tabby cat stretches
unaware of its beauty
whiskers in sunlight
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
My tabby cat with spectacles on nose,
Sits on a chair in imperial pose.
She holds an open book in one hand,
And a mug of coffee of a fresh brand.
Though she controls only the mouse,
She acts as though the empress of the house.
She sits content in the glare of the sun,
And reads of adventures of great fun.
With a blink of eyes and flick of ear,
She keeps turning pages in great cheer.
She relishes sipping the hot coffee,
And enjoys her uninterrupted spree.
She sits dangling her feet in joy.
I wonder what is her next ploy.
Folding the book, she bids goodbye,
And drifts off to sleep closing her eye.
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July 13, 2022
Monkey Man found in his perpetual boring bachelor flat
A darling tiny yellow spotted domesticated tabby cat.
The thing was mewing, and needed some milk.
Her coat was smooth, just a tad bit courser than silk.
Monkey Man embraced his privacy with a hermit type love.
But this helpless baby kitty snuggled up in a boxing glove.
He did not have the heart to throw it out into the wild.
It would have been eaten quickly, in a way not so mild.
He found out baby cats drink milk after he asked all over town.
With some coaxing and begging the baby drank half of it down.
You have to burp it, the old wives had told him relishing his plight.
Or you will be walking it as it wails from tummy ache all through the night.
Burping it was his undoing, it is when he became the cat’s daddy.
He lied to others about how long he kept it, and named it Paddy.
Six months later he was about to release Paddy into the wild
When he realized with pride, he couldn’t for this was his child!
tabby cat, eyes glow
moving in garden shrubbery
hunting, pausing
alert to movement
within shadowed places
soft purr erupting
pounce and miss
joyful moment, hunt is fun
now a nap for her
Katy dipped her tabby cat in the pot of brine
She was settled to make his fur silky and shine
But to her utter depression
Raising a pertinent question
The Tabby baby took wing to ride the cloud nine
she prowls around the garden, she controls the nest
no need to worry because she knows she is the best
the world to her is a hunting ground
you know she will be back around
naps in the day and at night she plays
for this is how she spends her days
her eyes shine as bright as owls
fearful prey when she is on the prowl
watch out world for she is back
and courage is something she doesn't lack
she belongs to no one, she is on her own
for everywhere to her is her home