Cat Mother Daughter Poems

Reflections of Affection

Painting your face... 
slowly on the canvas, 
in the colors of tan, 
and olive green. 

Your skin is so fair, 
it is hard...

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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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MORNING CALL

4 am, and I am up, opened back door to let cats out in the back garden, father cat is away to do his...

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I swear, my parents act like they were never teens in a pandemic growing up.

I was watching “Perry Mason,” an HBO show set in the...

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Lucy wanted a cat, but her mother said, 'No!'
   With all of her heart, she yearned for one so

But her mother'd been scratched...

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"The Silkworm’s Birthday"





Mulberry leaves flutter in the breeze
Kookaburra brave Joker bluffs a sky blue breast 
Drops one feather for a quill, a song hidden in...

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Everybody I raised wants to drive.
They have to be in charge.
Insisting on being in control.

In a booth, we all have to be on the outside.
Family...

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"Snapdragons and Dandy Lions - Part 2"


The day was cooling down 
pressing itself close into
the amythest and musk pink early eve
as the eggshell pale blue...

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An unmarked auction house in the cellar
Fat cat millionaires outbid one another
A quiet pissing contest
To be the lowest of low-lifes.

A living corpse up for gropes...I...

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My cat is so lovable she really makes me humble
She loves to play and cuddle and roll around and tumble
She can look into my soul...

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