Hasandra R. Heyward, Author
Upon the winds my spirit soars; tasting life fully.
With every breath, I inhale the beauty flowing from deep within my soul.
As my fingers embrace this dance of life...you get to witness the ache
within the ache upon each page.
Smyrna, GA 30080
ph: 678-938-2208
hheyward
New Release
Fall 2009
Inspired Breath Ballet
My Mother’s Eyes, My Father’s Heart
Passion is my mother
vision is my father;
opportunity the playground
upon which they whirl.
I heard the cry of desire
ringing in an endless call;
a beggin’ moment that
whispered, I am here,
dance with me.
I silenced the audacity of
negative thoughts as we
waltzed beyond the hills,
beyond obstacles,
above the voice of inadequacy.
But when did I beckon him?
Was it through my tears
and frustration that opportunity
found me?
How did he know that being
both asleep and awake seared
the depths of me?
A restless mind trying
to birth a dream;
breaking through the chatty
whispers that claim, “she has no voice.”
I screamed into the dawn
awaiting my echo...but
his voice penetrated
the heaped darkness.
Every time I cried out
he answered.
He dreamed when I dreamed;
while transforming me beyond
my greatest illusion.
I loitered but I was never lost;
somehow, the vision was always there,
hidden among internal opposites;
one daring and alive; willing to take
a chance, the other afraid to
stray outside the lines.
But my soul cried out needing
to be free from the dangling
cords of life’s puppetry,
and the ache within my soul
that haunts me.
As much as hunger and thirst are
a part of living, my mother
has fed my hunger and my father,
my thirst; courage became the
journey...opportunity sprung forth
from seeds fed by sheer passion
and a poet was born.
©2008 Hasandra Heyward
"I like the way you capture many sides of an experience... It's the balancing of mother and father, hope and silence, movement forward and quiet waiting, subterranean yearning with full blown longing: very nice".
Dr. Malik (Psychologist)
"Don’t you understand that someone’s healing is in this great work?"
Tonya Hines, North Carolina
This site is dedicated to Alma L. McNeil, my grandmother. She ushered me into womanhood, taught me to love and how to give unconditionally. I honor her with this work.
"A chance meeting in a book store led me to "My Soul's Symphony." Heyward's powerful images of compassion, love and what it means to care took me beyond that chance meeting. Her poems heal old wounds, move us to reach out to others, and strive for our potential. As a nursing instructor struggling to teach compassion and caring, this book is a valuable tool. Heyward's poetry has found its way into my heart and into my classroom."
Beth Hultquist, MSN, RN (Darton College, GA)
Come Journey with Me in 2010
Journaling 4 Health (Mind-Body-Spirit-Emotions)
Services
My goal is to show the world that poets are people with purpose, vision, and a heart that inspires!
Hasandra
Services:
- Public Talks and Readings
- Benefit Book Signings
- Poetry Seminars that help participants find their authentic, creative voice and move from writers to authors.
- Journaling Classes
- Writing Services for special occasions. The author's work has been used to assist counselors during sessions with drug addicted mothers and daughters, National Women's Lectureships, Marriage Retreats, Youth Conferences, Graduations, etc.
- Workshops for schools to help youth channel emotions.
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Let us make your next occasion special. Tell us your vision and watch it come alive. Or, give us a reason to host a Benefit Book Signing project for your organization.
Please contact us anytime! We look forward to hearing from you.
Smyrna, GA 30080
ph: 678-938-2208
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