Tag: cat poems

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Creativity

It’s Ok. It’s Ok. It’s OK.


I whisper, in hushed tones,
that she is safe,
stroke her soft furred body
as she lies in my lap,
promise the wolves
won’t get her,
hope she was sleeping
when they came last night
and ripped fur and flesh
from our friend the rabbit
who visited the yard all winter,
but I know she heard the screams,
I can see it in her eyes
when I make my false promises
I make a lot of them these days —
to this cat who needs to be close more often now
and to myself that everything will be OK.

Poem + Photo ©2025, Jen Payne


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Memoir National Poetry Month Nature Poetry Writing

7 – Kismet

She is a peculiar cat
full of spice
with an innate
determination
and
confidence
Said “I am here”
the first day
without qualm
and has been
persistent since

I wonder sometimes
how she came to me
what wheel was spun
in the great
Cat Distribution System
that put two and two
together to make
she and me here
at this particular
moment in time
that demands
my own resolve
and fortitude
asks me to lean in hard
like she does, often,
insisting
I belong here too.


Poem ©2024, Jen Payne. Photo: Molly helping me write this poem. If you like this poem, you can read similar in my books and zines, available from Three Chairs Publishing on my ETSY SHOP. They come autographed, with gratitude and a small gift.

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Memoir National Poetry Month Nature Poetry Writing

6 – String Theory


I am most envious
of the cat
sleeping
who knows not
the
long lists
or burdens
besides
the
particular
angle
of the stranded
string
its shadow
enough to
contemplate
for this day.

Poem ©2024, Jen Payne. Image: Woman, Cat and String, Will Barnet. If you like this poem, you can read similar in my books and zines, available from Three Chairs Publishing on my ETSY SHOP. They come autographed, with gratitude and a small gift.