful village suburb overlooking the George’s River. A former TAFE Science teacher, she now tutors Literacy and Numeracy. In 2007 she won the National Poetry Competition of the Society of Women Writers, NSW. Margaret is facilitator of the Hurstville Discovery Writers Group and presents monthly workshops on writing. Published in newspapers, journals and anthologies, she explores the poetry of over 100 sweet foods in You Deserve Dessert, available at www.omargo.com.au