To understand the poet is not the point.

“Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.” – Pablo Picasso
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About Cathy

Cathy Wittmeyer is not the poet-mother-engineer-lawyer-conservationist living in the Alps; she is the one experiencing life through the pen, hands, eyes, ears and heart of that body living on this speck of a planet. 

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About Cathy

Cathy Wittmeyer is not the poet-mother-engineer-lawyer-conservationist living in the Alps; she is the one experiencing life through the pen, hands, eyes, ears and heart of that body living on this speck of a planet. 

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Cathy’s Blog

That’s Life

by | Nov 16, 2020

No, I'm not crying because I'm waiting for my own spinal tap results. I don't cling to life that much. But I know he does. Most people I know have a Velcro-like attraction to life as if we didn't know this is all temporary. Maybe we didn't at first, not until that...

We Did It! MFA.

We Did It! MFA.

by | Jun 15, 2020

On Thursday, June 11, Jaclyn Costik and I, defended our manuscripts, “And Otherwise Defective,” and “Kadenz,” respectively.  A few hours later, we held a virtual public reading. Well over 50 people attended the reading via Zoom and participated in the Q&A at...

Time to Revisit Pittsburgh

by | Dec 30, 2019

Compared to my first residency, I returned to Pittsburgh this time feeling more confident that I knew what I was doing. The agenda was packed and I was determined to get the most out of each day. Once A Mentor, Always A Mentor I got to work this semester in a very...