Long Callie Poems

Here's the deal, folks...

   This is, as indicated, the 3rd THIRD of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 3 parts. 
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The year dear Callie - my best cat ever - fell victim to cancer,
she had lived 18 wonderful years
as queen of our house, for sweetly did that calico rule our hearts.
I’d realized too late her...

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Time is winding down 
And the Big Game is ready to put a smile on a wintry frown 
A Chief represents the A F see 
While the 49ers are the National wannabees 
Television has all...

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One day my daughter brought home a scraggly looking young cat who had always 
lived outside. In her first year, we learned she had given birth to two litters of kittens, most of which died....

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My real name is Billy,
But my friends call me Silly.
My girl friend's name is Nellie, 
and I have a twin brother name Stevie,
whose girl friend's name is Shellie Kellie.

A week ago, I met this guy...

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Jackson the Pug and a Squirrel named Spike
went trick or treating on Halloween,
when the came to the old house on Mortimer street
and they swore they had heard a scream,

That vacant old house, for fifty some...

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There is an evil haunting at my house,spirits roam around as free as the 
breeze.Callie sees dead people ,they frightened her,now she has stopped 
speaking.Liza hears voices,some people think she is insane.Devlin sees 
images on...

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My Halloween Kitty (written 10/11/2020) free verse

I had a familiar named Callie
She was born on Halloween.

Feral siblings abandoned at my door.
I took the whole litter to the SPCA.
They neutered and spayed them all for me.
The...

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In a small Iowa town, picturesque,
as some would put, is a farm
so let me continue on a bit,
and I'll spin a Holiday yarn

Down a long country lane, not far from town,
there was a farm, not...

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I believe in Heaven, and I believe dogs, as well as humans, go there. I had my own dog 
once upon a time, a Miniature Eskimo named Ollyver. Each night I’d find him waiting on...

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Buddy the Dog and Baily the Cat,
stayed home on New years Eve
they invited over, some of their friends,
who showed up, they could not believe

Spike the Squirrel, came with Virginia the Mouse,
strolling in arm in arm
Rowdy...

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Cool Chuck 





The first time-- on the school dance floor
 Feeling hot, yet thrilled and much more

 You’ve been there…tortured, waiting but looking around
 A guy saw me hanging on the wall, just staring at...

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In the dusty attic, filled with stale air.
A bit of dismal daylight had filtered in.
I was looking around, to see what was there.
I saw an old discolored storage bin.

It was in the corner, tucked away...

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I always hate it when someone I count on gets promoted out of my everyday life. Nothing bathes one in neoteny like being left behind by someone off to college.

One morning they’re with you, the...

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(more about my cat Callie and her two "replacements")

Since Callie died, new felines
as precious as can be
now rule my house most freely
and sometimes hide from me.

And neither one of them,
while sitting on my bed 
would...

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“LIFE'S HIGHWAY” BY: TOM C. © 2014 all rights reserved
 
I’VE BEEN UP AND DOWN ALL COASTLINES, SEEN THINGS I CAN’T REPEAT,
I walked MANY PATHS sober and STUMBLED DRUNKEN IN THE STREET.
 
I’VE SMOKED SOME...

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Two pets I’ve had who broke my heart, and one -
a naughty little dog was he; for that
I think when everything is said and done,
he may not wear a halo! But my cat
for sure is...

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Oh,what can I say about you Callie? 

I never expected to find a friend,as true and amazing as you.

My life was pretty bad before we became friends,then after we became friends-it turned around.

I now have...

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"Breakfast for two"

Callie the cat 
climbed the cypress
curious for something to eat.

Benny the bird 
perched on a branch
just a claw out of Callies reach.

Benny the bird 
spied a round worm
snaking along the ground.

Few a-ground 
went...

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My Callie was a queen, chocolate with caramel swirled.
The inside of our house was all of her little world.
With her tummy feeling empty, she’d come by dawn’s first light,
and delicately creep on small feet like...

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Hey diddle diddle, look at her middle.
At the start, she was feather-light.
Had her owners deprived her till I revived her?
She’s sure got an appetite!

What can I do? Feed her less kitty stew
to keep her from...

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