as in "the parson's cat is a palpable cat'?
SallyE
on 21/5/03 9:05 am, James Bell at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Yes, Gary. Like the originallity of form here. Only one dull note for me
> with the word "brindled", which, to my thinking is one of these overused
> poetry words. Another I come across a lot is "palpable" and am guilty of
> using it myself.
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> James
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>> From: Gary Blankenship <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: New: Stray Cats
>> Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 11:28:43 -0700
>>
>> (Given a dog in here, anther title?)
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>> Stray Cats
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>> Simple barriers of chick wire and bed springs
>> will vector dog runs in a different direction.
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>> Not cats!
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>> Wooden fence, chain-link or picket,
>> the common cat ignores like ordinary beetles.
>> Paths criss-cross lawn, alley, garden,
>> trails from their home to our hang-out.
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>> We do not feed them,
>> and wonder why so many strays
>> find our deck the neighborhood place to play -
>> mottled, brindled, solid black,
>> mongrel exotics, taupe and sand,
>> a yellow tom and the home cat - a tuxedo.
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>> We feed her!
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>> Tigers stalk the ferns hunting roebuck,
>> leopards slink through roses,
>> the home cat, once panther trim,
>> watches through the patio door,
>> no longer able protect her territory
>> or catch fat mice and fallen fledglings.
>>
>> Squirrels avoid our trees, rabbits our clover.
>> From the safety of his kennel,
>> an old dog once barked at the interlopers,
>> ignored by most, teased by a few.
>> The sick mutt has left the house,
>> and only stray cats and plump mice remain.
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>> Tails taste the air.
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>> IF MY MAIL BOUNCES, MAIL [log in to unmask] AS AN ALTERNATIVE.....April
>> Arthur
>> Seeley and Gary poetry poems at:
>> http://gardawg.homestead.com/gardawg.html --- Writer's Hood at
>> http://www.writershood.com/..... Poets for Peace.... ˇPoemas sí, balas no!
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