Cathy Xinman: Christmas Eve
Cathy Xinman
December 20, 2025
Xinman’s newest poem, “Christmas Eve”, is a meditation on stillness, listening, and the quiet birth of peace.
Author: Cathy Xinman
Cathy Xinman: The Ache of Solitude
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December 12, 2025
In “The Ache of Solitude”, the Canadian poet explores the fragile border between connection and isolation.
Cathy Xinman: Guernica Strikes Like Lightning at the Core
Cathy Xinman
October 25, 2025
Xinman has written an ambitious art poem, inspired by Picasso’s Guernica painting as its spiritual ignition point.
Cathy Xinman: Child of the Rose
Cathy Xinman
October 19, 2025
“Child of the Rose” is a meditation on love as both creation and surrender.
Cathy Xinman: Maple Leaves Rustle, Another Season
Cathy Xinman
October 12, 2025
Remember the last time you walked through fallen leaves and heard that distinctive rustle beneath your feet?
Cathy Xinman: All Its Love Is in the Human World
Cathy Xinman
October 3, 2025
This poem captures a quiet, almost sacred moment between the poet and her puppy—a shared gaze that speaks where words cannot.
Cathy Xinman: The Wound of Solitude
Cathy Xinman
September 27, 2025
“The Wound of Solitude” is a poem for anyone who has ever felt alone in a crowd.
Cathy Xinman: Sunday Is Real
Cathy Xinman
September 21, 2025
In “Sunday Is Real”, the Canadian poet distills the hush of a single day into an intimate meditation on love and presence.
Cathy Xinman: I Am Despair, Who Are You?
Cathy Xinman
September 14, 2025
The power of this poem lies in its refusal to aestheticize or philosophize despair.
Cathy Xinman: I Try to Become a Morning
Cathy Xinman
September 5, 2025
Xinman’s poem, “I Try to Become a Morning”, explores the exquisite tension between a desire for purity and the burden of earthly existence.
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