Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026
Catherine Arra

Catherine Arra

Catherine Arra is the author of "Deer Love," "Her Landscape, Poems Based on the Life of Mileva Maric Einstein," "(Women in Parentheses)," "Writing in the Ether," and three chapbooks. Arra is a native of the Hudson Valley in upstate New York, where she teaches part-time and facilitates local writing groups.

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About Catherine Arra

About the Author Catherine Arra is a former high school English and writing teacher. Since leaving the classroom in 2012, her poetry and prose have appeared in numerous literary journals online and in print, and in several anthologies. She is the author of Deer Love (Dos Madres Press, 2021), Her Landscape, Poems Based on the Life of Mileva Marić Einstein (Finishing Line Press, 2020), (Women in Parentheses) (Aldrich Press/Kelsay Books, 2019), Writing in the Ether (Dos Madres Press, 2018), and three earlier chapbooks, Tales of Intrigue & Plumage (FutureCycle Press, 2017), Loving from the Backbone (Flutter Press, 2015), and Slamming & Splitting (Red Ochre Press, 2014). Arra is a native of the Hudson Valley in upstate New York, where she teaches part-time and facilitates local writing groups.

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    Catherine Arra is the author of "Deer Love," "Her Landscape, Poems Based on the Life of Mileva Maric Einstein," "(Women in Parentheses)," "Writing in the Ether," and three chapbooks. Arra is a native of the Hudson Valley in upstate New York, where she teaches part-time and facilitates local writing groups.

  • Dear Lover-To-Be

    "...When we don't like the path we're on and can't find a way off..."

  • The High Priestess

    "No need for a crystal ball or pendulum..."

  • The Fool

    "...I dance you along a precipice..."

  • Addiction Interrupted

    "...targeted to silence, shatter..."

  • Booze Is Her Bitch

    "...Another loss handshakes the old losses..."

  • Recovery Tattoo

    "...Ink chest-space with flames to burn doubt..."