Spinning the Arrow of Time

This is a collection of poems marked by diversity: whimsical poems that personify planets, comets, and even subatomic particles stand side by side with poems about the natural world, and these take their place alongside poems about the supernatural world. In the words of the author:

"The reader may benefit from seeing the world from a different aspect, which I have tried to present. Should you find my humorous poems entertaining, I've achieved an important goal. Should you be inspired, uplifted, and consoled by my religious-spiritual poems, I've attained yet another, even more rewarding, goal.

"It is the task of every poet to speak in a special language that refines and transcends prose in a way that also engages others; that is, we must also speak for the reader, articulating what people know or what they aspire to. In spiritual poetry, we must describe an unseen world. More, we must try to capture that world, bring it into human consciousness, however fleetingly, and make it real.

Ruth Hoppin lives in Daly City, a suburb of San Francisco, where she and her husband, Stuart, raised a family. Under the auspices of the DC History, Art, and Science Commission, Ruth coordinated a poetry and short story contest, which provided a forum for poets and writers who gathered to read their work at the annual awards ceremony. The Hoppins are parishioners at Holy Child & St. Martin Episcopal Church, where Ruth leads a science and faith seminar and Bible discussion groups. She is author of Priscilla's Letter: Finding the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, a book in the field of New Testament studies that has been translated intoSpanish, and she speaks and writes on this subject. Her interests include travel, studying French, and playing the recorder.