Monday, March 2, 2009

The Ruth Suckow Society Annual Meeting

SAVE THAT DATE -- JUNE 13, 2009 -- EARLVILLE, IOWA
The 2009 meeting will be Saturday, June 13 in Earlville.

The Business Meeting will start at 10 a.m.

Lunch will be held at noon, followed by a discussion of Suckow's fourth novel, "Cora."

The public is invited to attend any or all events.

Suckow Society Member Publishes a Poem

Marsha Lehs wrote a poem about Ruth Suckow that was accepted for publication in Lyrical Iowa, 2008. This s the 63rd Annual Anthology of The Iowa Poetry Association.

Http://www.iowapoetry.com

With permission by the poet, here is her poem

TO RUTH SUCKOW, IOWA AUTHOR

Your Iowa-based novels sounded dated
until I read them.
You planted images of early Iowa German families,
small town lives, strong quiet farm workers
children forced to grow up fast,
characters torn between right and wrong.
You described native flowers, seasons,
crops, rural landscapes,
period events and timeless issues.
Though we were born fifty years apart
these are pages in my life, too
Your enduring images cycle
like a reseeding annual flower
from one native Iowan to another.
Thank you for sharing stories which forever
root me in this fertile Iowa loam.


Congratulations, Marsha!

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