For Kathy Sabol of Clarkston, her talent for poetry is a gift from God. Her religious faith demands that she share that talent.
“I believe we’re here to help each other, uplift people, let God work through us,” said Sabol, 48.
Her new book, “Heart, Soul, & Inspiration ? A Collection of Spiritually & Personally Inspired Poetry,” contains 100 of her poems, written in rhyme and meter.
“We need God ? if one of my poems causes you to think about God for a few minutes, if it touches you in some way, then it’s done its job,” she said.
Poems explore spiritual themes, the power of prayer, life for unborn children and those terminally ill, holidays such as Easter, Christmas, and Mother’s and Father’s day, as well as life experiences including the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, motherhood, and bird hunting with her dog.
“It was a mission of love,” she said. “Will I write again? That’s in the lord’s hands.”
She started writing poetry when growing up in Brighton. As a teenager, she filled a notebook with poetry. She stopped when marriage and family took precedence.
When daughter Teri was a student at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Pontiac, they volunteered at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lake Orion.
Some of her poems were published in the church bulletin at St. Joseph’s ? she was reinspired.
“It was like a door opened ? I started writing all over again,” Kathy said.
It took about a year to finish the 100 poems and assemble them into book form.
“Some poems write themselves ? others are a struggle,” she said.
She organized her poems based on the calendar, with Good Friday and Easter poems towards the front and Christmas poems at the end.
The book, published by Authorhouse of Indiana, is available for $12.99 at Michael’s Catholic Gift Shop in the Columbiere Center, Willow Pointe, Celtic Cove, and other book stores on order, and Amazon.com.

Author loves
historic home

Kathy Sabol, her husband, Michael, and their daughter Teri moved several times because of Michael’s job with General Motors, living in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, as well as Troy and Shelby Township in Michigan.
But they’ve always found themselves returning to the Clarkston area.
“We love this area ? the country feel, it’s not too far from work in Flint, Lansing, and Warren, shopping, and concerts,” she said.
About three years ago, with Teri in college, they made one more move, from a four-bedroom house on an acre-lot in Independence Township to a historic house on Buffalo Street.
“We’ve always loved older, historic homes,” she said.
“We fell in love with the house. It has character. We talk to our neighbors. You can walk downtown.”