Constance La France Poet Concrete

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Poetry/Concrete
Copyright Protected, ID 05-1731-109-12
All Rights Reserved, 2025, Constance La France
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Re-Posted, May 12, 2025 (from 08/2018)
For the International Contest, Your Choice F
Sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 05/14/2025

Third Place 

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concrete

 

O         I
am       so
sad     now
that  she  left
for  up  above.
Twenty  years
is  a  long  time
to  love  a cat,
this  sweet.
A kitten came
that  fit my  hand
all fluffy and purring,
she loved  to  cuddle
all  the  long  nights.
I held her in my arms
till her body was stone.
And now I go to the place
where I buried my beauty.
I  told my friends-   no, no, 
more cats  for this here  girl.
They say   just  give it  time!
Oh, oh my-  days are empty,
sometimes,  I hear her soft
meow  call, calling for me,
and that breaks my heart.
  Tears,
        now
          fall
       fall
          fall
        like
          rain
            on
               my
                   new
                       wee
                          cat.

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Andrea Dietrich May 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM I know how much you loved her and the ones before her. You did so well creating a cat shape with your emotive poem. Big congrats

CayCay Godwin May 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM Oh, my, I'm not crying, I'm sobbing. I have empathy for your grief & know the pain of hearing them, seeing them though they aren't there, longing to feel them cuddled between your legs at night. How sad thoughts of their fur, feel, purr, (blown nose 3 x) is, seeing food bowl, toys, even the litter box, the bond, the love - it all hurts. This took me to the pain I still have for Mitsu who died in 1973. You aren't ready for another, you are grieving, but in time you will be. I feel you, CayCay

Kim Rodrigues May 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM Aww…wonderful shape and poignant. Congrats!

Darlene De Beaulieu May 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM Hello Constance, You now have a cat to cuddle to. Yor cat that was sick will always be in your heart. Friendship & Love, /Darlene/

Sand Blown May 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM vunderbarrr....excellente'.....wowza....... keep up zee goodt vork!......len