To understand the poet is not the point.
Publications
Work To Do
Has appeared in Noble Gas QRTLY
Norderney Nerves
Has appeared in The Esthetic Apostle
Peeling Bark Floats Silver and Papery
Has appeared in Cathexis Northwest Press
About Cathy
Cathy Wittmeyer is not the poet-mother-engineer-lawyer-
About Cathy
Cathy Wittmeyer is not the poet-mother-engineer-lawyer-
Cathy’s Blog
Managing Expectations within The Honesty of the Room
Have you ever done something as you planned and prepared for it, received well-intentioned compliments, and only felt terrible afterward? Well, it’s over: Thursday’s Zoom reading in which I read new material next to some amazing poets that shattered me temporarily...
Craft Talk Video is Online
I was listening to the January 25 The Poet Salon podcast with hosts Gabrielle Bates, Luther Hughes, and Dujie Tahat and their guest Ada Limón. They discussed the virtues of poetic “play,” among other wonderful topics. The play topic stuck out for me because the craft...
Poetry & Timing & Luck & Stars & Gratitude
A dear friend still wants me to tell her the time I was born so that she can do my reading. I hate to avoid the question, but I avoid all things hocus-pocus. This is weird for a life-long relatively devout Catholic to say, I know. Hocus-pocus is essential to our...