The Cat's Write

Tag: poem

  • Nerve

    Nerve

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    Milly Schmidt
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    be brave and have the courage to keep writing, even when you’re afraid you’ll never be good enough.   ~ milly schmidt  

  • The nine stages of trying to write poetry

    The nine stages of trying to write poetry

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    Milly Schmidt
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    If you’re anything like me, you’ll understand deeply that the poetry struggle is real. It’s a galactic behemoth, and we but teeny, tiny atoms trying to navigate its interstellar medium: 1. You’ve read a beautiful poem that sings to your soul in such a way that you feel inspired to write your own. It was only…

  • When you try to write instagram poetry

    When you try to write instagram poetry

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    by

    Milly Schmidt
    in

     I’m going on an Instagram craze at the moment, and have tried to write some ‘instapoems’ for my instagram @millyschmidt. WARNING – these are the first I’ve ever done so I hope they aren’t too atrocious. And just so you know, it’s summer in Australia, which is why some of my poems are all sun, surf…