Katina M. Woodruff is the author of, To PERSEVERE Against All Odds. A memoir of hope, family, and survival. (Currently in the final editing stages.)
2002, at the age of twenty-nine, Katina entered as a full time student at the Ohio State University an English and Disability Studies Major. She has taken part in many extra-curricular activities while being a non-traditional student, such as martial arts, fencing, climbing, the honor society and reaching out to students who have learning disabilities.
In 2004, Katina was awarded the (COIL) Campus Outreach Igniting Leadership Award for her contributions to improving literacy in Licking County. OSU: Newark Branch Campus.
2007, After implementing a computer class, GED support group and Literacy class at a non-profit organization she was awarded, The Student of Excellence Award for Service Learning and Community Service. The organization she worked for voluntarily for over a year was given a cash award for their help in making Newark, a better place for people who have disabilities.
August 13, 2007, Katina and partner Dennis R. Borgersen opened One Stop Write Shop with the creative expertise of Genesis Web Studio (Dwane Welsh, CEO/President). The business was created to bring writers together from around the world. The website offers an array of features, and activities to help new and experience writers improve their skills for the purpose of publication.
- Last seen on Oct 26 10:02 AM 2008. Member since August 3, 2005.
- I'm a onyx dragon poet for 689 comments.
- My mood is , and quote is "All you need to succeed in a writing career is perseverence, and the desire to learn. ".
- I am a woman from Ohio (United States)
- When I'm not writing, I'm a writer....:).
- Visit my homepage at www.onestopwriteshop.com
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Poems I'm focused on
My Poetry
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15 lines, 10 comments, September 11, 2007
Guest Book
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Musimwa : Response to Katina on May 11, 2007Response to Katina
Dear Katina
Truly the sun had set.
My dreams are but crashed.
Who can but ruin a heart a poet has?
Who can extinguish that fire glowing within?
Katina you are right my dear,
You still can see my face,
I will not die.
To die I refused!
Truly, I have been calling;
Katina, Ka-tina, Kat-ina, Ka-ti-na, Kati-
Why have I been calling?
I know Katina is but a true friend
Whose goals like mine are the same.
Whose vision if spiced with mine.
The world we gonna change!
Ours are shared dreams
Shared experiences.
Shared love,
Greater than vows made
To be broken under the influence of justification.
Sacred than golden crosses
Adorning the archbishop’s mitre
Is what glue our friendship.
It is really painful Katina,
Painful to the marrow.
Bear with me.
For so much I trusted, I wrote.
When I saw that was injustice did I spoke.
Yea, I had my own story among those who believe.
Those who are nearer the Holy of Holies
But very far from Him they claim to worship!
One thing, only one Katina my dear;
I chose to be myself.
I opted to be free.
Free as a city bird that survive on well wisher’s heart.
Free as a crab enjoying Indian’s cool breeze and serenity.
Yes, I am on my two, standing
To service the world with our shared words,
Thoughts and ideals!
As you look up the sky’s stars
Pleading on my behalf with Him who dwells there,
Down here, I am strengthened!
Thank you dear friend.
I am so much grateful.
Such a heart is yours beautiful like the still waters of the Zambezi
Pleasant like the rainbow born at Victoria Falls
Grandeur like the Cape Mountains.
I believe, the poetry in us
Is the kind the world shall live with.
It has been our duty;
Pen, paper will carry our dreams.
The young, old alike, shall live
To see our children’s children.
Katina, keep happy a face
Free a mind
Liberated a soul will be yours!
Your friend
Nyasha
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The Poetic Angel on April 16, 2007
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The Poetic Angel on April 6, 2007
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katina on March 18, 2007
