Poetic Obituaries: [Ruth Stone's] 13 poetry collections

include "Cheap: New Poems and Ballads (1975)," "Who Is the Widow's Muse?" (1991), "Simplicity" (1995) and "In the Dark" (2004).

She began to gain a wider audience when her collection "Ordinary Words" (1999) won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2000. With the publication of "In the Next Galaxy" by Copper Canyon Press, her ascent to the front rank of American poets was confirmed. In 2007 she was named to a four-year term as Vermont's state poet.

Inevitably, in her later years, the poetry took on a more somber tone. Age, with its ravages and regrets, became a constant theme. Her husband's suicide and the long decades of widowhood continued to haunt her verse.

from The New York Times: Ruth Stone, a Poet Celebrated Late in Life, Dies at 96
then The Guardian: Ruth Stone obituary
then NPR: Remembering Poet Ruth Stone
then The Fortnightly Review: Some belated gratitude for Ruth Stone
then BBC News: Ruth Stone dies aged 96
then Burlington Free Press: Life in Full: Sydney Lea on former Vermont state poet Ruth Stone

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