By Jake Waller What can I infer from a purr? Relaxed with a friendly hand on their fur? What might we deduce in a hiss? It’s not bliss, that’s for …
Category: cat poem
Polite Pet Notice
Polite Pet Notice (By Jake Waller) Time once and for all now to settle the score of the age old debate, of the eternal war As divisive a topic as …
The Hunt/Safety/Sundays (A Triplet of Haikus)
The Hunt/Safety/Sundays (A Triplet of Haikus) (by Jake Waller) Silhouette on fence Eyes glow, silent, then leaping Mouse never saw it Curled in a basket Chasing wool by the fire …
A Geometric Feline Study
A Geometric Feline Study (by Jake Waller) Smooth curves Slim lines Soft But poised A spring coiled Compact power Ears sharp Alert triangles Tents intent On picking up The …
Marrakats by Jake Waller
Marrakats (by Jake Waller) Bodies lithe and twisting ‘twixt stalls and legs and wheels With siblings all competing to scavenge their next meals See curious eyes in alleys …
Royalty by Jake Waller
Royalty by Jake Waller They prance their palace with poise Feign disinterest in all of their toys Show balance defying belief and landings with hardly a noise Relaxed, they …
Catnip Trip
Catnip Trip poem by Jake Waller Woolly-eyed, wool ball running…away Should I chase it? leave it stretch, relax and stretch again the scent takes all my senses, I’m floating and …
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat – Cat Poems
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat poem by Edward Lear I The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of …
Grey Sunday
Grey Sunday – Elissa Does not this sombre mornseem to be a study in greys? Pewter clouds heavy with promisescudding along a steely sky. Lead, chrome, ash, silver,every shade frosty …
Black Cat – Rainer Maria Rilke
Black Cat by Rainer Maria Rilke A ghost, though invisible, still is like a place your sight can knock on, echoing; but here within this thick black pelt, your strongest …