by Cynthia Kahn | Apr 10, 2014 | Authors
I was born in 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. I wrote my first poem in the third grade. It was a Mother’s Day poem, which I still have to this day. I have been seriously writing poetry since I was in high school. With support from family and friends, I published my...
by Cynthia Kahn | Oct 16, 2013 | Authors
The first poem I wrote was for my mom for Mother’s Day. That was in the third grade. I would always write little personal notes in birthday cards for family and friends. I think this was the foundation of my becoming a poet. My mom always told me “boy, you need to do...
by Cynthia Kahn | Oct 3, 2013 | Authors
I’ve been writing poetry since the 8th grade, but I started honing my love for it in my senior year of high school (1993). I always wanted to be published and even submitted requests to some of the larger publishing companies. After either not hearing back...
by Cynthia Kahn | Sep 10, 2013 | Authors
I often thought about writing letters to my younger self and calling them valuable lessons. Poetry is the best gift I have been given, to keep me positive in this world, where I grew up feeling alone. I have always felt that as long as I have a pen and a pad, all was...
by Cynthia Kahn | Aug 29, 2013 | Authors
I AM An Empowering Artist. I wrote to breathe at an early age; I took comfort in the beauty of writing. Words on paper were a means of transportation. I could be whomever and whatever I wanted to be, as I allowed my imagination to soar. In my youth, I was a quiet...
