"While some of the book's philosophical subjects are deep, most of the poems are infused with a sense of playfulness, wonder, and joy.... This slow build toward jubilance appears in multiple poems, making the collection crackle with energy.... The book's more imagery-centered poems, with their visual descriptions, are spectacular....Quickwater Oracles is an inspiring, thought-provoking collection of spiritual poetry that will carry the heart, mind, and soul toward broader, more open horizons. Foreword Reviews August 2021
"In this philosophical, nature-minded collection of free verse, poet Thompson (Whale Fall & Black Sage) shares ... conversations with... voices [who] encourage [her] to write, remind her to find joy in the world around her, and push her to reconsider her sense of her self as isolated....Readers open to paranormal insights will enjoy Thompson's idiosyncratic, unconventional poems and her mind-bending exploration of what the world could look like with some creative reorienting. Takeaway: This joyful collection of free verse poses challenging alternative views of nature and humanity in a compact, unique style. Publishers Weekly (Booklife 11/08/2021)
"...a recommended pick for philosophy, self-help, and creative writers and reader.... The fervor of its voice, the unconventional pieces that eschew propriety for passion, and the many insights into personal power and integrity that wind through these reflections are poignant, revealing, and powerful. Ideally, Quickwater Oracles will reach a wide, diverse audience with its rich, joyful channeling of nature, purpose, and spiritual, spirited reflections." - Midwest Book Review, Donovan's Bookshelf, October 2021
...a poet shares the communication she receives from the natural world: from beings real and fantastic, plants, water, stars, and the land.... Each piece reinforces that everything is connected, that living in the moment is enough, that love for oneself and all things will bring joy, which is the natural state of the Universe. - BlueInkReview, August 2021
"Reading Ruth Thompson feels like reading Rumi or Lakshminkara or Julian of Norwich. Do I understand channeling? No. Yet whenever I return to Quickwater I find myself happy in ways I can't explain. Read it. You'll never be the same. " - Mary Johnson, author of An Unquenchable Thirst
"An accomplished, late-in-life author from a scientific and skeptical family discovers the delightful surprise of relinquishing the ego's strivings, to be more like the pine trees who whisper, 'All is for no reason. It is for pleasure. It is for itself knowing itself.'" - Jendi Reiter, author of author of Bullies in Love
"She has allowed herself to embrace a world she doesn't know, the world of channeling, of deep spirits, of all that earth is, ancient and true."- Esther Cohen, author of Overheard
"What a book! What a way to use the presence of one's life!"- Ailia Mira, artist and conscious channel
"Quickwater Oracles will open the door to your own inner magician and connect you to an amazing world of nonphysical beings and energies....Here are songs, conversations, and meditations so engaging that you may find yourself seeking a similar path to freedom and expansion of spirit." - Judith Slater, PhD, clinical psychologist
orld speaks-no, sings-through Ruth the whole web of life." r
