Cat Love Poems

distilling life 
into lines
words 
seeking
beyond 
I'm here
I'm gone
I sure a/f
am
more 
than these moments
and memories
the flesh 
and blood 
I made 
and
the flesh 
and blood
that made me
I...

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He was the love of my life, Pat said
Walter’s relatives forgot to tell her he was dead.
We were almost married five times, bragged she.
Walter was...

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Love without
Love within
Love where I am
where I’ve been

Beginning to think:
far too much abundance 
of this foolish, loving folly, 

so I kicked my
wagging tail collie --...

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Jenny leaned against the counter, counting the stitches where Ariana’s arm had been severed, each segment arranged in clinical precision beneath the glass. The overhead...

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Who's that girl by the ancient tree...
She's the daughter of a butcher, quiet and pouty...
She's always there, contemplating unspoken prophecy...
She scribbles poetry,
they say her Mother...

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I see her kitten again.
It he trying, or is he dying?
Is it feline immunodeficiency?

Why doesn’t she fall back in love
with that husband?
What when that kitten...

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The God residing in the sky,
Looks at us with pity,
But then he is helpless,
Against our cruelty's tall and strong fortress.


I can see her in pain,
But...

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I wish I could make you leave as fast as you arrived.
But if I could do that I would not be me.

5 days in and...

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Cupid

Cupid's arrows wiltered me; they hasten the Death of Man
Cupid's arrows wiltered me; they hasten the death of Men
Although Allah is bewildered, the Titans grow...

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I thought:
why not write a love poem,
everyone is doing it,
how hard can it be?

First, I need a woman
(let's not drag my wife into this exercise),
a...

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The first book of the bible is Genesis, and the last thought I had, gave me a Revelation
When you think of new beginnings you smell...

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Tendency is, to apportion 
Love:

like slices of iced sweet
at a party

braying festive, 2 playful swipes 
at a swinging, loaded donkey

(not the husband this time)

toffee for...

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These are English translations of Spanish poems by Pablo Neruda. 

Religión en el Este (“Religion in the East”)
by Pablo Neruda
translation by Michael R. Burch

for Tom...

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The submerged fire, still burning inside,
A flame that’s unspoken, but cannot hide.
Though time has passed, her light still shines bright,
In the corners of your heart,...

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9 lives is the most you can live, 1 heart is the most you can give, 

9 lives, 1 love, and to me, you are...

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