Kathryn Haydon's poems in Unsalted Blue Sunrise are a refreshing dip in the cool lake. They awaken your deep soul thinking and prompt you to look at the nature around you in new ways. Unsalted Blue Sunrise explores Lake Michigan's richness as art, relationship, metaphor, and an outspoken personality. Written over the four seasons of a year on regular walks to the lake, Haydon's 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 lake, ocean, or river. "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 "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