Thinking Out Loud

About the Book

“THINKING OUT LOUD” is a collaboration of the Author’s mind and soul. This body of writings run the spectrum of savvy and sweet to raw and ravenous. The poems, written from her own intra-personal struggles are encrusted with matter-of-fact dialogue and as you read, you are transported from your own safe frame of reference. You’ll find yourself laughing, crying and “Thinking Out Loud”, or feeling compelled to strengthen alack-luster relationships, if only with yourself. For certain, some poems you’ll like, others you will love. You are guaranteed to find a few that seems like they were written with you in mind. “THINKING OUT LOUD” takes some readers to a place they haven’t been in a very long time, and to a few places they never even visited. ENJOY!!!

About the Author

For the Author, Kathleen Sledge, every time there was a special event or occasion that required just the “WRITE” words, she heard this phrase, “Just write me something!” She was born in the Delta in Mississippi. She was brought North by her parents as a toddler. She was raised and attended school on the low-end (43rd St.), of the Southside of Chicago, Illinois. A born writer, she pulls together dialogue from her experience as a daughter, sister, mother and friend. Often she finds herself writing words that most women’s inner monologues prohibits them to say. (OUT LOUD, at least) She has a knack for putting words together that causes the reader to relate, reflect and rejoice. Over the years, she has grown from a catering and accommodating personality, to a secure, confident and mature woman. Her writings are a reflection of this growth, yet she remains warm-hearted, focused and trued. After all, these poems were created while “Thinking Out Loud”.