What Do Birds Say to the Moon? - Softcover

Haydon, Kathryn P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996385606 ISBN 13: 9780996385602

Publisher: Sparkitivity LLC, 2018

Synopsis

Kathryn Haydon's poetry has been described as "healing, with the surprise of grace." Rooted in nature and joyful curiosity, she writes to uplift and inspire. This volume is her first chapbook and explores life and soul through nature's lens.
This book is a gift. It is a gift to Kathryn's writing mentor, it is a gift to family, and it is a gift to all who want to gain an inspired sense of life. Like Mary Oliver's poetry, you will cherish these poems when you need to see the world just a bit differently. 

What readers are saying:

"I loved the peaceful, imaginative images of somewhat everyday things that too often go unheralded in our busy lives.  Lovely!"

"A most beautiful poetry collection! The poems are so dear, tender, and exacting in idea and metaphor."

"Who could not like these poems?  Who would not love them?  Who would not gain something of the inner communication of the tenor of such poetry?  I appreciate what you have done to enable those of us who love poetry to love it even more and to those who do not know poetry to walk into a new world of sunlight and love."
Poem Sampling: 
Gray Morning on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Trees have shed their
party clothes.
Flowing gracious gowns
that sparkled in auburn golden light
lie crumpled
on the forest floor.
No shame, they stand erect --
uncloaked by fog or foliage --
sleek, smooth-skinned bodies
proudly saluting
ephemeral gray sky;
nature's figure drawing models,
each curving branch
an outline of
uninterrupted creation.
Up close
strong and separate,
they link arms on the horizon,
together
lending softness to the hillside.

"Gray Morning on the Pennsylvania Turnpike" - First published in Written River, Issue 5, Vol. 2, 2014-2015 
Reverence

Trees' blush-white blossoms
perch daintily on sunlight;
five silent psalms sheltering
the steadfast stream below.
Translucence bathes the soul of one
who pauses to perceive.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

What Do Birds Say to the Moon?

In the summer of 1987, Joan Franklin Smutny taught me, then a young elementary student, to write free verse poetry in her Worlds of Wisdom and Wonder summer creative writing class. I have been writing poetry ever since. It has long been my dream to publish a collection of poems edited by Joan. This dream has now come true. Thank you, dear Joan, for a thousand years (and counting) of friendship, mentorship, and love.

About the Author:

Primarily a non-fiction writer, Kathryn is the author of The Non-Obvious Guide to Being More Creative (No Matter Where You Work) (coming February 2019), and co-author of Creativity for Everybody (2015) and Discovering and Developing Talents in Spanish-Speaking Students (2012). She is the founder of Sparkitivity, and a keynote speaker and strategist who helps organizations and schools maximize individual and collaborative creativity. An award-winning educator, Kathryn has written and spoken widely on creative learning and the secret strengths of outlier thinkers. She earned her BA in Spanish literature and economics at Northwestern University, and her MS in creativity and change leadership at the State University of New York. Please visit Kathryn at sparkitivity.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sparkitivity LLC
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0996385606
• ISBN 13: 9780996385602
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60
• Editor: Smutny Joan F