Tag Archives: cats
Sick
It’s day 27 of NaPoWriMo, and I feel terrible. Sick shivering under the comforter on an 80° day dog at my feet cat on my hip as I try to sleep through a rumbling stomach and intestines signaling distress and … Continue reading
Don’t Swerve
Day 23. Don’t Swerve We tried to swerve swear to god but the cat was too fast faster than we anticipated and the front left wheel bumped upward with a crunch and I realized that had my cousin held the … Continue reading
Become a Cat Dad!
The sixteenth day of NaPoWriMo. Become a Cat Dad! you can be a pro cat dad like me: roll a fatty grab a laser pointer (and your iPhone)– make magic happen commemorate it with a video send that to your … Continue reading
Remembering Alfie on His 15th Birthday
Another day, another NaPoWriMo poem. Remembering Alfie on his 15th Birthday In a room full of rescue cats only one chased the offered string and that was enough for us. That first night he cried at 2 a.m. and we … Continue reading
A Divided Union (Day 30, 2018)
The NaPoWriMo folks asked us to interact with an odd historical fact. A Divided Union Lincoln was the first president with pet cats, a fact that so enraged dog-loving actor John Wilkes Booth that he interruped a play to make … Continue reading
Kitty Kitty (Day 15, 2018)
Halfway done with NaPoWriMo. Today’s prompt asked us to write about a villain who has some redeeming characteristics, while still remaining evil. Kitty Kitty the cat caresses his face with her paw, running the pads through his three-day stubble then … Continue reading
Unhappy Ending (Day 10, 2018)
Welcome back to everyone I haven’t offended! Let’s try again. Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt involved two unrelated things happening at the same time. Unhappy Ending I hold tight to her hips as we rock together, my hand dipping to cup her … Continue reading
home (Day 4, 2018)
Todays’s NaPoWriMo prompt asks us to write about an abstract idea using concrete nouns. I’m not entirely sure what that means, but here goes… home a purring cat on a worn-out pillow, a snoring dog on the red shag rug, … Continue reading
A List of Wonderful Things about 2017
If 2017 was better than 2016, it was only a matter of degrees. We didn’t have to relive the skullfuckery of Election Night, but we had to confront its spray-tanned aftermath. Travel bans, tax bills, neo-Nazis…all things 2016 doomed us … Continue reading
What the Cat Saw (Day 26, 2017)
Just a few more days to go for National Poetry Writing Month. What the Cat Saw The cat balances on the back of the couch with her face pressed against the window watching the little boy play soccer in the neighbor’s … Continue reading
...said the blind man... 