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LAURAby Gwen Lupson
White and black, and ginger, too, A coat like silk, a silent mew, Eyes of gold, a gentle paw, Ears pricked high as through the door comes Laura. At night, she has her basket there; But, no, she sleeps upon my chair, Or, up and down the stairs she runs; It’s […]
BARNABY GOES TO HEAVENby S L Smith
Why is it mom can’t see me as I wind round her ankles?
She doesn’t pay me attention, Great Bast how that rankles! And when I try to exercise my needle-pointed claws, It doesn’t make an impact on the drapes … or couch … or doors. […]
DESDEMONA’S FAREWELL TO EARTHby S L Smith
Farewell familiar Earth, I am no longer prone To Earthly gravity which weighs down frail flesh and bone; My soul is lighter than the feather which on the scales of justice lies, And now I dance on sunbeams beyond Earth’s cloud-studded azure skies. A far more sad […]
SOPHIE REMEMBEREDby Ruth M Bottomley
O lovely lady of soft white paws and golden eyes Dreaming dreams in silver gardens of May moonrise, Purring softly in summer’s shade through sunlit hours, Breathing gently the sweet aroma of summer flowers. On winter evenings you snuggled warmly upon our knees, The music murmured, the firelight flickered, […]
LEAVE TAKINGby Winifred A Thorn
Into my later life, when purpose failed, When much was lost, and few were there to heed, Undaunted feline stray, affectionate, he came. These fourteen years, our paths have intermatched, Our instincts blend, each knows the other’s need. But now our lifespans close, one must be first to end; […]
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