Iona, A Poem for Ann by Kenneth C. Stephen, writer, poet, author

Kenneth C. Steven,
writer, poet

This collection was first published in the summer of 2000. Since that time it’s sold some 5000 copies, and the first edition sold in only eight weeks. It also picked up great reviews, and continues to sell well both at home and abroad.

A Poem for Ann

Three feet small
With dreams as big as Christmas.

A cornfield of curls
And a smile that would melt a soldier.

When you cry
All of you falls to pieces;
Everyone comes running to mend you.

At night your eyes look huge;
You are afraid of the owl
That ghosts your bedroom window.

I tell you a story
But you are kingdoms and princes away
Long before the ending.

In the morning I will bring you blackbirds
And put the sun on your pillow.
I will tie your laces,
And pray safe roads for your feet.