Moon Pets Poems

I.
Among twenty different brightly colored toys,
The only moving thing
Was the beak of a noisy parrot.

II.
I was of three family members,
Like a family tree 
In which...

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In Memoriam Quietly Always Close

Are they whispers, then, settling
So gently upon that slightest breeze wending
     Over the granite crosses and statues...

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I had named my verbose parrot Sunny, as he filled my world with sunshine;
For when someone truly touches the heart, you often must give some...

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My favourite companion 
is my pet Pomeranian,
Fluffy, squishy and hairy
I call her ‘Fairy’.
She is milk-white,
A lovely sight!
She is feisty and fierce
She has proud pointed ears
She...

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I had a little pussy cat
That used to play a tune
On a penny whistle 
As it sang to the moon.
It wore stripey trousers 
With a...

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The cat sat on the footstool.
The curtains hang closed.
The toothbrush holder contains two brushes
The cat stretches, jumps down, miaows at the door.
The moon is full
Bush...

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There are piggies of The Woods,
there are piggies of The Sea.
Not all piggies are equal;
this is clear to me.

There are piggies who sing -
and they...

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You bought me as your loving pet; well trained and tamed,
From a cattle-fair; I was two; handsome; zestful;
You did not like cats and dogs as...

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Wild horses should run free,
to find apples that fall, to taste their sweet,
standing beneath a shade tree.

The hare that's missing its left foot,
just to bring...

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Slowing Down 

Electricity runs through my veins. 
It courses in waves,
from my head to my feet, 
and back. 
Why? 
Because I am ever, 
waiting for...

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On starry nights the tabbies walk
in shadow lands of harmonic balance,
for tabby cats of orange descent
shine their light amid moon-glow.

Psychic cats in other world duty
see...

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My first encounter with a brown bat was at Long Lake as a kid. It was in the dark of night. I was in a...

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Ah, sweet slumber of nip-laden dreams;
the milk of mother moon bestowed, 
a blessed drink and lactose-free
to this mine humble, feline throat.

Running freely through outer space,
I...

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Within soft fluff
paw pads impress
gentility of tree,
in moon’s caress.

Iridescence bright
like brother Sun’s,
lends electric air
when twilight’s begun.

Yet soft, thy shine
upon silken fur;
my heart delights 
to moon...

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Francis the feline,
Had a voice so sublime.
All night he would croon,
Yowling at the moon,
Till at the pound, he arrived.

...

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