Five Cat Poems by Anna Sykora

Cat Velvet


Under my chin,
Cat velvet
Curled

For a generous,
murmurous
Nap.

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Old Cats


Old cats know best
How they are blessed:

They sleep, they doze
And then they rest.


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When's Dinner?


When’s dinner?
Kitty thinks she knows.
When in doubt she licks her toes,
Rolls herself into a ball
And doesn’t care to think at all.



Purr-fect


Rich and round,
Full and fat:
The whirring, gurring purr
Of a cat.


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Cat’s Prayer: Let us purr.