Autumn Cat Poems

Marie Catwonette said “let them eat cake”
She has no concept for goodness sake
That some cats scrimp and claw and fight
For alley scraps, which is their...

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In the autumn dusk I found
Six black cats were gathered round
In a silent circle sitting
Oh Lord, if I only knew
The reason for their rendezvous
I would...

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What's left of the crumbs, leave it to me.
His cries tore my ailing eardrums, my skin as blue as the calm of country nights
Then I...

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as cardinals nest
lost within the red maple…
                  ...

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Shania was an oak leaf cat with ears to the sky.
She was a jokester with barely a snarl or try.
We met her on an autumn...

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Kit

Before I opened the carton,
   I’d chose the name Kit,
      Thinking of strong Wild West women.

Our little girl,...

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The Cat’s Eye nebula lost its luster 
just like us, a two star cluster 

Worms showed up silently 
as they are wont to do, and...

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glossy coat gleaming
beneath the star studded skies
shining in moonlight


...

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Can you hear the melody the wind breathes
into the branches brown and green and some black
Its like the familiar noise your nose makes
when you have...

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a blacks cats tale
Slinking...
Down dark Alleyways...
Black cats hunt.
A full moon glows pale..
And races with the wind.
As clouds drift by.
A cackling call of laughter is heard...
Breaking...

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I doff my many hats away,
To a lazy sunny Saturday,
Lounging, lazing and lying about,
Doing absolutely nothing but nowt,
Just loving and dreaming the day away.

My love...

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IN THE PLAYGROUND

by

LIZZY DUNKS

Juniors bulling readily.
Wind howling loudly. 
Infants spying quietly.
Dogs barking roughly.
Mums watching cruelly.
Cats purring softly.
Branches falling swiftly,

By Lizzy Dunks aged 7
Leslie Manser Primary...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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I had seen the train leave the station
I had said goodbye, for the last time
A cold day in autumn, I decided to do some cleaning
Putting...

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How do cats know what we need? 
It's so chilly this morning, here in
oh so still, golden, wine country.
I'm lying here snug on the couch.
Santorini-blue...

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