I am so delighted to share I got to do a reading for the wonderful and longstanding Cobalts Poet Reading night. It’s been running every Tuesday night in LA since 1984 by poet Rick Lupert. You can watch the whole online Open Mic on Facebook. If you’d like to see my two poem reading. At 1hr 1mins…
Poetry is my Alchemy…
Thoughts… It is our life’s work to manifest this alchemy.
Poem: Losing my voice
In the quiet and silence I had a voice and used it But nobody listened. it was 2015. Never mind the warnings or revelations. Then I got ‘friends’, an ‘audience’ and I found ‘God’ my voice disappeared it was 2016. five years later in the quiet of depression in the depths of an abyss…
Online Poetry Night! Ledbury Poetry Festival Community Programme Sharing Showcase
Hop online for a Night of Poetry this Friday 30th April 2021 7pm – 8.30pm. Catherine will be reading two new poems. The event is hosted by Ledbury Poetry Festival as part of their Community Programme. Please Facebook message for link.
Poem: Lost Generation
We are the heir To Blair In academia we make our bet They get into debt. Fortune is linear? Starve, charge and never recharge. Let’s get skinnier. We are living it up Naivety of a pup In the workplace we are like slaves Then at night we rave. Our big break will come. Chase, trace…
Book: The Quarter Life Crisis Poet
Whispers of deep hurts, unfulfilled love and miraculously of all hope… What we have here is a Romantic, a Dreamer who got overthrown by the people around her. Whispers of deep hurts overlay the pages. This is a soul trying to climb out of a well of despair. Cursed with unfulfilled love, filled with longing. Nobody to…
Poem: Artists on the Left bank
I walk alone along the same path as Matisse. Near the river I find a bench and sit reading Colette, lost with Claudine. In my hand is a little gift bag I could not resist earlier buying yet another silk slip dress and robe I am so charmed by the boutiques and tried on many…
Poem: In the Louvre
You are gazing at my favourite painting, so, I stand back and wait. A girl walks to you. My eyes cast down. Distracting myself I search for a sculpture. When I find it I am tempted to touch the white marble: An embrace by cupid. Secretly, I wish to be kissed the same way. It…
Community Showcase Poetry Reading
Join us for readings of Poetry by community workshops attendeesFeaturing published Author & Poet Catherine VaughanHosted by Ledbury Poetry Festival Manager Phillippa SlingerFREE EVENT Monday 8th July 10am – 11.30am More info:www.poetry-festival.co.uk/events/2019-18/ Location:Community HallLawnside RoadLedbury HR8 2AD
Live reading at The Courtyard’s Poetry Slam 2018
Catherine will be entering in The Courtyard’s 2018 Poetry Slam. To watch her read new poems purchase tickets here