It’s been awhile since I posted a cat poem. And we know what happens if cats don’t feel appreciated (or at least we can imagine…). So, as an offering to their vanity, I give you PAWS 4, which appeared in my chapbook Cat Show and my newest book The Anonymity of Waiting. PAWS 4Sometimes,all youContinueContinue reading “PAWS 4”
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Cat’s Game
Today’s poem is a haiku that is in my new book, The Anonymity of Waiting, and in my chapbook, Cat Show. I’ve had haiku on my mind since I got two volumes of haiku for Christmas. Haiku is a form I’ve grown to love because of its use of sparse, evocative language. Reading more haikuContinueContinue reading “Cat’s Game”
Dear Cat
Our orange tabby cat, Nilli, loves me. About the only time she’s calm is when she’s on my lap, purring, kneading, and (Lord knows why) licking my right arm. The *right* one, mind you, not the left. The anxiety meds we mix with her cat food take the edge off, but she’s still wound prettyContinueContinue reading “Dear Cat”
The Panther (Ogden Nash)
I’ve mentioned before that I enjoy light verse because a dash of humor brings perspective. At some point in our marriage (probably the first decade), my wife introduced me to Ogden Nash, and he has remained a favorite author of light verse. Light verse has found its way into all of my books, most recentlyContinueContinue reading “The Panther (Ogden Nash)”
Not a Car
Recently, I mentioned I started setting up my cat chapbook for publication. It is pretty much ready to go but I made the decision to delay its release. Why? Without thinking, I submitted one of my cat poems to a journal. When I started sending poems to journals, I learned quickly that most won’t publishContinueContinue reading “Not a Car”
CATTACK!
Soon (sooner than I’d like 😉), we will be dropping our daughter, Kate, at Providence Christian College in Pasadena, CA. Kate LOVES cats, so I am posting a cat poem today in honor of her departure. It also seemed apropos to share a cat poem because I am going to start prepping my cat chapbookContinueContinue reading “CATTACK!”
Sleep
There are a fair number of things we do every day that we think little of. But when I step back and consider mundane things as if I were an outsider, I find life is full of strangeness. Now and then, I’ll look at one of my cats and say to my wife, “Isn’t itContinueContinue reading “Sleep”
Oxymoron
I’ve mentioned before that cats often pad into my poems. That being the case, I decided last year to compile my cat poems into a chapbook. (Anyone who doubts that a book of cat poems has artistic dignity should check out Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot 😺). Right now, the workingContinueContinue reading “Oxymoron”
Sweet Roll
I’ve been sick most of the last week. During that time, I wrote three poems about cats sleeping. Sometimes, when you slow down (or have to slow down) you notice things going at other paces. Two of my poems about cats sleeping may or may not have explored ideas of non-being and indeterminacy 😉 WhatContinueContinue reading “Sweet Roll”
Nine
Cats are a part of my life—sometimes whether I like it or not, LOL. So I write about them. But a cat isn’t something that can be corralled into a poem, as if I could capture them with words. More probably, cats indifferently wander into my poems because they have nothing better to do, orContinueContinue reading “Nine”
A Wandering Minstrel 