Marilyn Haight's Bio
Marilyn Haight's multi-faceted career includes positions as corporate manager and director; management trainer; organization development consultant; behavioral-science researcher; entrepreneur; business writer; adult educator...and now, poet.
Marilyn began writing poetry in the fifth grade, but life and work steered her down a different path. She secretly returned to poetry throughout her life. Since 2005, she has studied with Master Poet James Masao Mitsui through Arizona State University’s Creative Writing program in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. In September, 2011, she published her first collection of poetry, No One Ever Told Me: Poems for People Over Fifty. More recently, five of her poems were included in an anthology edited by Mitsui, Measuring Twine: Poetry With Strings Attached.
In another area of interest, her book, Greeting Card Verses for Nontraditional Situations & Relationships, acknowledges people who are often treated as though they are on the periphery of society with a collection of short messages, ideal for blank cards and personal notes, that bridge differences in age; race; personality style; politics; religion; sexual orientation; social context; and more. These sentiments are written in a conversational style (not poetry) that anyone would feel comfortable adapting for their use.
She has also authored three business books: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Boss? (management/career); Kissing the Corporate Frog (leadership); and The Instruction Writer’s Guide: How to Explain How to Do Anthing! (education/training/technical writing).
Educational accomplishments include earning a BS in Business Administration at Thomas Edison College in Trenton, NJ; an MS in Organization Development at American University and NTL Institute in Washington, D.C.; and an MA in Human Development at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA.
Marilyn lives in Peoria, Arizona, with her husband, Arnold, a retired high-school English teacher; and Cameo, their Italian Greyhound, who decides when it’s time to move away from the keyboard, turn off the computer and play catch.
Marilyn began writing poetry in the fifth grade, but life and work steered her down a different path. She secretly returned to poetry throughout her life. Since 2005, she has studied with Master Poet James Masao Mitsui through Arizona State University’s Creative Writing program in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. In September, 2011, she published her first collection of poetry, No One Ever Told Me: Poems for People Over Fifty. More recently, five of her poems were included in an anthology edited by Mitsui, Measuring Twine: Poetry With Strings Attached.
In another area of interest, her book, Greeting Card Verses for Nontraditional Situations & Relationships, acknowledges people who are often treated as though they are on the periphery of society with a collection of short messages, ideal for blank cards and personal notes, that bridge differences in age; race; personality style; politics; religion; sexual orientation; social context; and more. These sentiments are written in a conversational style (not poetry) that anyone would feel comfortable adapting for their use.
She has also authored three business books: Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Boss? (management/career); Kissing the Corporate Frog (leadership); and The Instruction Writer’s Guide: How to Explain How to Do Anthing! (education/training/technical writing).
Educational accomplishments include earning a BS in Business Administration at Thomas Edison College in Trenton, NJ; an MS in Organization Development at American University and NTL Institute in Washington, D.C.; and an MA in Human Development at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA.
Marilyn lives in Peoria, Arizona, with her husband, Arnold, a retired high-school English teacher; and Cameo, their Italian Greyhound, who decides when it’s time to move away from the keyboard, turn off the computer and play catch.
