Cat Religion Poems

Missing: God Incarnate

By Mark D. Stucky
Last month I lost Jesus.
Maybe he is not lost,
but I cannot find him
even in usual places.

I couldn’t find him in...

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God Around the Corner

By Mark D. Stucky
My cat’s favorite spot to sleep and surveil the house
was at the top of the hallway-to-basement stairs.
I would sometimes...

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I’ve heard tell of some suicide cult in Kenya;
Poor folk pledged to starve themselves to death 
For God’s glory, and so malevolent surgeons 
Can harvest...

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John Duns Scotus was a fortunate man
Beliefs such, could have been burnt at the stake
Luckily he got away with elan
Urging fellow souls to rise and...

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God saw Flood's "Ingredients" snag
That let the cat out of the bag
The Devil cried, "Weed!"
The Angels agreed,
"Let's change his facemask to a gag!"...

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Let me tell you all about the cathedral cat 
Thought by many as tubby but definitely not fat
Her fur is black and in cat years...

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The Lion sits in his cage
We go to visit him from time to time
And wonder at his majesty and might

A swipe of his paw 
Could...

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The New Preacher, 
“Hear My Words”

Are you listening. 
I am saying things very clearly. 
You need to keep trying. 
Are you talking to me?
Am I...

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When When Then Yoga

When
Your downward dog is barking and
Your cat pose is meowing and
Your tree pose is swaying and
Your cow pose is mooing and
Your cobra...

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I teach cartooning class to thirteen first and second graders.
On Leadership Day.
Once a month.
It is a cinch,
As last year I was teaching cartooning class to...

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The Gospel according to The Bluesman
Gianni watched the clouds move in
Closed his window for the rain
It was spring and that meant
That it was gonna storm...

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So many different religions so I’ll just name a few,
Are you a Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Jew?
Catholic, Buddhist or converted to something new?
Or maybe you...

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When oppositional cognitive dissonance 
deflects focus from compassion,
I've learned to go back to when I deflected focus from her.
She sends me passive-aggressive messages,
bread crumbs leading...

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what glee
and gleam
i dream
a dream of
the crescent moon
at night
that hang from
starry sky in sight
the neon white smile of
black and purple
stripped cheshire cat
that ask 
who are...

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I walk down the broken road
Carelessly as I march ahead
No clue where I’m at
As invisible as the Cheshire Cat
Wandering through life
Almost using the knife.

I need...

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