Blue Mountain Rider
by Mary Benson and Hedy Strauss
Trails leading everywhere
Wind blowin’ through your hair
Sunny days will follow you,
As you ride through mountain dew.
—Hedy Strauss, “Blue Mountain Rider
Lovers of horses and the outdoors will be in for a wonderful ride with the release of Blue Mountain Rider, a beautiful collection of poems written by Mary Benson and Hedy Strauss.
Dedicated to their equine friends and their caregivers, this fascinating collection will make readers laugh, cry, and forever stay in love with the wonderful world of horses.
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Reviews
Blue Mountain Rider pays tribute to the horse with a medley of poems and
photographs among which every horse lover will find much to enjoy.
— Dan Aadland, author of Sketches from the Ranch: A Montana Memoir.
I read the book and loved it. I can certainly identify with Think Twice.Ode to the Wild Mustangs is lovely and so relevant considering the BLM’s
destruction of the wild herds remaining on our public lands. A lovely
poem. Thanks for sending the book to me.
— Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director, The Cloud Foundation,
www.thecloudfoundation.org
Blue Mountain Rider is a moving new collection of poems by Mary Benson and Hedy Strauss, two women whose verses reveal their lifelong love of horses and deep concern for their welfare. Their compilation will evoke a gamut of emotions in the reader. The poetry in Blue Mountain Rider reverberates with articulate clearness and true passion.
— Jerry Johnson, Vermont poet, www.VTPoet.com
Mary Benson and Hedy Strauss have created an impressive tribute to horses and their place in human history. Writing in a comfortable rhyming tradition, the poems are well-crafted and accompanying illustrations are wonderfully chosen. Here are poems that rise to an almost reverential realm, which are sure to appeal to a large audience.
— Dr. David B. Axelrod, Laureate and Fulbright Poet
www.creativehappiness.org