FAREWELL TO DESDEMONAby S L Smith

This poem came to the author during a dream. On waking she wrote the words out exactly as she heard them in the dream. She dreamt that she and her cat were walking along a path in a summer garden. Desdemona strayed from the path onto the grass […]

THE OLD CATby Jackie Huck

I’m an old grey cat letting life slip by, Nothing disturbs as I twitch and sigh, My silken fur is grizzled and dank, My sturdy frame is frail and lank, It’s a shadow world as my eyesight dims, A bony old cat with creaking limbs, But my heart beats […]

BEAMED FROM THE BRIGHT CATTERY IN THE SKYby Michael Hatwell

In case you have been wondering Just how I am getting along In my new surroundings Or worry whether I have learned to cope With the easy rhythm and pace For which this place is renowned Then listen: I have been chasing little mice […]