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Catbird Seat Poems - Poems about Catbird Seat

Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
...Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how many more weeks of winter weather without a shado......

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Categories: catbird seat, adventure, animal, anniversary, birth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member She Balanced Herself Perfectly
...Trixie Puff piled the rocks in the weirdest way The woods and the lagoon watched her most of the day It will never hold her the oak tree whispered to many. She climbed to the top, and laughed like......

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Categories: catbird seat, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme



Brownian Motion Writ Large
...Brownian motion writ large... within small medium as light brainstorm doth hail forth the following poem. Across the realm of gray matter slowly percolating within tissue composed of neuron......

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Categories: catbird seat, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member All Is Well
...father cloud pours condensation into the waves of the sea mother ocean feels his appreciation, and responds accordingly brother wolf and sister bear begin frolicking in the torrent waves native se......

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Categories: catbird seat, beach,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No One Comes Ahead of Their Time
...Chuck is ninety-seven and fed up, angrier today than ever before. He just received news about his grandson and he is furious with God. Chuck’s knees are arthritic, his back aches constantly, his bo......

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Categories: catbird seat, age, angel, anger, death,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member They Attend Petes Funeral
...Pete had an ordinary funeral, nothing ostentatious or showy. Two straight backed strangers appeared in his small Iowa church. They were dressed in Air Force uniforms. They hugged each other for a ......

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Categories: catbird seat, funeral,
Form: Narrative
Hoot Owls
...They come as close as they can. The tree line is a frontier edge between them and the brick barricades. I imagine them peering over their world into mine, and though their hooting may be on......

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Categories: catbird seat, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Tacit Understanding Regarding Designated Parking Spaces
...just dawned upon me awareness today April 20th, 2022 14:30 military time. Unvoiced law of the land obeyed lest one who owns temporary priority will get mad and deliver hex upon generations of......

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Categories: catbird seat, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dead To Me Means More Alive Than Ever
...Before I die, I want my grandchildren to know these things. Believe in yourself and be your own best friend. No one else can keep your secrets like you can. And if you do not believe in yourself, ......

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Categories: catbird seat, grandchild, grandmother,
Form: Narrative
October Twenty Third Two Thousand Twenty One
...October twenty third two thousand twenty one...02:44:06 PM Eastern Standard Time abuzz auld Durin (ya know whit I'm Tolkien about Elder days long regarding) Autumnal thrum – The perfect balm ......

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Categories: catbird seat, america, appreciation, autumn, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 3, Part 6
...John: Sounds like I might like to straddle her equator with my meridian and throw down with a hula hoop on each arm. How soon can I execute my commission? Mitchell: Do you like to eat sushi? Jo......

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Categories: catbird seat, allegory, society,
Form: Prose Poetry
Catbird Seat
...The highway overpass vibrates. as traffic and wind careen through. A good view. Suicide starts to sing; a wind-dervish rattling aluminum wings. On the branches of peripheral nerves, smal......

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Categories: catbird seat, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Curriculum Vitae
...She calls herself Bunny Boucher, but she was born Veronica Chermak. She’s tall and leggy with a body that looks tidy, yet lived in. She’s high and tight, but flexible like a strong rubber band in a t......

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Categories: catbird seat, sensual,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Lines, Launch Angles and Curve Balls
...Lines, Launch Angles and Curve Balls The boys of summer Set up for a season of lines, launch angles and curve balls With straight chalky lines leading to a field of dreams Where line-ups keep ......

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Categories: catbird seat, baseball,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sun Goddess At Large
...Sun Goddess at large in frilly filigree frock Holding the world in her hand at a gentle angle I sense her joyful soul and our hearts quickly lock How much more exquisite can she clearly dangle? ......

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Categories: catbird seat, sun,
Form: Rhyme

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