Weeks

In a
few weeks,
a major change will take
place in my life, bringing sweet peace
once more.

05/30/2019

Writing Plans

Pushing
forward with my
reading selections while
planning new writing ideas for
next year.

12/28/2018

Writing

Finding
some time to write
with all the craziness
of hectic work days, finding some
relief.

12/06/2018

'A Blossoming Journey'

'The isolation is
overpowering.

She feels overwhelmed
by this absence

Until another
emerges from the dark'...

--Connected, from 'A Blossoming Journey'

My first book of poetry, 'A Blossoming Journey', is available on these sites:

Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/blossoming

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Different Path

Stories

make several turns

as they're forming, ideas

taking different paths as a tale

take shape.

02/27/2015 

Sweet Sunset

Sharing

a sweet moment

in Morningside, we kissed

as the sun slipped past the Hudson

River.

2/17/2015

January 20, 2015

It certainly feels great to write in 'Weaving Poetic Threads' once again. I can't believe that I haven't posted here in 6 months! Many things have taken place in my life since that time, early in 2014 in fact. I wish I could say that they were positive things, yet the majority of the events were not. 2014 was certainly a very challenging year, and it forced me to confront things about myself in a monumental way. These past few months have caused me re re-evaluate my goals in life. Despite the struggles, I am eternally grateful for my family, my wonderful boyfriend, my dear friends in my poetry therapy community, and close friendships I've maintained through the years.

I made a promise to myself to strengthen my creative spark in 2015! I'm hard at work in writing my second poetry book, which (hopefully) should be ready this summer. I'm also planning on restarting my poetry therapy group! It will be in New Jersey, and the location needs to be worked out. Running a poetry therapy group brought me much joy when I lived in New York, and I can't wait to have that experience once again.

I hope everyone is enjoying their week! I look forward to sharing more poetry with you soon.


--Cathleen
01/20.2015

My first book, 'A Blossoming Journey', is available here:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/blossoming

Recharge

As the winter chill

brings a time of dormancy,

I think of a plan

to rejuvenate myself,

so my soul can fly once more.

1/20/2015

Summer Breeze

Your touch is as soft
as a gentle summer breeze
washing over me.

6/25/2014

Gifts

I love them for

finding what

I can't find,

Those little

treasures hidden

within daily

life,

Such moments

are lying there

like precious gifts,

waiting to be

unwrapped.

7/18/2011

Saturday Night (a haiku)

A cool summer breeze

courses through the night sky, lit

by the waning moon.

7/16/2011

Almost Full (a cinquain)

The moon

now awakens,

slowly rising to full

beauty, radiant with her warm

presence.

6/14/2011

Path (a cinquain)

Walking

down the old path,

seeing choices I've made

past and present, moving to my

future.

6/11/2011

Another Sky

There is another sky

that calls us to visit

a world unlike our own,

to take that risk and see

beauty with our own eyes.

Keep it within your reach.

6/11/11

Inspired by: 'There is Another Sky' by Emily Dickinson

Tiger Lily (a cinquain)

Many

tiger lilies

blooming in the back yard,

life awakening with lovely

colors.

6/9/2011

In An Instant

In an instant,
everything changed.

Everything I knew,
what I thought I knew,

Vanished upon learning
that revelation.

Fading was that
sense of security

I associated with family,
the need to trust

When times got rough.
Although I still share,

It will never be the same.


6/7/2011

I Call Out to You

I call out to you,

yet you do not respond.

I recall simpler days,

reaching out to one another;

One always there

listening to the other.

As close cousins, bickering

peppered our bond,

Yet that never dissolved

our strong ties.

Instead, subtle twists

in life had its way.

The last time

we really spoke

You were in great need

your aunt's passing

Bearing a huge

weight on your soul;

I tried to lighten the grip

of guilt's heavy hand,

Yet the sorrow rang as clear

as the sadness in your voice.

Years passed, and we've

gone out separate ways;

I still remember the

carefree times,

A stark contrast from the

silence between us today.

I call out to you,

yet you do not respond.

6/6/11

Mend the Thread

Now that I'm at a place

to connect,

to share my

sacred words,

I look back on the

frayed edges in my life,

strands severed by

miscommunication and distance.

I use my words

to mend the thread.

6/5/11

The Secret of LIfe

The secret of life

rises everywhere;

Blooming, as the

first tiger lily

in the garden awakens;

Singing, the sounds of

a child's laughter echoing

in the neighborhood;

Sharing, one person

telling their story

to another.

The secret of life

rises everywhere,

Calling all to see,

to listen, to be aware.

Turning with Life

Where many paths and journeys meet,

the road curves and turns with life;

I walk past calm and busy scenes,

Awaiting what the path will bring.

6/3/2011