Cat Lullaby Poems

Herman Wenzell 1863--1944

My classical alarm channel
--98.5 Block Island—
Cues me this morning 
to a parlor-piano tune
 
percolated over
forgotten days
and the sweetness
of possibility.

You were there, I think
somewhere...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Dear Kitty friend, the first day that we met
I noticed right away how sleek you were.
From head to tiny paws, you were a jet
black, and...

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fat chances



take your fat chances
trim you wick for flight
lantern blown by western winds
turn the guns
of
night
bullets on terrors clouds
smoke comes barreling down
poets are beat from the...

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A collaboration w/Richard Lamoureux


Her child arrived in a secret way,
hiding him nine months a heavy chore
No daddy just some soldier home from war
Poor little girl,...

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Only Cats Have Nine Lives

Her child arrived in a secret way
Hiding him nine months a heavy chore
No daddy just some soldier home from war
Poor little...

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Time moves slower than a rusted windmill on a still day 
as I am unable to avert my stare, frozen in this spot,  
captivated...

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Falling away,
Away from your embrace
Day by day,
Washing away my face
In the mirror before me...
I ran the race with determination and fury...
I took the correction that...

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Guilty and empty, I prowl through 
the unknown road where bread does not
Satisfy humans.
I hunt for the liquid measure of human pace,
The tears of the...

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CHEERY 1


Moon beams sparkle
Shadows contrast;
Mid-autumn light

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Bamboo leaves
Windy rustle here;
Evening conspires

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A fruit feast
Just for two;
Simple delight

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Brown leaves litter
Pathway winding;
Discarded memories

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Lovely windfall
Dream upon dream;
Happy movements

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Grassy contours
Edgy inputs;
Stray...

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Dear Featherbed,
wrap me up warm and tight 

Dear Kitty,
keep humming your note just right

Dear Moon,
you keep shining your golden light


and we'll all ride the seas...

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She was always there 
     with her big green eyes
Looking up at me 
     and into the...

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The midnight hour has come on silently;

along with it, a blackness has come creeping -

a presence I can barely hear or see.

The midnight hour has...

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Fling open these gates of purgatory
In the sharp corner of a deserted hell to see
Behold, the office of the dull-eyed in an overloaded ark
Nearly concealed...

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(sing to tune of Hush Little Baby)

Hush, little PD, don't say a word.
Nathan's gonna buy you a mocking bird.

If that bird makes fun of you....
that's...

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