Birds & Cats: cinquains

IT TAKES A VILLAGE
Alarmed
cacophany--
a robber in the gum:
the crow retreats with starlings in
pursuit.
~~~~ 2003

ELIZABETH CALICO SAYS:
Tuna --
while I like to
lick the can, I don't like
the 9-Lives brand of tunafish
cat food!

~~~2003



Playing

in the high grass,

only his tail showing,

the young cat bats at the yellow

flower.

~~~PL 2013

Boots sits

on the Ford roof

surveying his green world

full of birds & squirrels. There goes a

bluejay.

~~~2013 

Raining.
All outside cats
run in when I open
the door: Ebonyzer, Blackie
and Bibbs.
~~~2014




Angry
mockingbird mom
scolds, divebombs Boots-the-cat
for merely walking around in
the yard.
~~~2014

Passing
by the window,
I see a bluebird at
the birdbath. It dips in twice, then
flies off.
~~~2015

Daddy
bluebird bathes. Soon,
a robin flies in, up
in a menacing leap. But Dad's
not scared.
~~~2016

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