Family Cat Poems

In circles and circles went the rat
On a family's front doorstep mat
A pet clawed for more
Then opened the door
Then was eaten by an indoor cat...

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She was angry with the daughter!
Lost her temper with the father!
Nearly to death, kicked the cat!
Called her only son “a little prat”!

Family was surprised by...

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To say today has been a strange day would be an understatement. It started off this morning when I went into the den where our...

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In time we find light that was not so much a remembrance of character void, 

or a psalm of the heterogeneous unlimited focus-
or stance of...

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Oh, hello, my name is Laila
but my folks, they call me Tooba.
Although my legs are short, I say,
I can sprint quite fast from you.

I’m sorry...

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The Fashion Zebra

I am a flake. 
That is the term for people that do not follow through. 
It may not be fair. I have spent...

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The New Preacher, 
“Hear My Words”

Are you listening. 
I am saying things very clearly. 
You need to keep trying. 
Are you talking to me?
Am I...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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Mirror Mirror

Do not lie. I know that you want to. 
I know that you may need to.  
I am broken, and soon…
You will be...

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Dark Times

Times we celebrate, to be who we are not. 
Bleak times, diseased remembrances. 
Why?
You know.
You know because deep inside…

You have hid under a blanket...

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A Wedding Day

Cleaning the church is a privilege. 
I go every Saturday, humbly to serve. 
It is not a boast, it is small gratitude paid,...

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Today is Enough

The morning came early. 
In fact I was up all night. 
I watched the coming and going…
of the stars.

God’s work ever at hand,...

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Rule Breaker

Risk taker, warrior maker…
Stand tall. 
He is with you. 
Do not fear, what they may say…
as they would say it any way, 
if you...

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A long time ago I had an adorable pet,
his name I fondly gave was Billy.
He liked to lie on the sofa, dripped it wet,
I thought,...

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I’m sure my neighbors once thought I was bats.
There was a time when I had thirteen cats!

My love of furry felines got its start
with one...

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Dedicated To My Sweet Baby Boy Companion, Raja
(Raja is pronounced Rah-jay)




More than a pet, Raja is special kin

My cat fills my heart with blessed joy

His...

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The Woman and the Cat
copyright 2015 by jon gutmacher

She went thru life
you’d never guess
without lover or
a friend

And worked each day
and worked each night
there never was...

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We invite them into our home and, 
before we know it, they’ve wrapped 
themselves around our hearts.

We don’t own them, they employ us
to meet their...

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I was lying on my couch resting,
As one tends to do when you have cancer,
When in came our cat with another scraggy cat in tow.

My...

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Kill the yellow bird (the one in the cage)
Change its name from Tweety to Dinner
Eat the evidence down to the last feather
Stay clear from the...

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