Poetry competition CLOSED 27th February 2018 10:02pm
WINNER
Hepcat61 (geoff cat)
Hepcat61 (geoff cat)
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Feline Poetry
Poetry Contest Description
Poetry About Cats - one poem - love 'em or hate 'em, your best!
Cats are amazing. No matter how you feel about owning one personally, they're a part of our culture. They've saved some lives and improved many, but menaced and scarred others. Some cats seem like saints and others, little devils.
I love cats. But being a mother means for me that I am not a "cat lady" at this point. I'm more concerned about my kids growing up without becoming scratching posts. One had to force himself into our lives, using the children's soft hearts, to sell the idea. Now it's hard to argue with that! A free cat who adopted us.
So tell us how you feel about cats, in poetry.
I love cats. But being a mother means for me that I am not a "cat lady" at this point. I'm more concerned about my kids growing up without becoming scratching posts. One had to force himself into our lives, using the children's soft hearts, to sell the idea. Now it's hard to argue with that! A free cat who adopted us.
So tell us how you feel about cats, in poetry.
Cat Adoption
Neutered stray in the neighborhood
Large lost kitten looks for children
Knows his way to a kitty bowl or litter box
Knows how to hunt a string towing socks
Tries to get under or onto our bed
Fights for his turf, getting nails in his head
God knows we didn't ask for a cat
But our little kids did and that was that
We got adopted by a stray breezing through
We tried to say no but couldn't, could you?
Large lost kitten looks for children
Knows his way to a kitty bowl or litter box
Knows how to hunt a string towing socks
Tries to get under or onto our bed
Fights for his turf, getting nails in his head
God knows we didn't ask for a cat
But our little kids did and that was that
We got adopted by a stray breezing through
We tried to say no but couldn't, could you?
Written by EdibleWords
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Hello Kitty
(with original art work)
Hello Kitty
Goodbye Cat
Can’t take anymore
Of your howling
Or your stinky cat scat
You’re cuteness has long past
So hear my caveat
Shut your evil eyes
You’re about to get whacked
Hello Kitty
Goodbye Cat
Can’t take anymore
Of your howling
Or your stinky cat scat
You’re cuteness has long past
So hear my caveat
Shut your evil eyes
You’re about to get whacked
Written by snugglebuck
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DEAD CAT RAP
(With art work)
What can you do with a dead cat?
I’ll tell you what you can do with that!
Skin it, stretch it and tan it
And make it into a hat
To hang upon a coat rack
Or use as a bathroom mat
With a dead cat’s guts
You can make a fiddle string
With its claws a backscratcher thing
Its teeth will make fine jewelry
Mounted on pretty earrings
You can taxidermy your dead cat
To give a rat some crap
Or scare your friend Matt
Pose it for Halloween with a bat
Or mount it on the hood
Of a classic 68’ Pontiac
Dead cats are edible
Their taste is quite incredible
Once you’ve tasted a cat
You’ll want to eat more
You just got to have it
You can put a catdaver into a catsserole
Or for use it for a kitty catciatore recipe
You can make catchup from its bleed
And cattage cheese from its spleen
But the best way to serve a dead cat
Is feed it too your baby brother for a snack
You can even use a dead cat
To fertilize your garden
To grow tasty cataloupe
Or catbage, catrots, catlery,
catmatos, rutacatas, apricats
Avocatdos and catcumbers
There are many things
You can do with a dead cat
But there’s one thing you can’t
Is hug it, and love it
And have it love you back
What can you do with a dead cat?
I’ll tell you what you can do with that!
Skin it, stretch it and tan it
And make it into a hat
To hang upon a coat rack
Or use as a bathroom mat
With a dead cat’s guts
You can make a fiddle string
With its claws a backscratcher thing
Its teeth will make fine jewelry
Mounted on pretty earrings
You can taxidermy your dead cat
To give a rat some crap
Or scare your friend Matt
Pose it for Halloween with a bat
Or mount it on the hood
Of a classic 68’ Pontiac
Dead cats are edible
Their taste is quite incredible
Once you’ve tasted a cat
You’ll want to eat more
You just got to have it
You can put a catdaver into a catsserole
Or for use it for a kitty catciatore recipe
You can make catchup from its bleed
And cattage cheese from its spleen
But the best way to serve a dead cat
Is feed it too your baby brother for a snack
You can even use a dead cat
To fertilize your garden
To grow tasty cataloupe
Or catbage, catrots, catlery,
catmatos, rutacatas, apricats
Avocatdos and catcumbers
There are many things
You can do with a dead cat
But there’s one thing you can’t
Is hug it, and love it
And have it love you back
Written by snugglebuck
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My alter-ego is a cat🐾
.
From my ruff honey'd licks and whiskered kisses,
The young clever kitten with marmalade fur
And sly almond eyes, making amber hisses,
Foils your advances with the arch of my purrrr.
Ring tail coiled soft 'neath your deviated nose,
And spritely I leap when you puff & you sneeze!
Did I really do that? Heaven only knows,
So Mummy, while I nuzzle, my catnip pleeease.
And soon after dinner it's time for a lounge,
You know how I love to curl up on your lap
And bat at your hand while I playfully scrounge;
You won't mind if I give a little love tap.
The clock on the mantle is chiming goodnight.
This kitten bounds into the bedroom apace,
To wait for dear Mummy to turn out the light
So i can resume curling up on her face.
From my ruff honey'd licks and whiskered kisses,
The young clever kitten with marmalade fur
And sly almond eyes, making amber hisses,
Foils your advances with the arch of my purrrr.
Ring tail coiled soft 'neath your deviated nose,
And spritely I leap when you puff & you sneeze!
Did I really do that? Heaven only knows,
So Mummy, while I nuzzle, my catnip pleeease.
And soon after dinner it's time for a lounge,
You know how I love to curl up on your lap
And bat at your hand while I playfully scrounge;
You won't mind if I give a little love tap.
The clock on the mantle is chiming goodnight.
This kitten bounds into the bedroom apace,
To wait for dear Mummy to turn out the light
So i can resume curling up on her face.
Written by Jade-Pandora
(jade tiger)
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My Cat Xyla
My cat,
Her name is Xyla
Now i know what you are thinking
"Oh like a Xylophone? "
But stop right there
That,
My friend,
Is not where it began
You see,
My Xyla
She is named after a Chinese woman
I once saw walk into my place of work
The name stuck ever since
Then one day I get a kitten
And she is the most amazing gift I could Have asked for
My first pet
And I love her dearly
Haha, but she is, in fact a feisty one
Her anxiety towards people is high
But she loves her mommy dearly
She is such a sweet heart in my eyes
That is my baby girl
And I would protect her with my life
I love to watch when I call her name..
Sometimes I will call her
Zye or
Zye Zye
And gosh the way her ear twitches
Looking up at me
With her lovely deep kitten eyes
She loves me
And I love her
The name just fits
Even if she is a jerk sometimes
I will ALWAYS protect my baby girl
From anyone who wants to cause her harm
That is in fact,
My baby girl
And she ain't goin know where
So there is a lot to say on my cats behalf
But I should really rap this up by saying,
I love my baby girl so so SO much
Watch me protect her with all I got
Without a second thought
Her name is Xyla
Now i know what you are thinking
"Oh like a Xylophone? "
But stop right there
That,
My friend,
Is not where it began
You see,
My Xyla
She is named after a Chinese woman
I once saw walk into my place of work
The name stuck ever since
Then one day I get a kitten
And she is the most amazing gift I could Have asked for
My first pet
And I love her dearly
Haha, but she is, in fact a feisty one
Her anxiety towards people is high
But she loves her mommy dearly
She is such a sweet heart in my eyes
That is my baby girl
And I would protect her with my life
I love to watch when I call her name..
Sometimes I will call her
Zye or
Zye Zye
And gosh the way her ear twitches
Looking up at me
With her lovely deep kitten eyes
She loves me
And I love her
The name just fits
Even if she is a jerk sometimes
I will ALWAYS protect my baby girl
From anyone who wants to cause her harm
That is in fact,
My baby girl
And she ain't goin know where
So there is a lot to say on my cats behalf
But I should really rap this up by saying,
I love my baby girl so so SO much
Watch me protect her with all I got
Without a second thought
Written by KrystalG
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OLD TOM AND THE TIGER (Redux)
(a nursery sonnet)
Her keepers called her cage her “habitat,”
And she was queen of her two block domain.
Kept court in summer shade, his regent cat,
Old Tom was "jester" of his tiger’s reign.
Old Tom, would watch her grandly regal stalk,
As she would pace to gain the humans’ stare.
Old Tom would stride and match her walk for walk,
As she would smile to watch his strutting there.
But cold in winter’s bleak, she’d barely stir.
These frigid rains that made her feel so sick,
So lost, then came a rustle in her fur.
It was Old Tom with nip and tug and lick.
Old Tom would stay and play with her awhile,
He always seemed to prod his tiger’s smile.
Her keepers called her cage her “habitat,”
And she was queen of her two block domain.
Kept court in summer shade, his regent cat,
Old Tom was "jester" of his tiger’s reign.
Old Tom, would watch her grandly regal stalk,
As she would pace to gain the humans’ stare.
Old Tom would stride and match her walk for walk,
As she would smile to watch his strutting there.
But cold in winter’s bleak, she’d barely stir.
These frigid rains that made her feel so sick,
So lost, then came a rustle in her fur.
It was Old Tom with nip and tug and lick.
Old Tom would stay and play with her awhile,
He always seemed to prod his tiger’s smile.
Written by Hepcat61
(geoff cat)
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You are very welcome and I too feel like saying thanks.
Actually, this comp was done with JohnnyBlaze and Ahavati in mind because of his kind deeds to strays and both of their tireless moderatorship, as well as their incredibly crafted critiques in one of the most demanding chat groups I've ever seen!
JB didn't join this comp but if he had the time I'm sure his entry would have seriously heated the competition! We might come back around to this one, Johnny, so stay tuned....
Actually, this comp was done with JohnnyBlaze and Ahavati in mind because of his kind deeds to strays and both of their tireless moderatorship, as well as their incredibly crafted critiques in one of the most demanding chat groups I've ever seen!
JB didn't join this comp but if he had the time I'm sure his entry would have seriously heated the competition! We might come back around to this one, Johnny, so stay tuned....
