Brenda Kay Ledford's Book Released

 Brenda Kay Ledford's new book, "Leatherwood Falls, Blue Ridge Mountain Poems," has been released by Kelsay Books.

This book is a memoir of Ledford's brother, Harold Ledford, who passed away two years ago.  He was a US Army veteran of Vietnam and a law enforcement officer in Clay County, NC for 30 years until his retirement.

According to  Glenda C. Beall, North Carolina Writer's Network-West Program Coordinator, "Brenda Kay Ledford takes the reader on a mountain hike where she names the wildflowers, birds, through the eyes of her beloved brother.  She takes us to childhood days  and as he left for Vietnam.  We see an ordinary man who is not ordinary in the eyes  of his sister.  Ledford writes in various poetic forms staying true to  her task of honoring her brother.  Like most mountain families, they are close and death  will never end the love they share."

You may purchase this book at:  www.amazon.com

Brenda Kay Ledford' beloved, big brother, Harold Ledford.

Mountain Spring

 Mountain Spring

Nature pulled out all the stops:

the robins hopping

across the verdant grass,

the mourning dove cooing

in the greening woods,

the chatter of songbirds,

a cloud of blackbirds

soaring over the maples

bursting forth with rubies.

Hyatt-Mill Creek laughing,

the spring peppers croaking,

and the Blue Ridge Mountains

breaking out with new life.

The Bradford pear trees

blooming like ice-cream cones,

jonquils popping up as lemon drops.

The yellow bell bush ringing,

a choir of cardinals singing:

spring pulled out all the stops.

Listen.  Look.  Stop.

                 --Brenda Kay Ledford

Hopefully, spring is coming early here in western North Carolina.  I hope all my blogger friends will have a beautiful spring soon.