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Bread & With It
"Gram, what's for dinner?" I'd ask.
"Bread and with it," she'd say with a smile.
I never knew what I would get, but I knew it would be delicious.
Gone From My Sight
This week brought together grief and poetry in an unexpected way. The images in this poem, are ones I will hold onto for days. One day...
Cathy Stenquist
May 30, 20252 min read
Heal
I see it in faces I meet, hear it in conversations I have and feel it in the hands I hold. There is a hungering for God, for the mercy...
Cathy Stenquist
Apr 29, 20252 min read
Playing: What's My Line?
Progressive Poem 2025 Always looking for a new poetic opportunity, I stumbled upon the 2025 KidLit Progressive Poem. Created in 2012, by...
Cathy Stenquist
Apr 13, 20253 min read
A Little Peaceful Poetry
Today's poem takes us to the oceans' edge, as the morning symphony is about to begin.
Cathy Stenquist
Apr 11, 20251 min read
Thinking about Poetry
Last June, on a trip Highlights, I followed my heart, and dove more seriously into the world of poetry. Like an excited explorer, I tied...
Cathy Stenquist
Mar 29, 20252 min read
Watch Where You're Going!
March Literary Madness has commenced! It seems everyone is hosting contests, authors are busy with school visits, agents are opening for...
Cathy Stenquist
Mar 7, 20252 min read
My New Best Friend?
Happy Poetry Friday! Today I share a poem about the simplest, and in my opinion the most precious of things: Reading to a child....
Cathy Stenquist
Feb 28, 20252 min read
Yearning for the Splash
The slight increase in temperature today, to a balmy high of 33 degrees, had me roll down my window a bit, breathe in the fresh cool air...
Cathy Stenquist
Feb 21, 20251 min read
Will You Be Mine?
Happy Valentines Day! How lovely to be able to focus on what the world need so much more of these days, LOVE. I browsed through my photos...
Cathy Stenquist
Feb 14, 20251 min read
Double Dactyl, Anyone?
Studying poetry, meter and its forms this past year or so, has been so interesting. When I feel brave enough to try a new form, it is...
Cathy Stenquist
Feb 7, 20251 min read
Trails
Walking through cathedral pines, sun beams piercing the cool air, lighting my path. Heaven. I don't think there is anything I enjoy more...
Cathy Stenquist
Jan 31, 20251 min read
Little Artists
When a toddler experiences the many forms of art early in life, it is like putting a pan of water on to boil. Some of the flames: the...
Cathy Stenquist
Jan 29, 20252 min read
Robed in Fleece
Lately, my attempts to get back to sleep after early morning shuffles, have dismally failed. I close my eyes, and try to clear my mind,...
Cathy Stenquist
Jan 17, 20251 min read
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