The Literary Cat

Alice the cat has a mat on my desk. This so that she doesn’t sleep on my papers. She also likes to sit on the top deck of my stack of letter racks. As a kitten she used to sleep there, now she uses it to watch birds, deer, mice …

THE LITERARY CAT

seeks stories in magazines                                
sniffs the pungency
of small press publications
enthrones herself
on the current poem

follows my hand and pen
with erudite whiskers
and editorial sagacity
with comments purred

until I nudge her away
then back-lane epithets
erupt in yowled poetry

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first published in Animal Crackers

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Frame and The McGuire – ‘… a gentle yet striking novel about the way our perception influences our judgement of others.’ Amy Mathers. For ages 8-13 … published by Tradewind Books available on Amazon or your local bookstore.