Unsalted Blue Sunrise

Kathryn Haydon’s poems in Unsalted Blue Sunrise will awaken your deep soul thinking. They explore Lake Michigan’s richness as metaphor, art, relationship, and outspoken personality. Written over the four seasons of a year, the poems probe topics both personal and universal. They will surprise you with fresh images and bold perspectives.

This book is the gift you share with everyone who has ever watched in awe as the sun rises and sets over our eloquent lake.

Read more about Kathryn and the book in Bill McLean’s article “Rapture and Verse,” in North Shore Weekend.

For Kathryn’s upcoming poetry events, please click here.

What People Are Saying: 

“I love Kathryn Haydon’s poems. They’re both playful and profound, transporting us to Lake Michigan’s shores. Let this book inspire you to paint your own word pictures of a place you love.”—Susan G. Wooldridge, author of poemcrazy

“Artists like [Kathryn], journalists, scientists, and so many others are what will save our amazing, magnificent, majestic Great Lakes.” —Cameron Davis, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner; former presidential “Great Lakes Czar” and CEO of Alliance for the Great Lakes

“These deceptively simple poems delight the senses. Lake Michigan becomes a witty mirror to human longings in Kathryn Haydon’s brief, luminous lyrics.”—Joshua Corey, author of Hannah and the Master

“The lake sparkles in this collection. There is musicality and energy to these poems.”—Jennifer Meyer, Highland Park Poetry

“Kathryn Haydon’s poetry has the power to transport us to tranquility. She offers both flow and dissonance in mood. She guides her readers to personal interpretation and visions of memorable images. All at once, Kathryn encourages us to breathe deeply, and still leaves us breathless.”—Julie Isaacson, Author of The Angry Chef: Satisfying Recipes Inspired by Unsatisfying Relationships