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Cat Wei

@catwei1

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poet, writer, dancer
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"Sometimes, as we see in today’s poem, it’s difficult not to wonder if life will go on as expected, and if traditions will continue, or if we’re experiencing the end of an era," Maggie (@maggiesmithpoet) shares in today's episode, number 1572. "But still, there are ways to find presence in the uncertainty."

Read "Summer Strawberries" by Cat Wei (@catwei1), originally published in MUZZLE, and our full episode transcript by visiting the link in our bio. 🍓 by @catwei1

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Signs of life 🍓🍅🦪 by @catwei1

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Writerly things: I’ll be reading at @nodear_mag ‘s spring fundraiser next Tuesday 4/21 5-9pm at - ticket link and donation / raffle in bio! 🌱💛🦋
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Poem in @northamericanreview ‘s newest issue was a finalist for the James Hearst Prize. Thank you @rmoreagain and Emily Stowe for your selection 🩵🙏🏼💖
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Being in community with fellow writers against the dark times by @catwei1

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Thrilled to have a poem in the latest issue of @poetrynw . This poem I have to say is from a few years back when I went on a lot of Hinge dates and it received no love whatsoever whenever I submitted it although sometimes other poems in a batch got nice mentions, and I thought okay, I get it, maybe people don’t know what to do with a 🍆 poem 😂. But when @keetjekuipers reached out for @poetrynw and when I read her work, it I knew that it had found it’s right home - Keetje’s poems strike me with their sensuality, emotional clarity, and the recurring love of bodies and oceans. Here is one of my favorites in her new collection Lonely Women Make Good Lovers. Many thanks to her and the editors at @poetrynw for giving this poem a home. And I’m so happy to be among wonderful friends and poetry loves including Lyn Li Che, @teleotobi @elektricityskape @megg_bean and @nicole.w.lee . Order and check out the rest of the amazing Winter/Spring 2026 issue at link in bio 💖🦪🌊 by @catwei1

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My crab eating poem about a rapturous first time in Seattle eating Dungeness crab a few years back, in @blreview ‘s beautiful Animalia themed Issue 49 / Thank you to the editors @danielle_ofri @dwycheng and Stacy Bodziak for including my poem and for organizing a delightful reading. I couldn’t have images a more fitting place for this bb 💞Link to issue in bio / Swipe to the end for the unedited pic of the Dungeness crab in its full glory. And 🙏🏼🙏🏼 to @fryespice for shepherding me along the journey at @taylorshellfish 🦀🦪🐙 by @catwei1

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Good eats by @catwei1

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Last chance to register! I’m excited to be teaching my first poetry workshop next Tues 6/24 @ 7pm est 🥰
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We’ll read some of my favorite poems on love, death, and hot girl summer, and write with prompts to open new doors in the poem🚪👁️✨
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Sign up with @nodear_mag, or at link in bio! 💖🌸🌱 by @catwei1

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How do you create turns in a poem to surprise the reader? How do you make room for surprise for yourself as a writer? In this generative workshop we will read poems by some who’ve mastered the art of the poetic turn as a vehicle for poetic transformation. // details and registration: nodearmagazine.com/workshops by @catwei1

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Two new poems in the latest issue of the wonderful @sinethetamag , thank you to all the editors for putting this stunning issue together, order link in bio 💖💖 by @catwei1

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reading poems about my family to my family in the city that was both their setting & inspiration in a bookstore where my grandmother read many times was a rite of passage, an initiation. thank you to Tom & @octaviabooks for being generous hosts in their expansive, transportive space. thank you to @catwei1 for being such a brilliant, stunning co-reader. thank you to the homie @pudgemental for blessing us with perfect tunes at the perfect time all evening. thank you to everyone who showed up—such a rapt, attentive, engaged, fun audience. there’s a handful of signed copies of before & after our bodies still left at Octavia🪽 taken in Octavia Books by @catwei1

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Snaps from the beautiful @heatlightningreadings thank you @michywoodward and @adventureberry for organizing such a beautiful afternoon of poetry and community at @anaiswinebk 🌷💗☀️ by @catwei1

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🏹 thank you for all the birthday love. my heart’s bursting—for what’s been, what’s on its way, & for this moment, too. ecstatic to be reading in my hometown, my ancestors’ city, my Mere’s streets at a bookstore where my grandmother read many times (which I only found out after booking it) with the undeniably brilliant & radiant @catwei1 followed by a set from my brother the always-masterful, always-on point @pudgemental . come through & share in the immaculate vibes with us 🖤⚜️

flyer by the timeless/ageless @jessica.j.milton by @catwei1

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