Still Here 🧵 1 of 2
by Crissy Bliss Addams

17 years ago,
she spoke to me from behind the glass
at the Humane Society —
not with a cry,
but a casual hello,
like we’d always known each other.

She’d was found on the streets,
a young mother with newborns.
Her kittens were adopted,
she was fixed,
and finally free to be chosen.
She chose me.
And I said yes.

She’s never been a lap cat.
But if when I'm peaceful,
she’ll sit nearby —
close enough to feel me,
far enough to be herself.

As she grew older,
she wanted to be outside more.
Not alone —
with me.
So I followed her into the sun,
into the quiet,
into the rhythm of her world.

#catpoem #lovepoems #tuxedocat

Our second #catpoem to celebrate #caturday is “The Midnight Cat” by Miss January.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT65TkErg/

House panther prowling
Smooth sable fur coat gleaming
This place is all mine 🐈‍⬛

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poem #shortpoem #writing #catpoem

Prompt - Sable (Jan 29)

There’s a cat on my lap
So I won’t move
And while he’s here
I’ve got nothing to prove
We sit and breathe
And I stroke his fur
I shall smile
And he will purr
So while we do
The world can wait
When the cat gets cozy
You accept your fate

#catpoem #lifewithcats

Gentle wake-ups
Food, litter, play, clean, love, sleep, play rest, snuggle, sleep, share food, litter, play,
In the box. Around the corner.
Pounce
Wind-up spring-jump
Leap and run
Quick run away!
Crazy
Rescue pen from table down to floor where it belongs
Crash!
Purr, hiss, growl, meow, squeak
Petting, stretching
Not too much touch, just nearby sit
Tiny, delicate kisses
Gentle wake-ups

#catpoem #catsofmastodon #poetry #catpoetry

Damn That Fishy Smell to Hell, a poem, by Eric Gordon.

I do not like that fishy smell
I do not like the smell of fish
I do not like that fishy smell
I do not like it, not one dish

Next time Grandma brings cat treats
And those treats are fishy meats
I will throw them out the door
And I won't smell them anymore

#cats #catpoem #poems #poetry

"I saw a proud mysterious cat,
I saw a proud mysterious cat,
Too proud to catch a mouse or rat-
Mew, mew, mew.

But catnip she would eat, and purr,
But catnip she would eat, and purr,
And goldfish she did much prefer-
Mew, mew, mew." - Tony Meeuwissen's "The Key to the Kingdom Deck"
#caturday #kitty #goldfish #cards #catpoem

猫の詩

彼は眠っている
私の心を抱えて
夜の闇の中で
今は嵐から安全

#poetry #japanese #catpoem

…
For he is of the tribe of Tiger.
For the Cherub Cat is a term of the Angel Tiger.
…

‘My Cat Jeoffry’: From Christopher Smart’s Jubilate Agno
https://interestingliterature.com/2020/08/christopher-smart-my-cat-jeoffry-analysis/

#catsofmastodon #poetry #catpoem #caturday

this is not an equal relationship

Holding the upper hand
Denise O’Hagan

#Poetry #DeniseOHagan #LondonGrip #CatPoem

https://londongrip.co.uk/2023/09/london-grip-new-poetry-autumn-2023/#o-hagan