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FEELING FELINE

1.

My sister lost her husband not long ago

A time of grief and tears

But time can help the mind prepare

For the lonely ensuing years.

And her life has had other companions

Of an origin Siamese

Who seem to spend their purring lives

Trying their best to please.

As if they know their place is now

To comfort and console

To provide some ongoing love beyond

The knowledge of the human soul

 

2.

I once fell out with a high-minded poet

A publisher of a collection of verse 

Who took exception (wouldn't you just know it?!)

To my poem -  I was the devil or worse;

A vile villain of an unmentionable sort,

I was accused of having a most cruel thought

When in a poem about hard won love

I sought inspiration from somewhere above

And wrote "When you look at me like that

I want to go and kick the cat"

(Honestly I didn't really mean it like that!!)

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Cat comp

◄ STREET SCENE - LONDON 2013

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Comments

<Deleted User> (10123)

Wed 13th Feb 2013 07:58

At first I wanted me hankie but then no. 2 came along - would you like to borrow me boots?
"(Honestly I didn't really mean it like that !!)"
ta muchly, Nick

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 1st Feb 2013 21:17

Thanks Yvonne, Hugh and JC. Both poems are based in real life. When I replied to the poet/publisher and his sanctimonious pretension over a perceived derogatory attitude to "sentient" animals, I drew his attention to Siegfried Sassoon's line..."We're cursing his staff for incompetent swine"(from "The General"). There was no response.

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John Coopey

Fri 1st Feb 2013 21:03

2 very different in tone, MC.
I particularly enjoyed the first (although, I confess I'm not a great cat-lover).
Someone will mention "cooking fat" sooner or later so it might as well be me.

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Hugh

Fri 1st Feb 2013 19:18

Glad you let that cat out of the bag,an enjoyable read.

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Yvonne Brunton

Fri 1st Feb 2013 17:52

I like the delicate touch you have used in poem 1

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