Helen Ruggieri’s sixth book of poetry, “Blue Elegies: Poems for the Birds,” has been released by Sea Crow Press.
The book witnesses and pays homage to the many bird species vanishing in a rapidly changing world. One section of the book deals with aspects of birds that humans have adapted – including the chanteuse of Birdland Jazz Club, the Flying Wallendas stunt performers, and Icarus.
She previously published “Butterflies Under a Japanese Moon” featuring poems written while visiting Yokohama College of Commerce, the University of Pittsburgh’s sister college in Japan.
Other books include “The Kingdom Where No One Keeps Time,” “The Kingdom Where Everybody Sings Off Key,” “The Sapphires,” and two books of creative nonfiction, “The Character for Woman” and “Camping in the Galaxy.” Additionally, she coedited a book of writings about the Allegheny River (“Written on Water”).
Ruggieri grew up in a series of small towns in New York and Pennsylvania, graduated from Penn State University, and continued her studies at St. Bonaventure, where she earned her master’s degree in 1972. She returned to Penn State to earn an MFA in poetry writing.
Ruggieri taught at Pitt-Bradford for 20 years before her retirement. Her books are available at Amazon.com.
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