Paw Protectors
Kittens’
Mittens
Cat Fashion Shop
Mousers’
Trousers
Baby Cat Store
Mama’s
Paw-paws
Kitty in Love
Smitten
Kitten
After Run-in with Dog
Bitten
Kitten
Small Cats’ Protest
Kitten
Sit-in
A Cat Cyranno
Witty
Kitty
Cat Compliment
Pretty
Kitty
Small Cat with Guts
Gritty
Kitty
Infant Cat
Bitty
Kitty
Cat-redundancy
Kitty
Kitty
Oct. 1, 2022
For A Brian Strand Premiere Choice Poetry Contest
Four little dirty kittens came to the house of the queen
The queen of nothing except prissiness and being clean.
My mother acted like they were dirty little scrawny rats
She held them by their scruffs as if they were China bats.
We followed the queen into the bathroom with a tub.
She proceeded to plunk them in without a bit of grub.
Should we not have fed them first? My brother said.
She gave him a look that made him wish he was dead.
The mewing was loud as she scrubbed them down and hard.
Sorry, I apologized, as they were rubbed with a weird lard.
Now we will feed the little mousers, my mother said, and she frowned.
Not the kind of woman to keep rodents, skeletons or cats around.
We found them homes in an amazingly crazy short time.
She had put them on the internet, and they did truly look fine.
I was sorry to see them go but I was told by cat name of Jelly Bean,
They were tremendously relieved to get away from this queen of clean.
dollops of dander
mighty mousers meander—
cats with cattitude
Love brought many kitties; each one special.
Some colors solid, others were brindle.
They come in big sizes and some of them small.
No matter how they look, I like them all.
My first fluffy kitty was beautiful, white.
One eye was blue and the other one green.
He grew to become a beautiful sight.
His silky soft fur in sunlight would sheen.
A once feral kitty came to live at my house.
She’d run, slip, and slide excited, wide eyed.
One day with great pride she brought home a mouse.
Unhappy day; she let it go inside!
There was that winter and the Christmas tree.
Our kitty knocked some ornaments around.
It was really a funny sight to see.
Until she knocked the whole tree to the ground!
Some cats are mousers, but others think twice.
Some live in houses and some with wildlife.
Cats can be naughty or they can be nice.
Either way they are fun, the spice of life.
1/8/2017
Written especially for Brenda Chirl-Carrol’s granddaughter &
For the Love of Kitties Contest
Enmity, war has proclaimed
Munition between coteries - organized
Victory onslaught enthusiastically aimed
Domestic cats versus gnawing rats - outrage optimized
Chief Cat hangin' in there - now terrorized.
Territory annexed by rodents
Having a grand triumph feast
Devouring every single food - sorry ... cats are prudent
Bane pricked in menus slayed those little beasts
At the end, mousers are vanquishers - strife ceased.
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* " HANGIN' IN THERE " * contest entry
*-* jun-jun villanueva
*-*july 30,2011
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