All posts by Sonja Hakala

I have been a professional writer since 1987. I've written for newspapers, magazines, worked in the book publishing industry, and published novels and non-fiction books. In addition, I've guided numerous authors through the process of independent publishing, and offer workshops in that same vein. I'm the founder of the Parkinson's Comfort Project and over the course of six years, we gathered and gave away over 500 handmade quilts to people with Parkinson's disease.

Birdfoot’s Grampa

You know how, sometimes, you get that little hit of bliss when you read something or hear something that just gobsmacks you between the eyes because it expresses just how you feel?

I got that gobsmacked feeling the first time I read this poem by Joseph Bruchac.

In addition to being a poet, Bruchac is a novelist who lives in the Adirondack Mountains.

This is my favorite poem—ever. I hope it will become yours as well.

SH-frog poetry