<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Katerina Canyon]]></title><description><![CDATA[katerina-canyon]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:49:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.poetickat.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Exploring Upcoming Events, New Poetry and My Quixotic Efforts to Save the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve had a year filled with creativity and challenges. I just completed my second book since Surviving Home, and now I’m facing the next hurdle—finding publishers for my work. This, of course, is easier said than done. I often struggle to find the time for submissions because I’m always writing—if I’m not writing stories, I’m writing content for the Peace Economy Project . For those who aren’t aware, I serve as the Executive Director of the Peace Economy Project, an organization that...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/exploring-upcoming-events-new-poetry-and-my-quixotic-efforts-to-save-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ef76b443eb96c837bda717</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:13:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/695ae5_d7cc6cb512be42cbb52ec335bb63dfd6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Through the Anxiety]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have anxiety, and it’s playing a game with my head right now. So what do I do about it? I start writing. Usually, I don’t know why I’m...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/writing-through-the-anxiety</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68665aced7f2edd2bba84ddf</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:00:48 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Call for Submissions]]></title><description><![CDATA[James Evert Jones, Eileen Carole, and I are in the process of starting a new online poetry and arts journal, and we are looking for...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/open-call-for-submissions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63092466e8db321f47acbffe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:23:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_586d9278964246daa64fc475ef9b9950~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Poetry Month and I'm Blocked!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Six Ways to Fight Writer's Block It is one of my favorite times of the year, and I've got nothing! I should not say I have nothing. I...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/it-s-poetry-month-and-i-m-blocked</link><guid isPermaLink="false">625ae63e1e5b6ea60a046e8f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2022 17:01:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4207a7b6ef3140a1b485b1c3ba6efd43~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overwhelmed by the Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, at work with Casey Family Programs, we had an icebreaker before our meeting, which was to give a shoutout to a woman we each...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/overwhelmed-by-the-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">622a0696e3eaa818b655470e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:48:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/695ae5_ef15ad37e0194f90a08c0b3aa9415d74~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Screaming Boy in the Closet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quite a few people have asked me about the dedication in my new book, Surviving Home, which says, "To Mozell, the screaming boy in the...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/the-screaming-boy-in-the-closet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61bca8a3140e060016e2b10d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/695ae5_60bd36c1465945c48d645c20299aeccd~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Verse or Traditional Forms]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week in The Canyon Poets Zoom poetry reading, we wrote and shared pantoum poems. Pantoums are poems that are found Malayan...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/free-verse-or-traditional-forms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60a7f516da5d1e00153ac7e6</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 18:20:18 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haiku: The Next Big Little Thing in Poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past year, millions of people turned to poetry to make sense of the world. 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It's Poem in Your Pocket Day. For those of you who don't know, on Poem in Your Pocket Day, you choose a...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/2018/04/26/poem-in-your-pocket-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e97e4b4124f780017567410</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:47:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/695ae5_54cf8eb43f5e49d5aa40742f5587cfa0~mv2_d_1416_1833_s_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Katerina Canyon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Adoption Agencies Are Using Technology To Connect Children With Families]]></title><description><![CDATA[With more than 100,000 children in the U.S. foster care system waiting to be adopted (many of whom will age out of the system before...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/2018/02/15/how-adoption-agencies-are-using-technology-to-connect-children-with-families</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e97e4b48019ae002df97464</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:19:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Giving Compass</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cage of Secrets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week when I was out to dinner with my brother, he mentioned the last story I wrote about the young boy who did not know how to read...]]></description><link>https://www.poetickat.com/single-post/2018/02/14/cage-of-secrets</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e97e4b4ce9289002d5aa224</guid><category><![CDATA[The Next Day - Medium]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:59:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/695ae5_0b3d5bf950af46d086481470d3d7df08~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Katerina Canyon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manage Your Blog from Your Live Site]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’ve made it quick and convenient for you to manage your blog like a boss! 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