The Connection

About the Book

Meadowlark’s Song

Laying in the grass and listening
Communicating with the universe
My life is full of good feelings
The moment I see a meadowlark

I do not feel alone
The cosmic exchange of words
The meadowlarks singing, relentlessly up above
Guiding me, watching over me

I take this greatest gift in
Locked deeply in my soul
Never wanting to forget it
Forever drawing it in my memory

Helene Montessigny-Clement’s writing is dedicated to every reader regardless of age, gender, or race. Her in-depth poetry is unique; it is specific to the 19th as well as the 20th century. The Connection is about Poland's heroic history; it portrays timeless portraits of Jozef Pilsudski and the late Pope John Paul II. It brings Poland's history into the international forum: the uprisings of 1831, 1863, World War I, and World War II. The author's love of nature, both the Canadian Prairie and Poland's countryside, the place of her childhood, is vivid throughout the poetry. Her poetry also takes a great deal of inspiration from Chopin's timeless music and she dedicates her poems to this greatest composer of the modern era, especially as the 200th anniversary of his birth approaches. It is written in both English and Polish.

About the Author

Helene Montessigny-Clement emigrated from Poland to Canada in the early 1980s. She was educated in Poland earning a University degree and raised her family in rural Saskatchewan, Canada. The vastness and overwhelming beauty of the Great Canadian Prairies has provided lasting impressions and inspiration for writing.