For Ireland

About the Book

Passionate as any descendants of wild geese, immigrants, transplants through diaspora, generations removed from a birthright land she did not inherit whose love for justice cries out in poems, Mary Rudge adds Ireland, the place she has searched for in her heart, to her geography of books. The poet's love of cultures, explored through poems and journals on her travels, bring a magic carpet of the mind taking readers on an exotic adventure. Her books include: Passport Always Everywhere Poems; Sri Lanka Firewalk Tour; Austria, Hungary and Other Passions; Ipagpatawad Ninyo Kami (Pardon Us) Poems for the Philippines, with Amy Estrada; Street Spirit, Justice News and Homeless Blues, on the nation of homeless in America, with Claire J Baker; Water Planet; Jack London's Neighborhood (a Pleasure Walker's and Reader's Guide to History and Inspiration in Alameda); Beat She Can't Be Beat; (most titles available through Xlibris; and many more books by small presses, through the ages the poets traditional means of communication.

About the Author

Alameda’s Poet Laureate Mary Rudge is a phenomenon who is unique but not rare since many literary persons: William Saroyan, Jack London, Don Blanding, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Duncan, poet-musicians such as Jim Morrison of The Doors, with Phyllis Diller, (and numerous visual artists, musicians, writers, fi lm-makers, actors such as Tom Hanks, and peace activists not encompassed in this book) have made a connection to this island that has become legendary for the genius of its people in a place so small. Readers of this story-map of the island’s literary history by Mary Rudge will have a fascinating experience following the route around the island where her ardent heart leads you; where poets in the past have been touched by the sense of place and their experiences. A walk around Alameda, following passages in this book, is an adventure in the real world of the excitement in lives of poets.