From an Album of Verses

Michael Ruby is a poet, literary editor, and journalist from New York City. He worked for many years as an editor of U.S. news and political articles at The Wall Street Journal. The most recent of his nine poetry books are "Sounds of Summer in the Country" (BlazeVOX, 2025), "Close Your Eyes, Visions" (Station Hill, 2024), “The Star-Spangled Banner” (Station Hill, 2020), “The Mouth of the Bay” (BlazeVOX, 2019), “American Songbook” (Ugly Duckling, 2013), and “Compulsive Words” (BlazeVOX, 2010). His trilogy in prose and poetry is “Memories, Dreams and Inner Voices” (Station Hill, 2012). This book won the James Tate Poetry Prize 2024.