For Teens
The Flame-Crossed Lovers and when i need a calm space, i am one,
Winners of the PaperBound Spring/Summer 2024 Competition
Read it here.
Night Climbing
in PaperBound, Autumn 2022
The Russian Doll
in Paper Lanterns, issue 14
Read it here
Or listen to it on YouTube
The Miracles of San Francesco
for Feast & Fast, Fitzwilliam Museum
Read it here
Sending Love
in The Emma Press Anthology of Love, Emma Press
Read it here
Love in the Anthropocene
in The Goose, vol. 17
Fead it here
The Labourers to Proserpina
Winner of the Eugene Lee-Hamilton Prize for a Petrarchan sonnet, 2014
Ascent of Toubkal
Winner of the Foyle Young Poets Competition 2010
Read it here
For Children
Here are some of Catherine’s poems available online:
The School Cats and Beautiful Boots
in Tyger Tyger magazine
School Cats
Beautiful Boots
Meteor Message, SMART Granny, No More Majes-tea and Scones, Window Holiday, If Anyfin Was Possible, Two Mums and Playchime.
in The Dirigible Balloon
Meteor Message
SMART Granny
No More Majes-Tea and Scones
Window Holiday
If Anyfin Was Possible
Two Mums
Playchime
Personaliteatime and Big Sister’s Tips for Starting School
in Northern Gravy
Poems by Catherine Olver
In books and magazines available to buy:
If Anyfin Was Possible
in Forgetting How To Fall
Oxford University Press
Available here
Dear Kate
in The Head That Wears the Crown: Poems About Kings and Queens,
Emma Press
Available here
Window Holiday
in Chasing Clouds: Adventures in a Poetry Balloon,
Yorkshire Times Publishing
Available here
Autumnatopie, Goblin Snot and The Drive to Outer Space
in Little Thoughts Press Autumnatopoeia and Fabulous Facts issues
Available here
A Puff of Sky
in The Caterpillar, issue 37
Available here
If A Tree Falls in the Woods…
in Spelt, issue 9
Available here
The Scottish Sphinx
in Parakeet, issue 2
Available here