Wish RuthG a Poem-Inspired Birthday July 4th

I’m sorry this is so late! I hope you had a very wonderful birthday. You’re a wise and compassionate soul and I’m glad you’re here on 43T. I wish I could meet you in real life.

maggie the cat

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Thank you for being such an inspiring, brilliant, compassionate, and fun presence here on 43things. I hope I do get to meet you in person some day, and I always wish for you a year,a nd life full of success, love and joy!

xoxoxo

happy belated birthday~ I hope your weekend is going well!

i actually thought of you a few times on the 4th and also since then, and even started writing a birthday greeting here, but was looking for the perfect poem to send to you, which i didn’t find till now…

... well, actually, i’m not so sure that it is perfect at all, but still it’s a very interesting poem, and i’m sure you’ll at least like it, if not love it.

i hope that this year brings you much success, peace and joy. May your book be accepted/published, may your poetry also be published, may your life be replete with the gifts of the everyday and the sublime.

here is the poem i found for you

Happy Birthday Ruth! I’m sorry it’s two days late . . . but I hope you had a fabulous day and that the city put on an appropriately festive fireworks display for you.

The Candle

Look at her, the dancer!
Graceful and all fire
turning, changing colour,
climbing into heaven,
dancing with the wind,
so wild, so fragile,
one blow, she is gone,
she is no more,
melted into the air,
merged with the wind,
who took her flame,
who stole her passion?
No, my breath transformed her,
gave her a new life,
cool, exiting, invisible

Sybille (Sydney) Krivenko, 2006

_{poem found here}

P.S. Sorry I’m late, I guess I wasn’t paying any attention!

Ruth G-

Wishing you a year of creative output, dancing, and children in your life!

Thanks for being a wise and caring voice on 43Things.

I’m very glad that she is on this site, and very glad that I’ve gotten to know her a little. If you don’t know RuthG, take some time and read some of what she has to say.

She’s truly an inspiration and while I’m late for her birthday, I did remember it. Happy Birthday Ruth!

but wishing you a wonderful year ahead.

I feel a little silly, since I’d picked out a July 4 poem for you, from Emily Dickenson:

MY country need not change her gown,
Her triple suit as sweet
As when ’t was cut at Lexington,
And first pronounced “a fit.”

Great Britain disapproves “the stars”;
Disparagement discreet,—
There ’s something in their attitude
That taunts her bayonet.

Happy Birthday, RuthG!

I hope you had a wonderful day with poetry and fireworks and cake!

It’s been wonderful getting to know you here on 43things, and I wish you every happiness and success for the coming year. Hope you had a fantastic day!