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| Two Philadelphia cats on kitty quilt (Camp 2012) |
cat-napping, curled together.
I can always count
on sister-mine to keep my back
warm, her fur furry,
purring black cat,
sleeping off catnip.
We are almost domestic;
with claws, paws pounce.
Here, kitty, kitty.
Then there was one.
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| Kitty napping on kitty-quilt (Camp 2012) |
I made this quilt for friends with cats to remember their white cat, Stella, now long gone, whose name was inspired by Marlon Brando's famous scene in A Streetcar Named Desire. My cat Tiger had a truly ordinary name, but he would leap on my desk and sprawl across student papers, marking them with paw prints when I worked too many hours. Sometimes our pets are as close as family.
I have a friend who's going to love this! Forwarding to her on FB. Thanks for writing and the pics!
ReplyDelete(I believe Stella is a character from "A Streetcar Named Desire" not "On The Waterfront" ~ both young Brando though!)
Thank you, Tressa, for reading, enjoying, forwarding, and catching that glaring error. I fixed it!
Delete"Stella!!!!" I know someone else who named her pet... in this case a dog, with that name. The quilt is gorgeous & I can feel the love for your kitty coming through your words.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Julie. The quilting is kind of a background these days for all that I do. Wish I had my own kitty cat, though. I can't imagine a dog named Stella.
DeleteI don't know why but I absolutely adore the line about sister-cat keeping her fur furry! This was so cuddly cute...almost makes me want to rethink my stance on cats. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anna. I did have fun with this. Your comment makes me wonder about cats as well and why we don't have one. Well, it's a little hard to travel with a cat, though I did once. I do like their independence, but if you live in an apartment, they poop in the house -- with all that entails!
DeleteI love all animals, but our dog Bobby (names after the awesome Boby Dylan) is certainly family. He's our little (size of a Shire pony) son and we adore him. After only one year we are inseperable.
ReplyDeleteI therefore completely loved your poem Beth. It really touched my love of furry animals who are loved like humans. X
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Hello, Shah. Glad you liked the poem -- and that you have that awesome dog Bobby.Give him a pet for me. I lavish love on every pet I visit.
DeleteThis poem made me squeeze my dogs super tight today! Animal love is so powerful, it's the only love I never question :)
ReplyDeleteMy heart just fell into my stomach with that last part! Such love in this one.
ReplyDeleteThe poem is fun (except, of course, for the sadness of the last line). And the quilt is lovely. Well done!
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