My Life In Poetry

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Category: Cats

  • A Problem Like Oxford

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    How do you solve a problem Like Oxford? How do keep his claws Upon the ground? And how do you delay His biting teeth away? How do you have peace When he’s around? How do you solve a problem Like Oxford? How do you keep your bathroom Safe and sound?

  • Obsession with Poe

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    Edgar Allen Poe, man of tragedy,Sadness from childhood to maturity.A life imitated by gripping art;A soul who comes up with The Tell Tale HeartAnd My Beautiful Annabellee. A cat all black and full of mystery,Whimsical, light-hearted, and fancy free,With sharp claws that scratch and tear things apart,With such personality, it would confound Descartes.Edgar Allen Poe…

  • How Many Times

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    How many times mustAnd elephant sneezeBefore he falls downOn his elephant knees. How many times mustA hyena laughBefore he splits his sidesIn hyena halves. How many times mustA gorilla playThe drums on his chestBefore you’ll run away. How many times mustA kitty cat lapUp all his milkBefore his kitty cat nap. How many times mustA…

  • Friskie, the Cat Trilogy

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    I wrote these three poems when I was a young teenager for my Calico cat named Friskie. They still remain to be some of my favorite poems that I have written sentimentally. Shortly after I wrote them, they appeared in the National Shut In Society booklet, a circulation for people who can not leave their…