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.
Author: Cathy Xinman
Cathy Xinman: Sleep, Do Not Fear Me
Cathy Xinman
August 29, 2025
“Sleep, Do Not Fear Me” offers not just a reading experience, but a moment of profound and shared solace.
The Flight of Poetry: When a Work Gives Birth to an Independent Life
Cathy Xinman
August 25, 2025
Eliot maintained that great verse must break free from the chains of private sentiment to forge universal human resonance.
Cathy Xinman: The Sun Is Never Blind
Cathy Xinman
August 13, 2025
Xinman’s poem reflects on time, aging, and human mortality, while celebrating the power of love, shared human experience, and the sun.
Cathy Xinman: There Is Only One Sun, Let Others Catch It
Cathy Xinman
July 22, 2025
“There Is Only One Sun, Let Others Catch”, explores a central challenge of modern life: how to preserve inner independence.
Cathy Xinman: True North · 2025
Cathy Xinman
June 28, 2025
Xinman’s poem, “True North · 2025”, functions simultaneously as allegory, historical narrative, and national reflection.
Cathy Xinman: Praying for the World
Cathy Xinman
June 14, 2025
“Praying for the World” unfolds as a quiet meditation on parental hope and fear.
Cathy Xinman: The Woman’s Womb
Cathy Xinman
June 7, 2025
Xinman’s poem, “The Woman’s Womb”, explores resilience, motherhood, creation, and emotional cycles.
Cathy Xinman: Love – Never
Cathy Xinman
May 6, 2025
“Love Never” stands as a poetic testament to the enduring nature of love that transcends imperfections and hardships.
Cathy Xinman: The Limits and Treasures of Time – Cherry Blossoms
Cathy Xinman
April 7, 2025
Xinman’s poem, “The Limits and Treasures of Time – Cherry Blossoms”, moves from loss to light.
Cathy Xinman: I Try to Become a Morning
Cathy Xinman
September 5, 2025
Cathy Xinman: Sleep, Do Not Fear Me
Cathy Xinman
August 29, 2025
The Flight of Poetry: When a Work Gives Birth to an Independent Life
Cathy Xinman
August 25, 2025
Cathy Xinman: The Sun Is Never Blind
Cathy Xinman
August 13, 2025
Cathy Xinman: There Is Only One Sun, Let Others Catch It
Cathy Xinman
July 22, 2025
Cathy Xinman: True North · 2025
Cathy Xinman
June 28, 2025
Cathy Xinman: Praying for the World
Cathy Xinman
June 14, 2025
Cathy Xinman: The Woman’s Womb
Cathy Xinman
June 7, 2025
Cathy Xinman: Love – Never
Cathy Xinman
May 6, 2025
Cathy Xinman: The Limits and Treasures of Time – Cherry Blossoms
Cathy Xinman
April 7, 2025
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.