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Cats

...While Cataloguing Catacombs
     in ancient Kathmandu
he chanced upon a Catamaran
     from nineteen sixty-two.

He Categorized Caterpillars
     in an old Catalpa tree
he grabbed a limb that ...

Categories: catamount, cat,
Form: Rhyme

Medicine, Solace

...I know the Bear.
     watcher, courage
          unpredict(ability)
I know the Snake.
     wisdom of initiation

I know the Wolf.
I know a pack of 'em.
     loyalty, int...

Categories: catamount, animal, bird, mythology, native
Form: Free verse

A Hollow Tale

...A mountain man is Fillmore
but there are no mountains 
where Fillmore lives 
deep in a hollow.

He's never had a job
and doesn’t want one now
spends his days huntin’ coon
squirrel and possum
...

Categories: catamount, fantasy,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Insufferable

...Someone smart 
told me yesterday
you never really 

know the meaning 
of a word until
you meet

someone or
something 
that fits the word

perfectly and then 
the word becomes
a catamoun...

Categories: catamount, anger,
Form: Free verse

Peace Out

...I can't blame the teenage girl for being forward,
then passive aggressive. It shouldn't make one angry;
she has her interests and that which bores her.

Or the adolescent boy for being antsy, a l...

Categories: catamount, anger, care, food, girl,
Form: Verse

On a Black Day - Death Survives - Series 3

...Another boring, Protestant Traditional, Sunday Family Dinner 1:00 pm sharp
This week it’s at Uncle David’s  house in Alford, Mass. I haven’t meant Him
Actually the only Family I met so far “Momma“,...

Categories: catamount, faith, family, father, life,
Form: Narrative

Best Ever Saw

...Best Ever Saw



I’m gonna tell you a story,
Of the saltiest preacher I know.
The kinda man to charge hell, 
With a hand full of snow.


Now I was stompin out broncs.
For the ranch W M,
T...

Categories: catamount, cowboy-western, funny, parody, god,
Form: Cowboy Poetry