Cats
by A. S. J. Tessimond
Cats no less liquid than their shadows
Offer no angles to the wind.
They slip, diminished, neat through loopholes
Less than themselves; will not be pinned
To rules or routes for journeys; counter
Attack with non-resistance; twist
Enticing through the curving fingers
And leave an angered empty fist.
They wait obsequious as darkness
Quick to retire, quick to return;
Admit no aim or ethics; flatter
With reservations; will not learn
To answer to their names; are seldom
Truly owned till shot or skinned.
Cats no less liquid than their shadows
Offer no angles to the wind.
A few random poems:
- In Imitation of E. of Rochester : On Silence poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- The Oak Of Guernica Supposed Address To The Same by William Wordsworth
- The Mystic Isle by Rainbow Reed
- Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave? by Thomas Hardy
- Федор Сологуб – Зальдивши тайный зной страстей, Валерий
- Зинаида Александрова – Утки, беленькие грудки
- Алексей Толстой – Ты любишь в нем лишь первую любовь
- Шекспир – У сердца с глазом тайный договор – Сонет 47
- Вероника Тушнова – Я поняла, ты не хотел мне зла
- Владимир Набоков – И видел я, стемнели неба своды
- Love In Reverse by Talha Jafri
- The Wind Speaks poem – Alfred Austin
- Sabbath, My Love poem – Yehudah ha-Levi poems | Poetry Monster
- A Deep Sworn Vow by William Butler Yeats
- Grumpy Old Man by Mary Etta Metcalf
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Spring Rain by Sara Teasdale
- Sleepless by Sara Teasdale
- On A March Day by Sara Teasdale
- Oh You Are Coming by Sara Teasdale
- My Heart Is Heavy by Sara Teasdale
- Love And Death by Sara Teasdale
- Longing by Sara Teasdale
- Like Barley Bending by Sara Teasdale
- Let It Be Forgotten by Sara Teasdale
- Jewels by Sara Teasdale
- It Will Not Change by Sara Teasdale
- It Is Not A Word by Sara Teasdale
- In The End by Sara Teasdale
- If Death Is Kind by Sara Teasdale
- I Thought Of You by Sara Teasdale
- I Remembered by Sara Teasdale
- I Have Loved Hours At Sea by Sara Teasdale
- Houses Of Dreams by Sara Teasdale
- Guenevere by Sara Teasdale
- Gray Eyes by Sara Teasdale
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