![]() ![]() ![]() Accompanying each poem is commentary gleaned from thirty years' worth of Mom's detailed journals that serve to put the poems in context. In 2020 these poems were published as Poetic Portrait: Carolyn Cassady Revealed in Poetry and Prose. No one knew she wrote poetry! The poems are poignant, private and intimate reflecting her loneliness while living in England, her distress at aging, her spiritual beliefs and her thoughts about the future. Hidden among the many manuscripts was a small fabric-covered journal in which our mother had hand-written about 30 poems. After Mom was gone, Jami, John and I were astounded to discover the fantastic treasures our mother had accumulatedīesides sketches, costume designs, set designs, drawings, paintings and other art, we uncovered evidence of her prolific writing: volumes of correspondence, journals, at least one screenplay, a 600-page typed autobiography, advice columns and news articles from her journalistic ventures, a novel or two, and the manuscript of the entertaining travel memoir we published in 2018, Travel Tips for the Timid, Or What Guidebooks Never Tell, which is enhanced by her charming illustrations. Understanding Carolyn** Our mother, Carolyn Cassady, passed away September 20, 2013 in her beloved England where she'd lived the last thirty years of her life. ![]()
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