Cathy Cultice Lentes
@cathylentes.bsky.social
Poet, essayist, & children’s writer. Author of Getting the Mail; co-author of Stronger When We Touch. #SCBWI PAL member. MFA in Writing for Young People (Solstice) Proud mother of Youth Library Services Coordinator and TV anchor/journalist.
I’m delighted to have 3 poems in Volume 46 of Blueline.
June 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I’m delighted to have 3 poems in Volume 46 of Blueline.
Early April dirt therapy.
April 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Early April dirt therapy.
Oh! This book is feeding my soul so much right now. I’ve been flooded in since Wednesday and down with a bad back, but the essays collected in this anthology benefitting Asheville’s recovery after the devastation of Hurricane Helene lift me up and float hope for my own writing.✍️ Go to Bookshop.org
April 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Oh! This book is feeding my soul so much right now. I’ve been flooded in since Wednesday and down with a bad back, but the essays collected in this anthology benefitting Asheville’s recovery after the devastation of Hurricane Helene lift me up and float hope for my own writing.✍️ Go to Bookshop.org
Thinking spring.
March 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Thinking spring.
I’m delighted to have two poems in the latest issue of Northern Appalachia Review:
A Woman Made of Feathers; and Flat Earth.
A Woman Made of Feathers; and Flat Earth.
March 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I’m delighted to have two poems in the latest issue of Northern Appalachia Review:
A Woman Made of Feathers; and Flat Earth.
A Woman Made of Feathers; and Flat Earth.
March 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Another literary adventure with my poet-pal, Wendy McVicker, reading and presenting at the Writer’s Conference of Northern Appalachia hosted by St. Francis University in Loretto, PA.
March 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Another literary adventure with my poet-pal, Wendy McVicker, reading and presenting at the Writer’s Conference of Northern Appalachia hosted by St. Francis University in Loretto, PA.
Setting is always my first character…and then a girl arrives. Tell the truth in stories.
—Lauren Wolk
#MiddleGradeMagic
—Lauren Wolk
#MiddleGradeMagic
March 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Setting is always my first character…and then a girl arrives. Tell the truth in stories.
—Lauren Wolk
#MiddleGradeMagic
—Lauren Wolk
#MiddleGradeMagic
Cold again. A skiff of snow. A window ghost of me.
March 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Cold again. A skiff of snow. A window ghost of me.
Keep looking for beauty.
Protect the people and places you love.
Protect the people and places you love.
February 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Keep looking for beauty.
Protect the people and places you love.
Protect the people and places you love.
Cataract surgery on Wednesday. Rest and recovery now. My personal nurses are on the job.
January 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Cataract surgery on Wednesday. Rest and recovery now. My personal nurses are on the job.
Working at the upstairs desk because it’s January 2025 and hell appears to be freezing over. Too damn cold!🥶
January 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Working at the upstairs desk because it’s January 2025 and hell appears to be freezing over. Too damn cold!🥶
And still the snow falls, the woods already white. We watch in wonder.❄️
January 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And still the snow falls, the woods already white. We watch in wonder.❄️
It’s here! Women Speak Volume Ten. So pleased to have my essay, What To Believe included.
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December 26, 2024 at 6:47 PM
It’s here! Women Speak Volume Ten. So pleased to have my essay, What To Believe included.
sheilanagigblog.com/sheila-na-gi...
sheilanagigblog.com/sheila-na-gi...
Celebrating the winter solstice, snow in the air. Here’s to the dark, and the light returning.
December 21, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Celebrating the winter solstice, snow in the air. Here’s to the dark, and the light returning.
Always a pleasure to appear in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, a beloved Appalachian journal.
December 18, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Always a pleasure to appear in Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, a beloved Appalachian journal.
Food for body and mind!
Happy Thanksgiving, friends.🦃
Happy Thanksgiving, friends.🦃
November 27, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Food for body and mind!
Happy Thanksgiving, friends.🦃
Happy Thanksgiving, friends.🦃
Who needs a cat or two on this Monday?🐈⬛🐈⬛💤
November 18, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Who needs a cat or two on this Monday?🐈⬛🐈⬛💤
