Cat Mum Poems

mum said she needed a stiff drink 
me, at the wheel,
closing my eyes and actually praying

a rented car, a wide car
narrow roads
tractors and horses 

getting...

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Life is full of several good items, a mother is their bag
offspring, an addition to her toil but never considered a lag.
She is invaluable, even...

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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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My mother did not know what hit her when she agreed to travel with me
She had forgotten that I can transmogrify folks, so it is...

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My Morning Ripple

                  cat at my feet
 ...

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Much to my chagrin
barely discerned, noticed above
the celebratory Republican din
the commander in chief
all smiles with engined

haired cohorts evincing
ear to ear tousled grin,
feather in cap for...

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Ode to Chores
By Brenda Kahn

When the Good Lord
In his wisdom, Hark!
Said “Separate
the light from dark.”

He surely didn’t
See that time
Would be a scarce
Resource to find

I throw...

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Why did she get that degree in Fine Arts,
Oh what a like total Loser.
It won’t do her any good.
And that time when the neighbours house...

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Mummy

'Mummy' such a simple word, I used to hear it often.
'Mummy' a mellifluous sound which causes hearts to soften.
'Mummy, can I have a cat or...

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How refreshing to experience
     a reprieve from sultry weather
when hazy, hot,
     and humid warm front
  ...

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>Overfed
By Stanley Russell Harris
The new mad author.
And Poetry Soup Honourably Mentioned.

Are you feeling overfed?   Do you enjoy stuffing your head?
Actually I meant your...

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from my new poem book called Picnic by jimmy boom semtex. varied work.

Lucy 
Lucy was my mum's rescue cat from the shelter. She was company...

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“Can you smell something burning,” Dad frowned and I said “Yeah.”
It had the smell of cooking meat, as well as burning hair,
Dad stopped the truck,...

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Curriculum Vitae

I was born [so they say] in the usual way.
my mum was of the female persuasion,
[My father was not] but I can't say a...

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Trying something new , If you think you see something or someone you recognise .
It is purely coincidental.


I met a romantic queen
and made love to...

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