The Passion of The Ruby Cat ‘On Life’

About the Book

Poetry is powerful and necessary! Blake has said, “In sum, the poet is someone that humans cannot do without.” Poetry is beauty, practicality, grace, structure, gentleness and power that gives us peace, simplicity and wisdom. Poetry does nothing to earn its keep, no more than a singing bird. Yet it defines our roles, levels our road, empowers our spirits, and fills our hearts with courage. Mrs. Garrison has loved, taught and defined poetry over the years as she has studied and read many of the former poets, soaking up their styles and commenting on their writing. Poetry is like music without music. Easy to memorize, and easy to write if you pay attention to the masters, especially Poe. Poetry is a short, condensed mode of writing; it can be beautiful, loud, soft, invigorating, soul-filled and vibrant. RUBY CAT (The Passion of the Ruby Cat) is a collection of poems (rubaiyat) on life, plus a collection of quatrains and haikus. It is the third poetry book after the first two (THE PASSION OF POETRY and PASSION LAUGHS OUTLOUD!) that are all general poetry. There is a glossary in the end of each of these books giving definitions of not often used words to help the reader quickly enjoy every whimsical glance and nod.

About the Author

Marilyn Foster married Glenn Garrison 1965, who passed in 2006; and writes under her grandmother’s name, Maril Ozanne. She has written poetry, studied poetry, taught poetry for many years; and has reveled and delighted in the art. She has written three poetry books, and she has joyed in every moment! She cries, laughs, smirks and snickers over the playful lines. This is the fourth book she has published and has written 15 more in her off-time since retirement from teaching school 42 years. Over the little itsy-bitsy times between classes, she has acquired a BAA in applied science, and a PhD in Biblical Studies. She’s overjoyed with her four children (and four more) , 10 grandchildren and one grandchild. How they make her laugh and praise the Lord! She has painted on commission, collected many pieces of art, books, rocks and the H2; and has had a home-based Architectural studio. She has occupied her spare time with many communicable endeavors such as being president of several clubs (Sportsman’s Club, Art Guild, Library Club, Writer’s club); working on several other clubs (Pistol League, S.A.S.S., Hunter Safety Courses, several Newsletters, Quilting Club, Republican Party and others), being a Chief Range Safety Officer, RO1, RO2, certified to teach handgun, rifle, shotgun and SASS life member. It’s been a full, great life.