In The Wind
POEMS BY ED RUZICKA
It’s fair to compare Ed Ruzicka’s book of wanderlust to the great Beats—Kerouac, Ginsberg, Snyder. But In the Wind is not derivitive; rather it has its own distinctive voice. He (like the greatest poets) is a story-teller. And like the best stories, they include a lesson—if not a moral.
About the Author
Ed Ruzicka
“It might have been said that the soul is no traveler, but I’m here to tell you the heart sure is, and Ed Ruzicka’s new collection, In the Wind, takes us all on a heck of a tour. From Amazonian jungles, to peaks in Peru, to trails in Ecuador, to jaunts through the American South, these poems sizzle with clarity and insight like the jangle of bells hanging around an alpaca’s neck on a steep mountain trail. I promise you’ll cherish the time you spend following these lines around the world.” ~Jack B. Bedell, author of Ghost Forest, Poet Laureate of Louisiana, 2017-2019
“With the wonderful eye of a wanderer, Ed Ruzicka’s “In the Wind” whips us through his world, his visions, and his changes. From North American to South, from Ecuador to Louisiana and many places inbetween, from poem to poem, this book is alive and restless.” ~Ariel Francisco Henriquez Cos, poet and translator, author of All the Places We Love Have Been Left in Ruins and many other titles.
Ed Ruzicka has published three full-length books of poetry, most recently Squalls, by Kelsay Books. Ed’s poems have appeared in the Atlanta Review, the Chicago Literary Review, Rattle, Canary, and many other literary publications. He has had poems nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has been a finalist for the Dana Award and the New Millennium Award. Ed is also president of the Poetry Society of Louisiana. He was raised in a quiet, corn-green town in Illinois. Ed has two adult children. He lives quietly as a retired occupational therapist under the green of live oaks in Baton Rouge, LA with his warm and caring wife, Renee.