And Still the River

The title of Ruth F Guillard's latest book, “And Still the River”, reflects a recent move for Guillard and her husband from their old farmstead to a house across the road, even closer to their beloved Damariscotta River. Wild geese fly past the windows, the tides ebb and flow, as do human emotions and insights, all captured in subtle hues within her poetry. She writes in varying moods and circumstances, with depth, yet with a light touch, and always with a feel for universal values.

Born in Philadelphia in 1931, a University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts graduate with a major in music, Ruth Guillard had a long performance career before becoming a certified teacher of the Transcendental Meditation technique which she has taught for more than 40 years. Poetry came later in her life; she has five books of poems published to date. Her works also appear in “Take Heart”, an anthology of Maine poets, collected by the state’s poet laureate Wesley McNair.