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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-07-13 10:52 AM

Time for Bed
Virginia Salter

It’s time to go to bed
the cat is pleading
Her eyes are big and sad
my heart is bleeding

She plies me with her writhing
around and through my legs
she climbs half up my frame
her mewing cries to beg

Then taps me on the shoulder
with four nails extended
Down again to move
to grab my leg two-handed

Pacing to and fro
forward and aft
So sadly she does go
surely thinks I’m daft

To spend so much time
in front of this keyboard
Typing forms of poesy
‘bout kitties and the Lord.

© July 24, 2000

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
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1 posted 2001-07-13 10:56 AM

this is sweet, and makes me miss my cat....

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2001-07-13 10:58 AM

SEA, I have four, imagine that!

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

3 posted 2001-07-13 11:15 AM

Got you beat VAS... Got 5....

very nicely done!

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2001-07-13 11:19 AM

You're a CAT MAN???? I don't recall seeing them in your poetry...how can you be a cat man and not let them in?

hmmmmmmm, I know another Ron on another board that does write cat poetry, marverlously, is it you in disguise?

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

5 posted 2001-07-13 11:26 AM

Nope.. not me VAS.

I have written cat poetry...The owl is back…
Closer now,
It seems to sit in the barn
Just a few yards from the house.

It's mournful hoots
Lie upon the stillness
Like the thin crescent moon
That rests now on the horizon.

It's been two days…
And I am reminded of the stories
Told by an old man I knew
Of the owl being the spirit of
Those who have left us.

Two days…
Since I built the little box
And we dug in earth, that
Seemed as reluctant to yield
To our efforts, as we were to
Let her go.

We placed her inside
And fastened the lid tightly,
Put her in the space between
Two trees and with tears..
Covered her.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

6 posted 2001-07-13 11:34 AM

and a heartbreaing one at that, beautiful

I have to say, unless you'd told me, I'd not known it was about a cat...though that may make it a more versatile poem, for whoever has mourned can feel again the memory of that final step, maybe not pleasant, but still a little niche toward healing, for it wells up love again

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

7 posted 2001-07-13 11:41 AM

VAS... there are actually several of my poems which have been inspired by my animals..but they are or I try to write them in a more universal way..because the lessons they teach or help me understand apply to more than just my relationship with them...

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

8 posted 2001-07-13 11:47 AM

amen, and you do it so well!!!

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