Cathy Xinman: The Wound of Solitude
Cathy Xinman
September 27, 2025
“The Wound of Solitude” is a poem for anyone who has ever felt alone in a crowd.
Tag: poetry
Cathy Xinman: Sunday Is Real
Cathy Xinman
September 21, 2025
In “Sunday Is Real”, the Canadian poet distills the hush of a single day into an intimate meditation on love and presence.
Cathy Xinman: I Am Despair, Who Are You?
Cathy Xinman
September 14, 2025
The power of this poem lies in its refusal to aestheticize or philosophize despair.
November never left: Isabella Wang’s new poetry collection navigates grief and recovery
becky tu
September 11, 2025
Isabella Wang’s second poetry collection November, November navigates the grief of losing loved ones and recovery in the aftermath of her cancer diagnosis.
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.
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.
B.C. writer Cathy Xinman invites submissions for global, multilingual Chinese poetry anthology
Staff
August 3, 2025
Xinman, the editor-in-chief, admires innovative poems that demonstrate depth, craftsmanship, and authenticity.
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: The Wound of Solitude
Cathy Xinman
September 27, 2025
Cathy Xinman: Sunday Is Real
Cathy Xinman
September 21, 2025
Cathy Xinman: I Am Despair, Who Are You?
Cathy Xinman
September 14, 2025
November never left: Isabella Wang’s new poetry collection navigates grief and recovery
becky tu
September 11, 2025
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
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.