Cat Shark Poems

The sky is stark, the air is cool and still
The black cat’s run, the birds unfold all day
I sit down here and with my totty...

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Cat’s shots were scheduled at noon today
Shark stayed out of sight, completely away.
Came prancing back home at five o’clock
Vet’s office closed for the day and...

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Shark is aptly named.
A neighborhood terror if we had a neighborhood.
But we live in the country, so he only frightens wildlife.
Which saves me from phone...

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Shark my tortoiseshell cat of pure arrogance has stepped on my tail today
I had my front door propped open, confident because I live in the...

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Sophie Helen is a cocker of sorts
She loves to sleep, denies all kinds of sports.
Enormous running days over for years.
She chases raccoons, has no obvious...

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A day of fishing on the farm was coming to an end.
My husband asked me “Have you seen your feline friend?”
I had not, but was...

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Shark is sitting on my lap the second I hit the porch.
Shark is an outdoor cat, he fights me if it is cold.
Because I try...

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Shark, my handsome hunter cat
a diabolical killing machine, 
laps his water daintily like a lady in waiting

It is difficult to coordinate this prissy
licking cat with...

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Where is Shark, the cat today?
In fields quite far away.
Catching field mice, unhappy prey.
Keeping other varmints at bay.

Have not seen him since last night.
Disappearance feels...

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Shark K. Cat sits patiently waiting his chance
Understanding the importance of not showing his hand early.
A lesson in patience and strategy.
He could teach both. ...

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Shark, the contortionist cat, is sitting catty-wampus today.
His head is north, paws west, crossed in a weird southwestern way.
Wearing his glitzy tiara and a feathered...

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Shark, the cat, is sitting catty-wampus today.  He is a contortionist. His head is to the north,
His tail to the west, paws to the...

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Sir Shark Cat creeps past,

Hoping not to share dinner

Warm tasty rabbit...

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My big striped cat,
Feline with enormous paws.
A bunny killer.
Shark has a kill room.
We clean it out twice a year.
A heated cat house.
We did not name...

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Finkle Rat and Derby Cat
Opened up a specialty shop
Which was running rather smoothly
Till kids teeth began to rot

For what it was they sold were
Candy apples,...

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