Thursday, July 20, 2017

More summer poems cat, heat, drought

Greye Laster cat

IT'S COOLER DOWN HERE
smart cat!
Rather than rest
in the attic's heat, he
spends his afternoon nap on the
fourth stair.
~~

STRANGE ONE
Strange one
at the birdbath:
stretched out, a foot long, eyes
checking the water. Finally,
he laps.
~~

A FIRST!
After
all these years, Greye
jumped up on the loveseat
in the space between my paper
and me.

Never
has he done such
as that. He reclined in
the small spot, put a gray paw on
my leg.
~~

Storm building in Fairfield Glade, TN on sisters' trip

smelling
rain, but the sun's
shining
~~

ALL THINGS IN THEIR TIMES
Every
time I looked up
at graying clouds, I prayed,
"Please rain. Please rain." Hours later,
spitting.
~~


Yellow
pansy hanging
out of the pot. Could I
hear it gasping, "Too hot! Water!
Water!"?
~~

parched ground somewhere

c 2017 PL dba lovepat press

1 comment:

  1. Love these poems ... and Greye. It is hot as blazes here in Arkansas!

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