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Catherine Mellen

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Catherine Mellen is an American poet and author.  Born in 1969 Lowell Massachusetts.  She wrote her first poem at age fourteen and quickly adapted her love for words.  Shamed by the childhood she lived, she became a cook and caterer for nearly three decades.  An auto accident at age forty-five, left her disabled, a victim to horrifying repressed memories and plenty of free time to put over thirty years of writing into multiple books. In 2018 she started a blog where she shattered her silence on childhood trauma, family secrets and the monstrous predator her birth mother harbored.

Her poetry has been published in numerous poetry journals and she is the author of:

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An Irish Prayer

May God give you…
For every storm, a rainbow.  For every tear, a smile. 

For every promise, a care and a blessing for each trial.


For every problem life sends, a faithful friend to share. 

For every sigh, a sweet song and an answer to each prayer.

Wishing everyone a fabulous finish to 2024 and a sensational start to 2025.  Remember t

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“Read about my life but don't have any pity, I'm a strong Irishgirl from an all American city.”
Catherine Mellen , Survivor's Mind : When Childhood Trauma and Poetry Collide

“Read about my life but don't have any pity, I'm a strong Irishgirl from an all American city.”
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