Hi everyone,
Following on from the poem Wanda please find below the latest entry from author Abbie Johnson Taylor
REMEMBERING HOWARD
What a name for a cat, I thought
when Mother suggested it,
but I was only seven or eight
so what did I know, right?
A gray kitten with tiger stripes,
we thought she was a male.
After the vet told us otherwise,
Mother said it didn’t matter.
With such a sweet disposition,
Howard was my favorite.
When Mother wasn’t around,
or when she was mad,
Howard absorbed my tears,
soothed me with her gentle purr.
Even when I was an adult, she was there,
listening to my troubles,
not judging, not advising.
One of those cats with nine lives,
she lived to be twenty and will be missed.
About the author:
Abbie Johnson Taylor is the author of a novel and two poetry collections. She is currently working on a memoir about how she met, married, and cared for her late husband who was totally blind and partially paralyzed by two strokes. She is visually impaired and lives in Sheridan, Wyoming. Please visit her Website at http://www.abbiejohnsontaylor.com or http://abbiescorner.wordpress.com
If you would like to enter your own poems for Purrsday Poetry don’t forget to email info@katzenworld.co.uk –
Never miss a post again by signing up to our Newsletter! 🙂
Pingback: Purrsday Poetry: REMEMBERING HOWARD | Home Sweet Home WY
Thanks 😀
Thanks 🙂
Reblogged this on Manx, Tabby and Tortie: my life with cats and commented:
I enjoyed this poem very much and was also entranced by the cat’s blue eyes! Wow!
Thank you 😀
Very sweet.
Thanks 🙂
Such a lovely poem, great way to remember a lovely furry feline friend by.
Thank you ^^
Reblogged this on Abbie's Corner of the World and commented:
Another poem of mine appears today on Katzenworld.
Thank you ^^
Howard, you were a beauty, sweet girl. <3
Thanks ^^
That is a great poem for a beautiful cat!
🙂
Lovely poem <3
And lovely Abbie: a wonder-woman with a big heart 😀
Ciao
Sid
Thanks 😀
Stunningly well written by a REAL writer, which are the only POEMS I tend to like and respect. This is just EXCELLENT, Abbie!
Thank you 🙂