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Cat’s Prayer

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Steeped in silence
At six in the morning
Across bright lights
From a nearby field,

Seagulls land on the ground
Before leaping into the air
In a circular pattern
Leaving nothing
But feathers in the mist,

And the tapping of my paw
On the window. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
(Wrote for our younger cat, Roxy.
The prompt for this poem came from Jo Bell's excellent
52 poems blog which you are given a prompt weekly
to write a poem on. It's a excellent idea and recommended.

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Gray Nicholls

Thu 27th Feb 2014 12:47

lovely stuff. cats are pretty cruel creatures i think sometimes but there is a innocence and a charm here which is really tender.

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Andy N

Sun 23rd Feb 2014 19:45

thanks guys. it's a good project this one to attempt.

i tried napwrimo past two years and it destroyed me last year (a poem a day for a month).

doing one a week is probably doable but you never know - lol

and i loved writing this piece

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Dave Carr

Wed 19th Feb 2014 18:09

Cats are strange beasts. We love ours despite it killing the goldfish.
Dave

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Laura Taylor

Tue 4th Feb 2014 09:30

I missed this - glad I found it! Love this! So few words, so very evocative - I can see the scene. Great last two lines as well Andy :)

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Greg Freeman

Mon 3rd Feb 2014 12:55

Thanks for drawing our attention to 52 Poems, Andy. Always good to have prompts to help you write poetry.

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