My poems can make a difference!

Poet Bio: Cat Batsios is from Flint, MI, has lived in Pittsburgh, Detroit, and now Harlem. Her poetry is equal parts seriousness, surrealism, and authenticity. If you want to be let into the secret lives of people who come from places everyone forgot to be compassionate about, keep reading. Before moving to NYC, she worked as a writer-in-residence for Inside Out Literary Arts Project, and believes wholeheartedly that the most important thing a poet can do is show a young mind how not to be afraid of themselves or the world around them. As she continues to write poetry, she writes to keep herself in check, and to understand minute interactions around her that add up to the greater whole of city life. She writes to be a mentor and a better person.

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