Measuring Twine: Poetry With Strings Attached is a bundle of contemporary poems written by four generations of poets, spanning 60 years. They live across the United States, and all are past or present student of James Masao Mitsui. Their work displays a love of writing and living beyond a water glass that's half-full. Their poetry is accessible to everyone, as William Carlos Williams said it should be. These poems are understandable, entertaining and nostalgic, yet challenging enough to stir dreams & imagination and cause some introspection. 

The poets: Leslie Admire; Nancy Bechtolt; Katy E. Ellis; Tyler Fish; Marilyn Haight; Stacy Hero; Ruth Huber; Alison Kinnahan; Ellen McGehee; Steph Milligan; Steve Murphy; Arlene Naganawa; Haran Phaneuf; Charlotte Saucedo; Virginia Schierscher; James Seals; Adam J. Settingsgaard; Madeleine Sterkowicz; Shawna Tews; Annette Tischler; Eleanore D. Trupkiewicz; and Steve Weistling.


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"Time to read poetry that William Carlos Williams would have said was for the people on back streets & country roads , in urban high rises & gated communities. Here are poems that deal with the issues that face us all, whether we reside in Sun City, Paterson, Mankato, Temecula, or  Meridian. These poems, their front doors and windows left open like Edward Hopper paintings, reveal elements of the human condition, regardless of our age, regardless of how we pay the bills, regardless of how we spend our weekends, regardless of  whether we believe in politics or religion. You know the people who live in these exceptional poems by Marilyn Haight."
                                                                                                     James Masao Mitsui 
                                                                                                      The Emeritus College, Arizona State University

Marilyn Haight's free-verse poetry lays bare the unspoken thoughts and emotions we experience as we grow older. While some of the poems are humorous, all deal with serious subjects, such as living in an aging body; dealing with ongoing loss; and looking toward a future that’s shorter than the past. These poems can make you laugh, or give you permission to cry about things that change our later lives in ways that make us feel happy and sad, connected and lonely, complete and unfinished--conflicting emotions that reside in our being, whether or not we want them. 

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It's time we looked at leadership from a different perspective--from the bottom up! Leadership definitions created by CEO's and their pet consultants rarely apply to people working at the bottom or in the middle of hierarchies. That doesn't mean they can't work; it just means they're incomplete. Kissing the Corporate Frog fills in the blanks and shows you how employees are always evaluating their managers according to a different definition of leadership.

Based on real people and events, Kissing the Corporate Frog introduces you to a new way of looking at leadership-from the bottom up! 21st Century employees have their own ideas about what leadership is-and hierarchical levels & titles have nothing to do with it. Discover the four leadership traits that mean the most to them in this fictionalized account of seven young managers working on a doomed project. The seven members of the Ubiquitous Project Team at Omnipotent Digital Corporation attend a leadership seminar where they reject old theories, identify their generation's role model, and reveal the four leadership traits they look for in management. Eavesdrop on their conversations as they talk about their managers and figure out how to get their company's ill-fated project out the door.
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This is the ultimate employee survival guide! It tells you exactly how to deal with every type of bad boss on the planet. Once you know the type, you can handle any situation thrown at you. Got a bad boss made of multiple types? This book tells you how to handle all the combinations. Got a bad boss who wants to be bad and knows how to get away with it? Find out how to survive and, even more helpful, find out what not to do. You'll even learn how to spot a bad boss during an interview when you search for your next job. You'll find easy-to-read, practical, tested advice in this book-not theory, opinion or second-hand information. 

Marilyn Haight conducted a five-year undercover research study, working as an employee without letting the employing organizations know who she was. She found out, first-hand, what works and what doesn't. She's packed all that information into this book so you won't become the next victim of a bad boss.

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