Iriecat

Gold cherry
Poem of the week
Pick of the Month

By lavadis

Sun, 07 Jun 2020
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17 comments
 

 

First garden tremble 
on kiss soft paddy paws
to spine shake yawls
I held you, 
I hold you 
your father
 
You circle chased a squirrel,
roared with joy
on the night 
of the bat in the bedroom,
told us when the fox
caught your rabbit
and brought her a flagging flower
on Valentine’s Day. 
You put balled paper 
and bread chugs
into our shoes 
and face smacked me 
rage eyed
through the bannisters 
 
You and your supernal sisters 
my only
my only
our modern family 
 
We have watched
what passes for time
in this urban war
and now 
your ghost breath frame
frost slight 
unsubstantiated.
 
You cling to me
my indecipherable 
daughter 
we crumple
we will overflow into
peradventure  
providence
unbreakable 
embrace 
 
 
 
 
Certificate U
Poem
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Other Non-fiction

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Beautiful. Reminds me how much I miss living with cats

 

Submitted by lavadis on

Thank you. She was a rescue cat who has been with me since she was a kitten. She is an old lady now and a little piece of her is in my heart 

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This wonderful poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day

Please share/retweet if you like it too

 

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

It is beautiful and sad. All loved pets are receptacles of pain. 

 

Submitted by lavadis on

She is the same as she was as a kitten inside 

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

I hope you have your old lady kitten for a while yet.  They do indeed stay in your heart, even when you can't see them any longer.  

Submitted by lavadis on

Thank you very much. I do feel the need to yowl for no reason because I have become lost  and confused. When this happens my dad picks me up, puts me on his lap and strokes my head. He tells me everything will be alright in the end. And when that happens I think in the end, it will be 

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Poem of the Week - Congratulations!

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

What a beautifully touching poem, full of tender observations.

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Poem of the Month - Congratulations!

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I had missed this so very glad it is poem of the month. It is lovely and made me want to cry

 

Submitted by lavadis on

Yesterday afternoon my baby cat - not very steady and confused about where she was yowled and wandered off into her little garden. She gave me such joy for so long. So, so much love 

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

I am so sorry for your loss Lavadis - what a beautiful tribute this poem is to her xx

 

Submitted by lavadis on

She was the best little pussy cat. She touched my life for 18 years

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

I'm so sorry.  The love will stay, yours for her and hers for you.  Take care.

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

So sorry to hear that x 

 

Submitted by Sim on

Oh darling, I know how much you adored your little Irie. May she play forever in your garden.

Perhaps it is a little comforting that this was picked as Poem of the Month, and to know that somehow, somewhere, Irie is very pleased for you!

Sim