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In The Sanctuary Of My Head

The Broken-Winged Birds and People (re-edited 4/5/2323 3:03PM PST) (re-edited 11:14am PST 2/23/2023)

The Hell Of Winter (re-edited 4:27pm PST 3/9/2023)

My Grey Haired Love...La La Lullaby , La La Lullaby My Love

THE HEART IS AN ORGAN ON FIRE



When Mr. Bemish Lost His Last Good Pair of Glasses

Kathy Brown Kathy Brown

Something Not Quite Right About Here (Vortex) re-edited 1/26/2023

THE COOL TILES BENEATH MY FEET REMIND ME

The Way Of The Crow

DO YOU TURN THE LIGHTS SO YOU CAN SLEEP?

The Springtime Shadows Play Games Upon The Wall

CHRONICLER OF DREAMS

YET ANOTHER ANTI-POETRY POEM ( re-edited 11/2/2022)

You Do As You Please 8/17/2005 found poem, readjusted 6/20/22

HERE WE SIT AT OUR TABLE 2/19/2022

Much Better Than This ( A Conversation With The Universe)

The Straight Story (What Happens When The Writer Inserts You Into Her Story)

THE TIDE CALLED LONELINESS

A Girl Always Leaning Forward Looking for A Breeze

Entanglements

Have You Ever... (DECEMBER 4/2021)

Appetites

How I Still Love You

The Smile Which Eludes @

He Says To Me, I Think Too Much (and hence dream too much as well)

When You Learn Who You Really Are And What Is...

Anti-Poem Number Three 8/2/2022 Or, A Poem Your Proper Mother Wouldn't Write

Breathing On My Own

A Girl Is More Than a Beautiful Box re-edited 10:15pm PST 1/31/22

I LOVE YOU ALWAYS ANYWAY AND INSTEAD

Talk To Me In The Dark 7/8/2022

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Love A Cat


there's something special
about holding a cat
they have to let you
they have to sense internally
you'll do them no harm
when a cat lets you hold them
its the greatest compliment
it means I trust you
you're alright with me
I'm alright with you
acceptance of the greatest magnitude
cats are discerning
they don't give their love away
its been bad publicity for the cat
that all you have to do is feed them
and they'll be a friend forever
statements like that are made in ignorance
of course a cat will eat when its hungry
or given some special treat
but I've seen cats walk away from food
as if it were poison
and I know that hunger is a basic drive
an instinct one cannot ignore
so is kindness
why not then believe that the cat
is reacting to the kindness and attention
and not the food
so many would underestimate the cat
I view them as extraordinary beings
with an inner life
and each possessing singular personalities
so much so that when one enters my life
and choses to befriend me
I have the presence of mind to know
I've been given a gift
love a cat
you will get so much more
in return



legal copyright for this poem/work July 12, 2017 9:11am PST
and also for this writer/author Melissa A. Howells
and also for this legally copyrighted site title:
"Meloo Straight From Her Tilt-a-World"

I don't have any real problem with cats liking me...
they seem to sense that I'm one of them...
I've had snarly cats calm down under my influence..
I talk to them like cats would like to be talked to,
in their own peculiar dialect, with respect and kindness.
Its worked out finer than frog's hair so far.





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