Best Callie Poems

A full year it grew

as dear Callie cat endured 

that stinking cancer.

Night screams came, which pierced my heart.

Only then could I let go. . ....

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(more about my cat Callie and her two "replacements")

Since Callie died, new felines
as precious as can be
now rule my house most freely
and sometimes hide from...

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Two pets I’ve had who broke my heart, and one -
a naughty little dog was he; for that
I think when everything is said and done,
he...

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My Calico was chocolate-caramel swirled,
The inside of our house was all her world!
Her whole concern was just in getting stroked or fed.
She'd summon me each...

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One day my daughter brought home a scraggly looking young cat who had always 
lived outside. In her first year, we learned she had given...

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taken to the pound
by folks who did not want her
Callie Cat escaped. . . 
instinct had led her back to 
where tribulation trumped death

sickly and...

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Laid right there on some fluffy grass
waiting for all the boys to pass
the wind would blow 
Callie would show
those gazing down her prickly azz...

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I believe in Heaven, and I believe dogs, as well as humans, go there. I had my own dog 
once upon a time, a Miniature...

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The year dear Callie - my best cat ever - fell victim to cancer,
she had lived 18 wonderful years
as queen of our house, for sweetly...

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“LIFE'S HIGHWAY” BY: TOM C. © 2014 all rights reserved
 
I’VE BEEN UP AND DOWN ALL COASTLINES, SEEN THINGS I CAN’T REPEAT,
I walked MANY PATHS...

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I 
wonder. . . 
when I see
my lovely cats,
one licking at the
other’s scruff, as if she
were engrossed in an act of
singular devotion. . . how...

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There once was a woman called Callie
Who loved having sex in the valley
Out in the fresh air
Her flesh she would bare
‘Twas better than in the...

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"Breakfast for two"

Callie the cat 
climbed the cypress
curious for something to eat.

Benny the bird 
perched on a branch
just a claw out of Callies reach.

Benny the...

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I once had a friend named Sally
Who loved the Fresno Valley.
Her desire to travel
Soon did unravel
A wee one dubbed Callie O'Malley....

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Cool Chuck 





The first time-- on the school dance floor
 Feeling hot, yet thrilled and much more

 You’ve been there…tortured, waiting but looking around
 A...

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