Short Nine Lives Poems

a cat has nine lives
nine cats have one
belligerence...

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a cat has nine lives
a frog croaks every night
film at eleven...

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minty 
green eyes
this
night
walks a
black cat
with nine
lives...

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a blind cat must still have its nine lives...

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Nine lives aren't enough
While waiting for an ear rub
End result Purr-fect

Brian Johnston
March 22, 2015...

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"9"



nine lives 
lives naked 
brave



(LadyLabyrnth / 2020)
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A Mormon with two lovely wives
Discovered they both had sharp knives
Somewhat chatty
Both were catty
But he, alas, did not have nine lives!...

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Space, time, existence

The turkeys fear the day they'll be our din-din

with nine lives a kitten dies but once

kidnapped by aliens a stumblin'...

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my wife howls bad news
                                         the sauce curdles in the pan
                                               a cat has nine lives...

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A-CAT-A-COMB
NINE-LIVES-A-TALE *

SHE-PRIMPS-AND-PREENS
EACH-FINE-DE-TAIL *

WITH-TONGUE-TO-FUR
PAW-FACE-AND-TAIL *

THIS-DEATH-A-TOMB
SHE-SHANT-EN-TAIL *

   ~TH~...

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The pussycat boasted nine lives,
and nearly as many ex-wives.
As they peeled away,
“We’ve got him!” they’d say,
but Charon still sails the Maldives.
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frogs croak every night
                                …….cats have nine lives
                                                                    ……..darkness lingers
1/12/2022...

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My thoughtful vet phoned to say that my cat was not dead, just asleep, permanently.











Written 5th April 2018
For Epigram contest sponsored by Deborah Guenthar Beachboard...

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Tom thought in his nine lives he saw it all, 
He languorously preyed on weak and small, 
Times change, tweet they, 
Tom’s now the prey - 
His predator triumphantly stands tall. 

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When Duke arrives,
don't be around...

No cat survives,
when Duke arrives.

Need all nine lives?
Don't make a sound!

When Duke arrives -
don't be around.

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The Cat used to brag to all the guys
Because he won first place for most lives.
Then the frog said with glee,
"Not more have you than me,
I croak every night…I win the prize!"
...

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Listen to poem:

Why does your cat only have nine lives?
The cat o'nine whip has three strands
Plaited cords unraveled thrice
Nine to three, three to three.
Cat plays bold for three
Strays for next three,
Stays in for
last three
hides...

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Nine lives 
Flowing nine ways 
With every life 
Flowing one way 

Nine lives
Running nine miles
While giving a life 
To every mile

Nine lives 
Fetching many tunes
from many flows 
With each flow
Running through 
Every mile 
With a song....

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        He's just a decent actor, yet Keanu Reeves... 
   endures and he always has an ace up his sleeve 

    Gotta tip your hat to this sly cat with nine lives
    Hit action-packed films; how his career survives 


Date written: 08/25/2019...

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Nine cats live nine lives with nine kittens
Nineteen mittens for thirty-six paws
Not enough mittens for tiny claws
Nine kittens and nine cats eighteen bowls
Of Nottingham pie to keep them fat
Near a fire nine cozy cats lie
Nonetheless the storm will pass them by 
Nine cozy cats and nine warm kittens
Snuggle together far from the storm...

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First it was seizures
And then I was blind
Sight was returned
And then I was fine.

Then came the cancer
But I was not afraid
Just a little annoying
Then life was repaid. 

A life threatening event
The doctors said no way
In my determined mind
I said I’m here to stay.

A cat has nine lives
I think humans do too
I’ve used three of mine
Four more I am due....

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Nine lives my rear
Just one too short 
Never again we say
Then a kitten appears

So tiny and playful
Lively lovely soft
Easy to deny the end
Again over again

We know the pain to be
But bond without fail
Sorting through the photos
Recall not the sad dying

But the joy of a life
Gifts of mice and warm laps
Laughing at (not with)
Earnest battles with shadows...

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In the first place
without a second thought
down at the pub on third street
your prejudice shines forth.
When ever you partake of that fifth
one doesn’t need a sixth sense
to know you’re not in seventh heaven.
If you were a cat you’d be on number eight
of the nine lives you had already wasted.
Bob, if I’ve told you once, I’ve told you ten,
Try to control this impetuous pen!...

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don't ever come knocking
i closed that door
there's no turning back
i locked it shut

no denying you've gone too far
forgiveness might be possible
but forgetting absolutely not
it's written in the cards

you've had your chance
wasted your nine lives so
pick up your baggage and move on 
i'm past caring but i'm wishing you well


AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Posted on January 7, 2025...

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Such peace and blooming with the wind blowing free leaves me with a hope as I sit 
on holy grounds.
Quiet as a tree. I know that God is thinking of me. Secure and safe.
No leaps abound. Enjoying life watching birds flying around.
A cat with nine lives is like a human having a second chance at life, you see.
Kissing beautiful clouds would be a joy to see. With moonlit walks. Now that's 
serenity....

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