Catherine Mellen is an American poet and author.  Born in 1969 Lowell Massachusetts.  She wrote her first poem at age fourteen and quickly adapted her love for words.  Shamed by the childhood she lived, she became a cook and caterer for nearly three decades.  An auto accident at age forty-five, left her disabled, a victim to horrifying repressed memories and plenty of free time to put over thirty years of writing into multiple books. In 2018 she started a blog where she shattered her silence on childhood trauma, family secrets and the monstrous predator her birth mother harbored.

Her poetry has been published in numerous poetry journals and she is the author of:

Survivor's Mind/When Childhood Trauma and Poetry Collide: A window into the world of childhood trauma, family secrets and inside the mind of a survivor, poetically written.

A Childhood Tragedy Under A Mother's Watch/Part One 1975-1982 Lowell Massachusetts: The horrifying true story of one girl's desperation for survival.

A Life Given To Me/Part Two 1982-2019 Lowell Massachusetts: From Victim, to Statistic, to Survivor, her continuing life story and the heartbreaking reality into her search for answers.

Understanding Childhood Trauma: A call-out to society, schools, medical professionals and laws for a better understanding of childhood trauma. Written by a grown-up abused child.

Only Beautiful Remains: A fascinating collection of poetry on life, faith, love, society and the tiny pieces of myself.

Then You’ll Believe: An inspiring true story of friendship, faith and the undeniable gift of a promise.

Emotional Poison: Sixty-Nine erotic and sometimes hilarious sex-break poems.

Halloween in Poetry Land (Summer 2026)
Christmas in Poetry Land (Fall 2026)

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