A Vessel of Love / (A Glass of Wine): 40 Day Vigil A Book of 40 Poems by Caits Meissner
“When he has truly accomplished this (dawn of the final day), he finds the force of love has consumed his limited personality and all its desires, even the desire for God. He has realized that one cannot “master” love, one can only serve as a vessel of love (a glass of wine.)”
-- Hafiz, The Great Sufi Master and Poet
"[Caitlin Meissner is]
Melodic words of wisdom... streetjazzoetry."
- Doodlebug of Digable Planets
"Caitlin dares us to care and care about every minute of breath we're allotted, with poems that incise and lay bare the universe and our place in it, her heart and ours, our shared hope for the world and all that undergirds it."
-Marty McConnell, HBO Def Poet & LouderArts Co-Curator
“I have to tell you that Caitlin Meissner is stunning. Her words (poetry and otherwise) speak to something central in my sensory memory. I feel everything in every inch. I know exactly what she means and wish I said it like that too. It’s so clear and so clean and so crisp and so amazingly magnificent.”
– Bassey Ikpi, 5 time HBO Def Poet
"There no doubt in my mind that Caitlin will continue to contribute to our culture's understanding of poetry and the living word. Caitlin models precisely the kind of poet who can make things happen, not only for herself, but for those around her."
- Patrick Rosal, author of My American Kundiman
Albany, New York raised, Brooklyn based Caits (Caitlin) Meissner is a poet, performer, educator and graphic designer with a BFA from Pratt Institute. Using her background in visual art, anti-racism work, disability advocacy and youth empowerment, her poems are visually rich testaments to the complexities of the human spirit. As a performer, she has featured for the progressive literary collective louderArts; Opened for the acclaimed Page Meets Stage series (with Thomas Lux); Shared sets with musicians such as Immortal Technique, Grandmaster Caz, Boot Camp Clik and many others; And has performed on countless stages- from street corners to Columbia University, The Nuyorican Poets Café to Rikers Island, including a tour throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in September of 2008 .
Her poems have been published in the independently released HIS RIB and GOT POETRY 2007 anthologies, as well as in various literary journals. For two years Caitlin served as Project Coordinator of the successful all-woman Saturday Performance Series at The Lower Eastside Girls Club and currently holds residency teaching poetry to middle school students in New York City public schools through Urban Ats Partnership. Recently honored as the winner of the OneWorld Poetry Contest, Caitlin attended the 2008 inaugural Pan-African Literary Forum in Accra, Ghana, studying under Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa and other luminaries from the literary African diaspora.
All in all, Her journey is to live, and help others live, as magically as possible.
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