the cat claws her way
onto the bed
demanding string
Tag: cat
cat in the comfy chair (20210412)
i sink into the chair
the cat my instant companion
her butt in my face
haiku (20210406)
looking for a spider
the cat halts
watching her reflection
cat in the corner (20170918)
that cat has lost
her mouse to a humane trap
sulks like meat loaf
zen master (20170707)
cat meditating
on the cushion behind me–
sleepy, purring stone
cattus interruptus (20170607)
copland on the stereo
the cat mews for attention
writing time is over
observations on a serial napper (20170222)
behind me the cat sleeps
on a little fleece bed
i can see her breathing
in that almost imperceptible
mockery of slow motion
i just wanted to remind you
that there is something warm here
with a beating heart
and it doesn’t matter
the size of the muscle
second place (20170108)
seeking a warm lap
the cat curls across my thighs
–my daughter is gone
cat critics (20161221)
poem schmo-em
says the cat
curling in my lap
and resting her head
in the crook of my
typing arm
how the stars came to be (20160625)
when the world was new
and the sky was still
a thing of darkness
the animals strove to
fill it up with light
the lion
climbed the highest tree
filling the air with
the thunder of his roar
he became the sun
the fox
curled into a circle
near a lake where
her reflection blurred
and she became the moon
while the cat and the snake
argued over who would accompany
the fox in her nightly journeys
they did not see the finch
pluck hair from the lion’s mane
from the fox’s tail
and scatter them
through the darkness
Words and Feathers 