Katherine's Coffeehouse

By Katherine Gotthardt The turtle has been crushed by a mower, life leaving through cracks in its shattered shell, coagulated, […]

By Katherine Gotthardt Somewhere, there’s what I should be doing, somewhere between the smudged edges of you and me, between […]

I tell you trust isn't something I lend like a new book you know damn well will never be returned. […]

In withering arms of darkness, dew trying to pass for rainwater, beaten terrain attempts to rise,

Seeking comfort in success

By Katherine Gotthardt In the dream, my bed is cemented in a storefront, and I, no control over window treatments […]

Freedom means choosing your light, picking which part of the day means most, rising with mourning doves and dew, or […]

Today, the hate of the world weighs heavy, and I must remain a poet,

Saturdays were errand days, shopping and banking,

By Katherine Gotthardt   Often now, I think about death, usually at 3 a.m. when I wake to the thin […]