Short Cat Poems (other pets welcome)

[wasellajam]

Playing Poet

Without a cat's weight
poems fly away like house wrens
darting from the eaves,
glimpsed but never caught in hand;
man is just the conduit.

[wasellajam]

Sleep Flees On Padded Paws

As one eye opens
they sense movement, converging,
maybe night is done.
Coffee brews at 3AM,
purrs overwhelming dreamsongs.

[Magpie]

Best Garden on the Street

My Garden is beautiful
-- it's where cats go
to murder mice.

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fresh kill
at the cat's feet -
red poppy

[Magpie]

Ooops, just noticed this was in fun section and here I am posting about murderous felines.

Just to clarify, is it short poems about cats or poems about short cats 

[wasellajam]

Ooops, just noticed this was in fun section and here I am posting about murderous felines.

Just to clarify, is it short poems about cats or poems about short cats 

Writing the poems is fun, all subjects are fair game. Ideally there should be a pet in the vicinity but honestly I'm fine if there's not.

I enjoyed yours. Poppy

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Also, I have nothing against non-domesticated animals, feline or otherwise.

[milo]

Playing Poet

Without a cat's weight
poems fly away like house wrens
darting from the eaves,
glimpsed but never caught in hand;
man is just the conduit.

Every good cat needs a poet
in the same way
every good poet needs a cat

An exercise in mutual apathy

[wasellajam]

Playing Poet

Without a cat's weight
poems fly away like house wrens
darting from the eaves,
glimpsed but never caught in hand;
man is just the conduit.

Every good cat needs a poet
in the same way
every good poet needs a cat

An exercise in mutual apathy

lol

[thewilderhen]

cat my love come creeping
sun-eyed with pricking whiskers
paws shrink down to needles
in the gloomy light.

cat my love come hunting
muscles twist and twine
in your sleep while dreaming
foes have come to play.

insert third stanza here
hung out with a teenager and toddler today in sequence, so the brain she has gone
nobody cried or vaped, me included, not to brag

[wasellajam]

cat my love come creeping
sun-eyed with pricking whiskers
paws shrink down to needles
in the gloomy light.

cat my love come hunting
muscles twist and twine
in your sleep while dreaming
foes have come to play.

insert third stanza here
hung out with a teenager and toddler today in sequence, so the brain she has gone
nobody cried or vaped, me included, not to brag

Triple play! That's something to brag about.

[thewilderhen]

Dog-walking in the dim recession of sunlight

curve of yr shoulder
stark lamp-lit
a haunch of rabbit, fish-eyed
a still life

neighbor the washing up is in yr kitchen
same as I

[Magpie]

to a cat

one day you might
allow me to get close
enough to be able
take the bell off you

it doesn't serve its purpose anyway

it's cruel
but not as cruel
as the hideous 
tartan bow-tie
holding it

[Bunx]

I fed my cat daily
around 4pm.
An afternoon ritual
she eats throughout
the evening.

I fed my cat at 3pm.
Because somedays
anticipation is overrated.

I fed my cat at 12pm
because I'm home
and feeling guilty
about eating alone.

I fed my cat at 9am
so my cat isn't
trying to flee
before I go to work.

Its 7:30am and I'm feeding
my cat pretending this decision
belongs to me.