Cat Ballad Poems

Refrain:

In these mountains, far from the sea,
Where hearts have heard the tales,
Screams a lady, she’s wild and free,
Her life bears in details.

Though we never named...

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              To wallow in the fires is a tempting 
surrender.
A swan dive...

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I saw this young boy standing there, and much to my dismay
Had a pretty young thing with him, so it sort of wrecked my day
Now...

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The Ballad of Love Distorted 

The horse’s ears flicker in silent rebuke
His rider is tense, taut, confused. 
Raw frost shining in soft silver rhythm 
And...

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STUCK IN BETWEEN
It's all about your fancy words and egocentric personality.
You long for the high places, the praises that befall your majestic carpet And am...

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Myrtle Parker

Myrtle Parker lived on the Riviera,
That’s the English one not the French.
Her favourite tipple is Red Currant Cider,
Only beverage her thirst would quench.

Never did...

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The Old Man Could See
By Cat Ferman

 
UCLA, 1969 
My dad's late for class again.
He spots a girl from Sweden
And asks her out again. 
My...

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When Spring’s soft murmurs broke the stillness of the rolling hills,
He took his guitar outside to welcome days of daffodils.
His music wound throughout the pines...

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 THE QUESTION WAS ASKED,AND I HAD TO RESPOND.HOW OLD DO YOU WANT TO GET OR LIVE TO BE? I RESPONDED ; HOW OLD IS...

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HE CREATED A SITUATION WERE SHE COULD
BE SEEN AS BEST
HE WAS UNTESTED
AND SOME WHO KNEW HIM
THOUGHT A CHALLENGE
WOULD MAKE HIM MORE
TRUE TO WHAT HE THOUGHT...

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HE CAN OUT TALK
OUT JIVE
THINK TWICE AS FAST
AND SOMETIMES
CAUSES YOU TO ASK YOUR MOTHER
"WHAT KINDA JIVE TONE THIS CAT
IS PLAYING?"
YOU AINT GONNA OUT FOX A...

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"Reno Catto 
kitty cat
ah ya'll cussin
ya'll cussin
dat song say badword

how to be a whore by ya side
pussie fo cash
shake dat thang
shake dat thang
women shakin day...

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The raccoon was brazen
Bold, devilishly handsome
I fell in love quickly
I know. Raccoons are no good for opossums
But the heart wants who the heart wants.

We met...

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Once upon a time there was a sweet one-eyed gal.
She lived her life, alone, let’s call her Little Mal.
Her mother and father kept her in...

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Sorry sweet cat,
just too little.

You were found in a cardboard box,
twined with your sister and brother;
taken too soon from your mother,
you tried to get out...

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