Ruth Elizabeth Borson, who writes under the name Roo Borson (1952- ) is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia.

Works:

• Landfall - 1977
• In the Smoky Light of the Fields - 1980
• A Sad Device - 1981
• The Whole Night Coming Home - 1984 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• The Transparence of November / Snow - 1985 (with Kim Maltman)
• Intent, Or the Weight of the World - 1989
• Night Walk - 1994 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
• Water Memory - 1996
• Introduction to the Introduction to Wang Wei - 2000 (with Pain Not Bread)
• Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida - 2004 (short-listed for the Griffin Poetry Prize)