Calico Cats is a collection of cat poetry in free verse and
rhyme. It is a compilation of my experiences raising, rescuing, and researching
cats and kittens over the past ten years. The poems are a collection that could
appeal to all ages and types of people because their themes are of love,
loneliness, abandonment, fear, compassion and humor
Calico cat, calico cat,
full of colorful patches
Mostly white with red and
black splotches.
Your ears erect and
listening
Then you stretch out
contentedly days work done.
Calico cat, calico cat,
not quite asleep
Amazing how, until a bird
begins to cheep.
A slow motion stretch
noticed by none
Then you slink quietly
with quivering song.
Calico cat, calico cat
breaks out in a run then
Gives up quickly and
returns to the sun.
In the garden in her sleep
she watches
And ponders a conquest not
quite done.
Calico cat, calico cat,
twitchier of tail
One may think of you as
frail.
Though once in action you
surprise even skeptics
A keeper of the new day
sun.
@2008
JE
