Foraging: Collecting Poems

By Doris Cahill

She can be found anywhere – sitting in a café, walking along a rocky beach, cramped in coach class, or bored at her desk. Heartbroken and lonely, she seeks solace, another chance, and redemption in snippets of words, phrases, and puzzling rhymes. These missives to others capture her passions, grief, and bubbly glee. Her mind fades in and out at these moments, almost drunkenly grabbing any napkin to jot down cryptic notes in pencil or pen before folding it haphazardly and shoving it into her wallet.

Years later, she retrieves these tattered memos and in the quiet of early morning coffee or late evening wine, she writes, drafts, edits, and trims, perfecting the feelings, capturing the place, time, and emotions that were almost lost.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Apr 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781035803255

Doris Cahill

Doris Cahill is an American writer, entrepreneur, active volunteer and travel enthusiast. She resides in metropolitan Boston, and an active civil servant in her municipality and served in US Peace Corps; overseas Georgia on the Turkish border facilitating economic development. Doris is a semiretired consulting CPA who provides operational and technical advisement to engineering firms and non-profit organizations. Currently, she volunteers in the US Peace remote pilot program aimed at youth leadership development in Georgia, the country. A dedicated gardener, a travel nut and the grit of business inspire her writing poetry and stories.

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About the Author

Doris Cahill is an American writer, entrepreneur, active volunteer and travel enthusiast. She resides in metropolitan Boston, and an active civil servant in her municipality and served in US Peace Corps; overseas Georgia on the Turkish border facilitating economic development. Doris is a semiretired consulting CPA who provides operational and technical advisement to engineering firms and non-profit organizations. Currently, she volunteers in the US Peace remote pilot program aimed at youth leadership development in Georgia, the country. A dedicated gardener, a travel nut and the grit of business inspire her writing poetry and stories.

Dedication

To Brittany, There is always one…

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