Cat Myth Poems

Refrain:

In these mountains, far from the sea,
Where hearts have heard the tales,
Screams a lady, she’s wild and free,
Her life bears in details.

Though we never named...

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Grimm's Fairy Tale:
Cat and Mouse in Partnership

Summary: 

A cat befriends a mouse and is so persuasive about her fondness for the smaller animal that the...

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They both ate dates from the tree of gnosis 
Froze the whirling wheels in place by their might 
Crushed the cherubim’s heads with bliss 
White...

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Lived a chimera in its lair
Feral cat with a dragon's flair
Spewing flames high into the air
I had to stare      ...

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Once there was 
a tiny tree,
who wished itself
a lofty, wide-spread
oak; 
        longing to have 
on him song-birds light...
...

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I felt a probe of feline eyes
While Merlin stretched on sun-drenched sill;
He mentioned he dislikes cat-guise
And yearned to be a wizard still,

Then, thanking for adopting...

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...

It was said back then

She was having a ball

but got too excited 

and took a rough fall.

She looked for King's...

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Quail Run

The birds are quiet in the morning. 
They eat the bugs on the ground, all around. 
They are beautiful. 
They are peaceful... 
They are...

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There is a legend of an albino squirrel we were told years ago 
As kids we waited in the town park, hoping for it to...

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Here we are on that lonesome road...
Crossing the same old paths once more
Why're you out here walkin' after midnight?
Just my luck ... with fewer lives...

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two rattlesnake skins
three black cats--superstitions
gathering powers...

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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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Wakens a sleeping big cat
Whose coat boasts the best colors
For a panther to wear under cover,
At the nightly feasting he cleans
Claws and tail, no spots...

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Emerging from dappled shadows dim
        Panther skulk speaks compassion's incessance 
       ...

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