Cat Blank Verse Poems

fear of the outside

I lifted my glass of red wine towards the lamplight
I didn't see a romantic dream, but a dirty glass
full of fat finger...

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27-12 was a long day


The Christmas began with a labor dispute at the cafe in
our building the chef didn't want to come in and cook...

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First crawl


I learnt to crawl in a tie,
Banker’s suit and smile on a lucky tot.
Learning the secrets of trades and service,
I’d make a difference with...

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Angry George came roaring over the hill
Monkeys masqueraded as his army
A lizard wrapped around his steed, ready to help
Turtles at his feet, were at the...

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Awestruck 

My pellucid teddy had been left in the kitchen overnight
someone had scratched its eyes off
The eyes had been dark green buttons taken from 
a...

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the dread

Fear, the paralyzing no-face horror that lurks
in the darkness and squeeze your throat
till you fall into a half sleep, kill me if you most
no,...

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I’ve heard tell of some suicide cult in Kenya;
Poor folk pledged to starve themselves to death 
For God’s glory, and so malevolent surgeons 
Can harvest...

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If there was ever a perfect day it is this day
Blue sky, monarch butterfly, twin cardinals,
sunshine, gentle breeze, slightly singing wind chimes,
comfy cat, happy dog,...

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The legs of the tigress were the first to go;
torn from her in a single vicious bite,
then left, helpless, to watch the rabbit; 
bop and...

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Fish for lunch

For breakfast, I opened a tin of sardines in oil
I don’t care for any fish, but it was all I had in the...

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He sits quietly on a cargo hatch,
Patiently watching deck apes
Secure rat guards to hawsers.
They make his job a little easier.
There’s no requesting liberty.
Not even the...

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She no longer loves me
She said her heart feels it
She can't even try to pretend
Like she can really control her heart

Don't pity me let us...

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He had a dream of living in peace in a rustic idyll

he found a cottage near a stream

with some help, he could have a home.

His...

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Putin
They started it let the cat out of the bag
It's in a ferocious mood after being confined
Imagine how you'd feel kept in a tied-up sack
Now...

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Is Tanka a poem 

We the classless
seek no revolution only fairness
we like quality 
a well-balanced diet
and cold German lager.
The stinking rich
one assumes they do not...

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