Kitty poetry tiems! For reals nao!
First, Erin Underwood has a post up featuring kitty-related poetry by a number of authors, including yours truly. You can find it right here.
A blurb:
Poetry for Cats is a special literary project to help cats in need by featuring poetry written for and about our furry feline friends. Running an animal rescue is an expensive operation that takes time, energy, and money to ensure that these animals get the medical and social attention that they need. . . .
Great Lakes Bengal Rescue (GLBR), a non-profit organization, recently rescued 12 more bengals from the owner of a mill who was no longer able to provide shelter and care for her cats. This is just one of many incidents in which GLBR rescues a large numbers of animals at once. However, they also take in cats that are given to them from loving families who can no longer care for their pets, from other shelters, and from seizures. They cover 8 states and have over two dozen foster homes who work with the rescued bengal cats, providing them with care and shelter, until a permanent home is found.
In honor of this lovely and noble breed of cats as well as in deep appreciation for all of the good work done by the Great Lakes Bengal Resucue, UNDERWORDs has collected a very special kind of donation from some very talented animal lovers.
We give you Poetry for Cats. The poets participating in Poetry for Cats contributed their peoms as their special way of supporting GLBR. This post would not have been possible without their talent and generosity. Please enjoy the poetry, smile at the bengal photos, and consider giving a gift that will help GLBR to continue helping cats in need. Gifts made to GLBR are tax deductable.
Donate to the Great Lakes Bengal Rescue!
Notable entries (though all are much appreciated):
"My Cat is a Collector of Stories" by Brittany Warman, a truly beautiful and evocative poem that I wish I had written. Lovely symbolism.
Also, "Ode to a Scratching Post" by Marc Massari, which has the very roundabout rhythm and rhyme of old epic poetry, offered from a cat's point of view.
Sally Koetsveld's "Old Girl" hits close to home. "Ode to the House Cat" by Dawn LeMay made me laugh, especially the third stanza. Yeah, the litterbox thing. Why do you do this, goblin cat of mine?
Anyway, go forth and read, and make with the comment love if you feel so inclined. And if you feel really generous, donate to the Great Lakes Bengal Rescue. Hard times, folks, and animal rescues need all the love they can get.
A blurb:
Poetry for Cats is a special literary project to help cats in need by featuring poetry written for and about our furry feline friends. Running an animal rescue is an expensive operation that takes time, energy, and money to ensure that these animals get the medical and social attention that they need. . . .
Great Lakes Bengal Rescue (GLBR), a non-profit organization, recently rescued 12 more bengals from the owner of a mill who was no longer able to provide shelter and care for her cats. This is just one of many incidents in which GLBR rescues a large numbers of animals at once. However, they also take in cats that are given to them from loving families who can no longer care for their pets, from other shelters, and from seizures. They cover 8 states and have over two dozen foster homes who work with the rescued bengal cats, providing them with care and shelter, until a permanent home is found.
In honor of this lovely and noble breed of cats as well as in deep appreciation for all of the good work done by the Great Lakes Bengal Resucue, UNDERWORDs has collected a very special kind of donation from some very talented animal lovers.
We give you Poetry for Cats. The poets participating in Poetry for Cats contributed their peoms as their special way of supporting GLBR. This post would not have been possible without their talent and generosity. Please enjoy the poetry, smile at the bengal photos, and consider giving a gift that will help GLBR to continue helping cats in need. Gifts made to GLBR are tax deductable.
Donate to the Great Lakes Bengal Rescue!
Notable entries (though all are much appreciated):
"My Cat is a Collector of Stories" by Brittany Warman, a truly beautiful and evocative poem that I wish I had written. Lovely symbolism.
Also, "Ode to a Scratching Post" by Marc Massari, which has the very roundabout rhythm and rhyme of old epic poetry, offered from a cat's point of view.
Sally Koetsveld's "Old Girl" hits close to home. "Ode to the House Cat" by Dawn LeMay made me laugh, especially the third stanza. Yeah, the litterbox thing. Why do you do this, goblin cat of mine?
Anyway, go forth and read, and make with the comment love if you feel so inclined. And if you feel really generous, donate to the Great Lakes Bengal Rescue. Hard times, folks, and animal rescues need all the love they can get.