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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 […]
DESDEMONA REORGANISES PURRADISE TO HER LIKINGby S L Smith
In purradise shall I decree A stately castle built for me, Where plump and juicy mice will crawl, And cower ‘neath my velvet paw. A cat-bed, four-poster in design, Stuffed with swansdown shall be mine With catnip scented pillows laid Whereon to rest my feline […]
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 […]
TOWARDS THE ENDby Anon
Feel warmth from the elderly cat on your lap, Her paws stretching up when waked from her nap, Contentedly snuggling with low gentle purr, But so little flesh now under her fur. Continue in hope that her health may return, Though serious troubles have taken their turn, Just let her […]
REQUESTby Harry F G Griffin
In the land of no goodbyes, Where my Pinky now resides, Let there be a place for me, Where my love again I’ll see. Walk with her the paths of home, In that eternal timeless zone, Watch her gambol on the lawn, Greet me eagerly at dawn. When it’s […]
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