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Catherine Basilicata lives & works in Sydney, Australia
"Her writing began as a means of healing, a way in which she
could deal with the real trauma of coping with a serious illness
in her early and mid 20's. What started as her own personal experiences
at the time, however, has evolved into poetry of such rawness, passion,
and universality, that a reader is left reeling from the experience
of much of her work" |
| The early themes were about strength, perserverance and self-discovery. Her illness forced her to take a look at the things that she had done, the distructive patterns that were made. Catherine's poetry was a way of unburdening her negative emotions. Her was forced to look at her whole life in a different way. At that time of her life she was in Limbo - not knowing whether she would recover. She believed that the majority of good writers have experienced some major trauma, or life-changing event. A number of appraisals from publishers that didn't publish poetry, including WriteSpot Publishers International, whom assessed her manuscript, had recommended her to publish Sanguinity. |
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SANGUINITY is a series of poems telling a young girl's experience
of shock, grief, despair and triumph over adversity.
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HEART
I realise its been long enough to say, Give me time, help me through the pain, Heart, all the hurt will soon eventually fade.
by Catherine Basilicata (c) 2001 |
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Catherine Basilicata's first poem ESPIAL, was awarded a special
merit by Since then several other poems have won
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