My year was essentially a good year. Not many extraordinary things happened, but I feel settled, serene and mostly content with where I am and with who I am. I have a beautiful family with amazing young people to share their world views with me. I have a husband who I love. And I have friends. Not many, two or three, but I cherish them. I love my job and I got to listen to a lot of amazing music this year. And I wrote. A lot. It was one of my most productive years ever. And that’s what this post will be about. Writing and my publications. You see, this year I published my tenth book. It’s a milestone. And although it may sound conceited not many independent poets reach that milestone. What will follow is a small recap of the books I wrote and published since 2018. That’s right, I have been publishing my own poems for 7 years now. Not because I think it is the best poetry out there, but because I needed it for myself. I wanted and needed to hold my poetry in a printed book. And in doing so, it became available for everyone else too.
Once I let go of the poems and put them into books, they become yours to read, to hold, to experience.
They never need my explanation or interpretation, because we all live and read poetry with different eyes, with a different heart.
My only hope is that some of my words reach the people who need to read them.
There is another post on my blog where I wrote about these books from a different angle and shared some of the feedback I received. It’s worth taking a look, I think. I don’t receive much feedback. My poetry isn’t loud. It asks for silence and for room to breathe. But when people do share their thoughts, it matters. A lot. Or, as someone recently said to me when I praised their work: “It means the world. You never know how these things are going to land.”
If you ever consider buying a copy of one of my books, you can purchase them through me
http://paypal.me/micqu. Right now they are all pay what you want. And they will be sent out in January 2026. They are also available on Amazon for those who don’t want to wait.
I would also mention again that a couple of my poems can be heard on SoundCloud. Either narrated by me or by Daniel Cavanagh (founder, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentiste in Weather Systems).
I don’t know exactly what the new year will bring, but I know I will keep writing. And 11th book is taking form and the 12th too.
All these words were mine for a long time. Now they are yours.
reflections of an unquiet mind 
You have much to feel proud about, Cathy. I have three of your books, two purchased and one gifted by you.
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You are one of my biggest supporters and you don’t even like poetry all that much 😊
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