3 a.m.
By Katherine Gotthardt |
By Katherine Gotthardt Often now, I think about death, usually at 3 a.m. when I wake to the thin skin of all that separates us. They say that’s when the dead speak, spirits and the living reside in one world, and anyone you miss is a but a pinpoint’s distance to your fingertips. […]
Cardinal
By Katherine Gotthardt |
By Katherine Gotthardt Mornings, I want to write deeply, delve into the beak of the cardinal by my window, pull his routine song into my poem, make something more beautiful than myself. But it doesn’t happen. Instead, the day gets swallowed, sits in a full belly where hours and years swell into reminders […]
Imposter Syndrome
By Katherine Gotthardt |
Somewhere here,
we’ve got the trophy,
proof we’re not “one of them.”
Women of a Certain Age
By Katherine Gotthardt |
We women of certain age have seen some things. But we don’t always tell. We tuck lessons learned into our bra and hold them safe til we need them again. Adjust the straps when it gets too tight. Don’t tell us how to start something. Or how to get it done. Don’t tell us we […]
Aftermath
By Katherine Gotthardt |
I wrote this piece the day after the attack on the Capitol. May we always overcome, and may we never forget the fragility of peace.