Twelve-Hundred Steps

TWELVE-HUNDRED STEPS is a collection of insightful poetry about love and life as well as a collection of poignant stories about growing up as one of two adopted children on the Alden family farm in western Oregon. As you read these pages, it becomes evident that the need for love and freedom is very important to Ms. Alden. This glimpse into her soul and heart through her words will most certainly compel you to relate to the deep feelings that forever constitute who she is.

M. Trish Alden will be the first to say she doesn’t follow the rules and techniques of most poets, and is somewhat insecure in that fact. She does write from the heart, however, and the words flow without concern for the mechanics, resulting in a raw, simple rendering of her very own truth that seems incredibly familiar to all of us.