Author Archives: Katherine Montalto

2024 09 Haiku

nest
made of spit and leaves
gently woven together
lined with soft feathers

melody
half forgotten song
floating along on a breeze
a few distant notes

grief
something has been lost
overwhelming emotion
only time can heal

fiction
entertaining lies
living vicariously
searching for the truth

trash
put it in a bin
somewhere else is not away
piles of garbage

gust
umbrella ruined
victim of destructive wind
walking in the rain

2024 09 Sketchbook

marker on paper

2024 07 Newsletter

Some Highlights from July 2024.


I will be making a zine of fruit art each month this year. Here is the fruit artwork for July and the fruit art zine for July.

I made sketchbook art this month with an XP Pen using the open source software krita. Print out a free zine of the art here.

I’ve been writing poetry based on a mastodon  community of writers who share haiku prompts everyday. Read the haiku here. Print out a zine of the poems here.

Zine libraries are welcome to print out my zines and put them in their collections. Please contact me to let me know.


It’s Summer here in the northern hemisphere. Get my art on T-shirts and mini skirts in my redbubble store.

Here are my newest Redbubble designs:
2024 07 sketchbook 05
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/162567095

2024 07 sketchbook 04
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/162566299

2024 07 sketchbook 03
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/162507538

2024 07 sketchbook 06
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/162567275

You can also find my art on stuff in my TeePublic and Society6 stores.


Subscription Package

Here is the subscription box for July 2024.

If you’d like to support me on a continuous regular basis you can set up a monthly donation to my art supply fund. There are levels of regular donation you can contribute, everything over a dollar comes with rewards. If you’d like to make a one-time contribution go here.


All of my original artwork, writing, and music are available for purchase and for licensing. I am available for other creative services as well. See them here. If interested please contact me here.

2024 08 Haiku

imperial core
a fight for power
which axis will the world spin
century repeats

midnight
the magic hour
between the start and ending
when all change happens

buried
pushed into the pit
the darkest part of my heart
forever forgotten

down
sleeping on a cloud
a blanket full of feathers
sorry to the geese

Lake Superior
deep dark cold water
memory of every shipwreck
sunk at the bottom

rustbelt sky
pink ribbons of light
sunset made more colorful
by air pollution

2024 08 Sketchbook