Ruth Shapin is participating in our book signing at the Fullerton Public Library Authors’ Day, October 27th from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.  Location: 353 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, CA 92832.  For more information click HERE.

“One Human Family” is a poetry book with poems about war, the Middle East, and current events here at home.

Clouds of smoke.
People cloaked in ash
Flit across the screen.
Newsmen’s voices drone.
The plan slowly drifts
Across a clear sky
And disappears
Into a ball of flame.

The tower where I once stood
Dazzled by the view below,
Exists no more.
New York, my proud birthplace
Staggers,
wounded to the core….

Ruth Shapin is a retired attorney practiced social security law. Ruth received a Master’s Degree in English from UCLA. She is a member of the Poetry for Pleasure class at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at California State University Fullerton. In 1988, Ruth and husband, Ted, joined with Jews, Palestinians and other friends to found the Cousins Club of Orange County which works for peace and justice in the Middle East.