Word Intoxication

"It is said that everyone has one book in them. I have a feeling Ruthie has several.

25 years ago, when I first met her, she seemed to have a tale to tell. She arrived in town,a posh Scouser. A beautiful, blonde lioness who seemed to me, mad, bad and dangerous to know.

I wanted to get to know her.

Mad, bad and dangerous to know, she might have been,but also kind, loyal, fun and honest.

It is this honesty I see in her poems. A raw truth that never shies away from the dark, less glamorous side of life; while at the same time celebrating its wonder and bizarreness. She quite literally bares her soul.

She is a soul singer, the modern melodies in her poems as clear as the lyrics. Laurie Cohen