Michelle M. O’Donnell, (Sabela the Poet) is an artist of poetry, photography, and with articulation, she has the gift of gab! She is a Believer and a Life Coach. She grew up in Mansfield, Ma. a small New England town. As a self-taught poet, she journeyed in life with deep thoughts and ideas to understand her upbringing and make sense of the traumas she experienced as a child and as well into adulthood. The completion of her first book is a testament to perseverance and learning to love herself.

At 55 Sabela is living in Stuart, Florida where she frequently watches sunrises and sunsets on Hutchinson Island. She loves photographing flowers, clouds, birds, and butterflies. She loves her family, and she loves meeting new people daily. 

This collection of poems began as an expressive outlet for a young, single mother to make sense of her life. Faith plays an important part in this journey. Many of the poems are themes of love, heartache, passion, and strife. A life journey of healing is the outcome from thirty-five years of journaling and writing out prayers to her unseen Creator. With doubt at times and with great faith in others, these poems will connect anyone reading to a familiar experience. Some poems exemplify a psalm-like style which she credits to reading the Word of God for over thirty years. Sabela finds ways to flow with sounds and words that have a “riverly” quality. As her theme of positivity fuels her poetry, the greater message is of hope, faith, and genuine Love.